Handweavers Guild of the New River Valley

May Monthly Meeting
2023-05-21 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Meadowbrook Community Center, 267 Alleghany Spring Rd, Shawsville, 24162, United States
This meeting will include the guild’s annual “Yard Sale”. Bring fiber-related items you wish to sell.
This is an in-person meeting.

April Monthly Meeting
2023-04-16 14:00 - 16:00 | Meadowbrook Community Center, 267 Alleghany Spring Rd, Shawsville, 24162, United States
The program will be “Triangle Loom Weaving/ Continuous Strand Weaving”, presented by Jackie Martin.
This will be an in-person meeting.

Summer and Winter with Jill Staubitz
2023-03-18 08:00 - 17:00
First class March 18, 2023, second session March 20, 2023.

March Monthly Meeting
2023-03-12 14:00 - 16:00
“Interpreting Nineteenth-century Weaving Drafts” – Frances
Richardson
This was changed to a Zoom meeting, due to the weather.

February Monthly Meeting
2023-02-12 14:00 - 16:00
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 process mostly foolproof for you? Do you have a book or video that you always fall back on when you have questions or are having issues. Many of us have taken basic weaving classes but over time we develop our own techniques or find tools that really help in the process and sharing those with others may turn a lightbulb on for someone who has been struggling. There will be a warping mill available, so folks can check it out as a lot of folks haven’t seen one in action.
Also, we really haven’t had a good Show & Tell session so for those of you who have been weaving up a storm
these past couple months (years!), please bring in what you can to share with us. One of the huge benefits of
meeting in person is getting to not only see weaving up close but to touch it so we hope you will have a lot to share.

Jennifer Moore Workshop on Double Rainbow Doubleweave
2023-01-09 13:00 - 17:00
First session is January 9, followed by 3 more sessions: January 11, 13, and 16, 2023 on Zoom.
Details about the workshop are available at Jennifer’s website, Doubleweaver.com.

January Monthly Meeting
2023-01-08 14:00 - 16:00
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, and her work has been featured in Handwoven magazine. Patricia loves to spread her passion for weaving. She has introduced numerous adults and children to weaving, and teaches a variety of topics. She is co-owner of Treeditions, a weaving company and Leclerc Looms dealer. To find out more about Patricia and her craft, please visit
https://www.facebook.com/treeditionsappomattox

December Monthly Meeting
2022-12-11 14:00 - 16:00
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.

November Monthly Meeting
2022-11-13 14:00 - 16:00
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.

Supplemental Warp Workshop with Deb Essen
2022-11-04 10:00 - 2022-11-05 17:00
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, 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! Deb lives, weaves and runs her business, Dje Handwovens in the Bitterroot Valley, nestled in the Rocky Mountains of western Montana. In 2004, Deb achieved the Certificate of Excellence in Handweaving-Level 1, through the Handweaver’s Guild of America and was recognized by the Montana Arts Council with induction to Montana Circle of American Masters in Folk and Traditional Art. Her book, Easy Weaving With Supplemental Warps, as well as several videos on weaving and the business side of art are available on Interweave Press. She has written multiple feature articles for Handwoven and Little Looms magazines.
Deb is passionate about teaching about the wonders of weaving and teaches at shop, guilds, regional and national conferences and festivals.

“Handweaving 20,000 Years and Going Strong Moving into the 21st Century”
2022-11-04 - 2022-11-30 | Left of Center Art Space, 24 Campbell Avenue Southwest, Roanoke, VA, 24011, 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 is open, which are Thursday – Saturday, 11 am – 4 pm. In addition, throughout the month there will be many additional handwoven items for sale.
You can find out more about Left of Center Art Space at their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/leftofcenterartspace/

October Monthly Meeting
2022-10-09 14:00 - 16:00
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.

September Monthly Meeting
2022-09-11 14:00 - 16:00
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.

Reading Drafts (members only)
2022-08-02 10:00 - 12:00
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.

Warping and Dressing a Loom (members only)
2022-06-25 09:00 - 15:00 | Meadowbrook Community Center, 267 Alleghany Spring Rd, Shawsville, 24162, 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.

Project Planning Class (members only)
2022-06-18 12:00 - 16:00 | Meadowbrook Community Center, 267 Alleghany Spring Rd, Shawsville, 24162, United States
This four hour class will be presented by member, Mauna Hair, and is free to members. It is one of three of our “Summer Classes for Guild Members” programs.

May Guild Meeting
2022-05-15 14:00 - 16:00 | Meadowbrook Community Center, 267 Alleghany Spring Rd, Shawsville, 24162, United States
Guild yard sale.
This has become a yearly tradition and is a great opportunity for you to sell that equipment or fiber that you are no longer using or purchase something you’ve been looking for. Sometimes there are even freebies. So, if you’re cleaning up your weaving workspace, put aside those items you’re ready to part with and bring them to the sale in May.
This is one week later than our normal 2nd Sunday, due to the conflict with Mother’s Day.

April Guild Meeting
2022-04-10 14:00 - 16:00 | Meadowbrook Community Center, 267 Alleghany Spring Rd, Shawsville, 24162, United States
This meeting will be live and take place in our usual meeting location, the Shawsville Community Center (directions are available on our “About Us” page here.
We have a lot to talk about with you at our April meeting and so there will be no formal program. But we want and need you there so you can hear about all the things the Board has been discussing – we need your input.
The Guild Sales group and the Education Committee will talk to us about the results of their recent survey.

March Guild Meeting
2022-03-13 14:00 - 16:00
March’s program will be a Zoom lecture presented by Marilyn Romatka, “Card Trick: The Magic of Tablet Weaving”.
To read more about Marilyn see her website at www.taprootfolkarts.com.

