2020 April News

Some On-Line Weaving Classes

Jane Stafford Online Guild – Learn to Weave Online

See janestaffordtextiles.com. She currently has four seasons.

• Season 1: Fundementals
• Season 2: Colour and Design
• Season 3: Plain Weave in Depth
• Season 4: Twill

Rebecca Mezoff On-Line Tapestry Classes

see: https://rebeccamezoff.com/online-learning

She currently has five courses available. They are:

• Weaving Tapestry on Little Looms
• Warp and Weft: Learning the Structure of Tapestry
• Color Gradation Techniques for Tapestry
• Four Selvedge Warping with Sarah C. Sweet, produced by Rebecca Mezoff Tapestry Studio
• Design Solutions for the Artist/Weaver

2019-2020 Board Members

• Meeting Chair: rotates among board
• Hospitality: Maxine Fontana
• Housing: Susan Lolli
• Membership: Joan Koelsch
• MLH Representative: Karen Folland
• Newsletter/ Webmaster: Susan Lolli
• Programs: open
• Publicity: Judy Boesky
• Treasurer: Joan Koelsch
• At Large: Nancy Peck

Facebook Groups

If you are on Facebook, check out the following groups. You need to apply to these groups and they usually need to see on your page that you have an interest in weaving. The Michigan Weavers Guild has an open facebook page. There is a link from our website to that page. We will be posting links to articles and site of various weavings.

• Color in Weaving –  sponsored by Warp & Weave, is designed for peer to peer discussion and assistance with a focus on understanding color theory and how it relates to weaving. We welcome the color challenged and beginner weavers all the way up to experienced weavers who feel very comfortable with color.

• Fiberworks – this is an “on-topic” group for Fiberworks owners, demo users, and those interested in Fiberworks. The discussion also includes designing liftplans using Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, or related graphics programs.

• Weaving – Questions welcome, project sharing encouraged, and general weaving joys and disappointments supported. 

• Weaving Hacks for Tools & Accessories – our group’s mission is sharing hacks. We’re NOT about general weaving tips, dressing a loom, manipulating yarn color pooling, general repair/refurb of or mods to a loom, or just buying commercially available products and accessories made specifically for weaving, etc. Our sole purpose is “hacks” and only hacks.

• Weaving Studio, Design, Ideas & Organization: this is a group dedicated to creative spaces. How do you organize your weaving tools and materials? Creative spaces inspire and motivate us to engage in our love of weaving.

• 4-Shaft Weaving – 4 shaft weaving only

• 8 and Counting – discussion group focused on all things related to handweaving for 8 or more shafts. Including technical and computer-related issues.