Handweavers Guild of the New River Valley

April Guild Meeting
2022-04-10 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | 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

June Guild Meeting -"The Hows and Whys Behinds Turning a Weaving Draft", with Jill Staubitz.
2021-06-13 14:00 - 16:00
The business meetings starts at 2 pm, followed by the program at 2:30 pm
Our program for the month will be:
“The Hows and Whys Behinds Turning a Weaving Draft”, with Jill Staubitz.
For more info about Jill, this is a link to her website:
https://www.modernweaver.com/

May Guild Meeting - Color Challenge Presentation
2021-05-16 14:00 - 16:00
For the program this month, member Mary Anne will present the results of the guild color challenge. Participating members (30 of us!) were each assigned a color harmony from the Deb Menz “Colorworks” book, and wove samples for each other on the assigned draft (Ginny’s Coat) from the Davidson green book of 4H weaves.

2 Day Weaving Workshop with Diane Totten (Zoom)
2021-04-23 - 2021-04-24
HWGNRV Presents “Crimp Cloth”, a two-day workshop with Dianne Totten via zoom, on Friday and Saturday April 23 & 24th 2021.
Signups will open to guild members on January 10, and if not filled (16 attendees) by the end of February, it will be opened to non-members.
Cost for members will be $85, non-members $105. If class does not fill by March 22, it will be cancelled.
Date: Friday, April 23 and Saturday, April 24, 2021 from 9 am to 4 pm each day
Cost $85 Member $105 Non-Member
Location: Virtual Workshop using Zoom
Maximum Number of Participants: 16
Workshop Level: Advanced Beginner and 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:
Two days’ instruction on the making of weft-crimped cloth. Active weaving will be required. Students will work at a location of their choice, with a loom and internet access. To view a bit more about Dianne’s Crimp Cloth workshops, click on this description on her website. https://diannetottenhandwovens.com/workshops/
Questions? Please call Pat Tracy at 540-230-1355
Workshop is almost full, please contact Pat for availablility.

April Guild Meeting - Textile Tour of Guatemala
2021-04-11 02:00 - 16:00
The program for this monthly meeting is a virtual tour of this fascinating country from a weaver’s perspective. Linda Hartshorn’s presentation will allow us to view vivid images on power point, examine many wonderful textiles and hear fascinating stories from the auspicious time of December 2012, the end of the calendar and beginning of a new era in Mayan Cosmology.

March Guild Meeting - Creating Bags from Handwoven Fabric
2021-03-14 14:00 - 16:00
Guild member, Terry Clements, will talk about creating bags from your handwoven fabrics (those of us who have seen Terry’s creations will vouch for what a great program this will be!)

February Guild Meeting - Melissa Weaver Dunning, "Shaker Weaving ..."
2021-02-14 14:00 - 16:00
Our program will be by Melissa Weaver Dunning – “Shaker Weaving with an Emphasis on Shaker Rugs”
This will be a zoom meeting. Zoom link will be emailed to members a few days before the meeting.

January Guild Meeting - Robyn Spady, "Weaving TnT: Dynamite ..."
2021-01-10 14:00 - 16:00
Program by Robyn Spady, “Weaving TnT: Dynamite Tips ‘n Technique for Every Weaver”
This will be a Zoom meeting. Zoom link will be emailed to members a few days before the meeting.

December Guild Meeting - Daryl Lancaster, "Leftovers Again ..."
2020-12-13 14:00 - 16:00
Daryl Lancaster will present her program, “Leftovers Again? What to do with Leftover Handwoven Fabric”
This will be a Zoom meeting. The Zoom link will be emailed to members a few days in advance of the meeting.

November Guild Meeting - Virtual Tour of a Member's Studio
2020-11-15 14:00 - 16:00
Guild member Paul S. will present a video of member Pat T.’s weaving studio (in her previous house). Paul’s Studio Tour videos are always a popular guild program!
This will be a Zoom meeting. The Zoom link will be emailed to members a few days in advance of the meeting.

October Guild Meeting - Presentation on the Color and Weave Guild Challenge
2020-10-11 14:00 - 16:00
This will be a Zoom meeting. The Zoom link will be emailed to members a few days in advance of the meeting.

September Guild Meeting (via Zoom)
2020-09-13 14:00 - 16:00
This will be a Zoom meeting. More information about the agenda, program, etc. will be provided when available. The Zoom link will be emailed to members a few days in advance of the meeting.

Roanoke Study Group
2020-08-21 10:00 - 12:00
The study group is meeting every two weeks are so on zoom while in-person meetings are not feasible.

Zoom meeting - Extended Board
2020-08-16 14:00 - 16:00
The new leadership team (Linda, Patricia, Lisa and Annette) will meet with previous board members and committee chairs to get some information and brainstorm a bit.

August Guild Meeting (via Zoom)
2020-08-09 14:00 - 16:00 | Meadowbrook Community Center, 267 Alleghany Spring Rd, Shawsville, 24162, United States
This will be a virtual meeting, via Zoom. All members will be emailed instructions a few days ahead of the meeting.

Cancelled: Daryl Lancaster Garment Construction Intensive (Retreat)
2020-08-03 - 2020-08-07 | South County Library – Roanoke County Library, 6303 Merriman Rd, Roanoke, VA, 24018, United States
Cancelled
Held at Heartstone Lodge, Buena Visa, VA. There may be a few openings available to non-members, Contact us for more info.
For more details on this workshop, please visit Daryl’s website: https://www.daryllancaster.com/

Cancelled: June Guild Meeting
2020-06-14 14:00 - 16:00 | Meadowbrook Community Center, 267 Alleghany Spring Rd, Shawsville, 24162, United States
Cancelled