“One Warp, Many Structures” upcoming workshop with Denise Kovnat.
2022-03-12 09:30 - 18:00
Denise’s description of the class is this:
“As Marian Stubenitsky has shown in Weaving with Echo and Iris, extended parallel threadings offer endless possibilities. In this workshop, designed for advanced beginners and beyond, you will begin the workshop with your loom dressed in a two-color warp threaded on opposites. (Drafts will be provided about 6 weeks beforehand.) Working with a variety of tie-ups and treadlings, you will weave a series of designs in Echo, Jin (Turned Taqueté), Shadow Weave, Rep and Double Weave. The takeaway is a sampler of colorful patterns and a broader, deeper understanding of the potential for extended parallel threadings and how to design them. For 4-shaft to 32-shaft looms.”
We have planned this workshop for two Saturdays and a Sunday in March – the 12th, 19th, and 27th, with session as follows:
Saturday, March 12 – sessions at 9:30, 1:00 and 4:00 (about 90-120 min. each)
Saturday, March 19 – same as March 12
Sunday, March 27 – sessions at 1:00 and 4:00

February Guild Meeting
2022-02-13 14:00 - 16:00
The program in February will be presented by Sara Bixler, the owner of and an instructor at Red Stone Glen Fiber Arts Center. She will discuss weaving with knitting yarns. Sara is the daughter of renowned weaving instructor, Tom Knisely.
This will be a Zoom meeting.

January Guild Meeting
2022-01-09 14:00 - 16:00
January’s program will be a Zoom lecture by Denise Kovnat: “Echo and Jin: Variations on a Theme”
More information about Denise can be found on her website: https://www.denisekovnat.com/

December Guild Meeting
2021-12-12 14:00 - 16:00
December’s program will be A Virtual Tour of “Left of Center Art Space” – a studio Art Space shared by local collaborative artisans who work, create and sell their wares.

Blacksburg YMCA Craft Fair
2021-11-12 - 2021-11-14
The show will be live this year, at the Christiansburg Rec Center. HWGNRV participates in this event with a booth selling items handwoven by members. You can visit the website for the event here.

November Guild Meeting
2021-11-07 14:00 - 16:00
This will be a Zoom meeting. November’s program will be A Virtual Tour of a Guild Member’s Studio.

Workshop - Exploring Twills with Martha Town
2021-10-12 19:00 - 21:00
Dates: Tuesdays: Oct 12, Oct 19, Oct 26, 2021. 7 to 9 p.m. EDT
Cost $80 Member $100 Non-Member (will open to non-members on 9/15 if not full)
Location: Virtual Workshop using Zoom
Maximum Number of Participants: 15
Workshop Level: Advanced beginner: participants must know how to warp a loom and set up for a 4-shaft or 8-shaft draft.
Workshop Description: Understanding twills provides a basis for learning many other weave structures, as well as providing endless possibilities for creative variations. The first session will review instructions that were sent ahead of time for warp planning and threading, and guide weavers in planning a gamp for their own loom. (The wider the loom, the more different threadings that can be included.) Weavers will have one week to plan and warp their loom. The second session will review tie-up and treadling orders. 4-shaft weavers will make at least two gamps using two different tie-ups; 8-shaft weavers will have more options. The third session will review results and discuss how to use our gamps as resources for planning future projects.

October Guild Monthly Meeting - via Zoom
2021-10-10 14:00 - 16:00
This meeting will be a Zoom meeting.
This month’s program will be an introduction into An Exploration of Marguerite P. Davison’s “A Handweaver’s Pattern Book”.

September Guild Meeting - a virtual tour of Handweaving.net with Kris Bruland
2021-09-12 14:00 - 16:00
Our program this month will be a presentation by Kris Burland, touring the many features of his creation, handweaving.net. This is an amazing resource with thousands of weaving drafts, and lots of tools to help you search through them and to modify them for your own projects. Some of us have heard Kris talk about this before, and he does a great job. This will be a zoom meeting, open to members-only.
This is also the first meeting of our new guild year – and time to renew your membership (only $20/year). We will welcome our new board team and hear all the exciting ideas they have for the coming year.

August Guild Meeting - Twill Explorations with Martha Town
2021-08-08 14:00 - 16:00
The monthly meeting will begin at 2 pm, followed by a presentation by Martha Town on “Twill Explorations”
Martha Town will also be giving a zoom workshop, “Exploring Twills” for the guild on the 9th, 16th and 23rd of October.

Workshop - Inspiration and Ideas for Ikat Design (CLASS FULL)
2021-07-06 19:00 - 21:00
Dates: Tuesdays – July 6 and 27, August 3 and 10. Starting at 7 p.m. First two sessions might be two hours, others will be about one hour.
Cost $80 Member $100 Non-Member
Location: Virtual Workshop using Zoom
Maximum Number of Participants: 20
Workshop Level: Intermediate – participants must be able to warp a loom independently and fully understand the basics of 4-shaft or 8-shaft weaving and drafting.
Workshop Description: Create a lovely scarf inspired by the fabrics of Guatemala! We’ll use the color wheel, mathematical formulas, yarn wrapping, and a few other design tricks to plan a striped ikat warp in tencel or cotton yarns.
We will have several sessions on Zoom, going step by step through the process of design, warping, and dyeing. We will start by learning about color and ordering any yarns we may need. Then we will design and wind our striped warp. Some warps will be tied and then dyed for ikat, using a special knotting technique and easy to use fiber reactive dye. You will do the tying, dyeing and then the weaving on your loom in your choice of twill or plain weave. For more information on Linda’s work, see lindahartshorn.com.
CLASS FULL
