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Warping and Dressing a Loom (members only)

Shawsville Community Center 267 Alleghany Spring Rd, Shawsville, United States

Second class in our summer series, member Judy Wills will present this one, and will cover back-to-front and front-to-back methods.  Students will bring their own looms.  Class size will be small.  

Reading Drafts (members only)

This is the third and last in the summer series.  It will be given via Zoom, by member Harriet Roadman.  All of the classes in the series are free,  geared to beginner weavers, and are only open to members.

September Monthly Meeting

This will be the first meeting of the 2022-2023 guild year, with new officers and will be a business meeting.  This meeting will be via Zoom.

October Monthly Meeting

Intro to Supplemental Warps guild presentation:  Deb Essen, author of Easy Weaving with Supplemental Warps, takes weavers on an overview of what supplemental warps are, why use supplemental warps and how to weave supplemental warps without a second back beam! This meeting will be via Zoom.

“Handweaving 20,000 Years and Going Strong Moving into the 21st Century”

Left of Center Art Space 24 Campbell Avenue Southwest, Roanoke, VA, United States

Weaving Exhibit by the Handweavers Guild of the New River Valley This exhibit will be open with a reception November 4, 2022, from 5 – 8:30 pm, at the Left of Center Art Space in downtown Roanoke, 24 Campbell Avenue Southwest.  The exhibit will run from 11/4/22 – 11/30/22, during the hours that the Center […]

Supplemental Warp Workshop with Deb Essen

Deb Essen is presenting her Supplemental Warp Workshop on November 4th and 5th from 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM via Z oom. The cost for this workshop will be $75 for members and $95 for nonmembers for the two days. Here is a description of the workshop: Intro to Supplemental Warps guild presentation; Deb Essen, […]

November Monthly Meeting

This meeting will be in person, at our normal location, the Shawsville Community Center. The program will be a talk on Inkle Weaving by member Carol Masters.

December Monthly Meeting

This will be a Zoom meeting Our guest speaker, George Dubois, will give a program on how to identify unknown fibers. He will also discuss color and dyeing.

January Monthly Meeting

This will be a Zoom Meeting Our program this month is on Krokbragd and will be presented by Patricia Morton. Patricia lives and works in the Appomattox area and has been weaving for over 30 years. As a “workshop junkie”, she studies at numerous seminars and weaving conferences. She has taught weaving in eight states, […]

February Monthly Meeting

Our program this month will be all about our members. First we’d like you to share with the group any Tips or Tricks that you have found help you in your weaving journey. Is there a gadget that you use to help you in warping your loom, or something you do that makes your weaving […]

March Monthly Meeting

“Interpreting Nineteenth-century Weaving Drafts” – Frances Richardson This was changed to a Zoom meeting, due to the weather.