Is it the weather or the approaching holidays that has everyone working on a myriad of great projects? The SWSG Weavers Study Group met and shared some of their awe inspiring work. Some of the weavers had attended the Sharlet Elms workshop and displayed the samples they had completed. Some of the projects were from our "poker-hand" challenge: Linda R explained how she had worked her poker-hand on this little pin loom: Kristina's textured shawl. Barbs silk ha

The October SWSG program and workshop were full of color and motion and learning. Sharlet Elms gave a us a fun and fact filled history of weaving and textiles. She focused on the fabrics "that move" and how they were developed. My favorite was seersucker - how it was developed in India in order to make fabrics that would be cooler against the skin. Denim was also a "fact"-sinating story. We had a good crowd and everyone was interested in our favorite topic: fabrics!! JOA

Sharlet Elms will be leading a 2 1/2 day workshop next week, entitled "Fabrics that Move". That means structures that cause movement in your cloth, such as waffle weave, collapse weave, furrows, seersucker, ribs and cords. She will be providing all the necessary yarn, so this is a great chance to try weaving on some unusual yarns without investing in a lot of yarn to start with. The workshop will start on the afternoon of Tuesday, October 29, at The Reason Center after our

We have been very fortunate to get loads of donations lately. Some of them are small pieces of equipment you might like to use for a wintertime project. We received a whole box of cards for card weaving. It even included the loom you see here that holds your project so you dont have to tie it to a door knob. I tried it out and made my "poker hand" project for Weaver's Study Group. It is great for quick projects and is waiting for the next person to try it out. We even re

I'm posting this quick blog as some of you may not have seen this wonderful piece published by KCRA this past week. It is about the...