Turkey Wing Broom Workshop
Instructor: Sue Muldoon
In this workshop, Sue will teach you how to weave three useful and decorative items: a cake tester, a tiny whisk broom, and a full-sized turkey-wing broom embellished with a plaited handle. There will be many choices of twine and reed colors for your creations.
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AI and Weaving (Zoom Meeting)
Presenter: Alanna Wilcox
Fiber artist and educator Alanna Wilcox shares how she uses photographs of her own woven textiles as the starting point for digital creations using artificial intelligence. Designed for weavers who may have little to no experience with AI, this talk offers a clear, accessible look at what these tools can do and how they relate to the creative process.
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How to Read a Swatch
Presenter: Patrice George
NOTE: We are meeting on the SECOND Wednesday of April to avoid a conflict with the first night of Passover.
Learn reverse analysis or how to read design information directly from any woven fabric sample.
Swedish Rosepath Rugs Workshop
Instructor: Nancy Crampton
2-day Workshop
Explore Swedish rosepath threading to use for rugs, table runners and placemats. Learn rug-warping techniques, along with weft fabric calculation and preparation, and become comfortable with rag rug-weaving fundamentals.
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How Did I Get Here? My Personal Thread Journal
Presenter: Lee Daly
Lee is a lifelong fiber enthusiast with a background in multiple fiber disciplines with many workshops and teaching experience in several. This is a timeline of her fiber life from her youth to the present day with lots of examples of her work in many disciplines and her progression from one genre to another and finally in weaving.
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Swatch Exchange & Stash Redistribution Sale
1) Swatch Exchange Coordinator Rosanne Lovecchio wraps up this year’s exchange on supplemental warps.
2) Stash Redistribution Sale: Members bring fiber-related books, magazines, yarn, kits, and equipment that they think their fellow members might like to buy. 10% of sales is donated to the guild.
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Tapestry and Art (Zoom Meeting)
Presenter: Susan Martin Maffei
Susan will discuss her most current work which is multi-dimensional in both construction and technique, using tapestry as the core element and enhanced with book arts, found objects, crochet, and works on paper. Examples of her style and use of warping and warp manipulation will be covered as well.
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Learn to Weave
Instructor: Anne Choi
Designed for beginners, this workshop promises to demystify the art of multi-shaft weaving. We will explore the full process of turning yarn into fabric from planning a project, winding a warp, warping the loom, reading a draft, and weaving good cloth.
Weaving with Supplemental Warps - Instructor: Deb Essen - 2 Day Zoom Workshop
An introduction to the weave structures woven with supplemental warps without a second back beam! Advanced Beginner through Advanced Experience. Students must be comfortable warping their looms.
Introduction to Supplemental Warps Zoom Meeting
Presenter: Deb Essen
What are supplemental warps and how do they work? A quick tour/introduction to the weave structures woven with supplemental warps.
Deb Essen is the author of “Easy Weaving with Supplemental Warps”. Deb completed HGA’s Certificate of Excellence, Level 1 (2004) and is an inducted member of the Montana Circle of American Masters in Folk and Traditional Arts (2011). Her passion is teaching the wonders of weaving.
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Make and Take – Korean Bojagi Mob Presenter: Anne Choi
We’ll learn about the history of bojagi, and see examples of how the tradition continues even in modern day. Using the traditional art of jogakbo, we’ll sew our own bojagi mobiles with silk organza fabric.
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Playing with Blocks - Summer and Winter Made Easy.
Presenter: Ellen Hess
Learn about concepts for Summer and Winter weave drafts in a straightforward and step-by-step sequence.
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Name Drafts with Blocks Presenter: Dee Lande (Note Monday meeting date)
Design name drafts using blocks instead of individual shaft numbers. This presentation will show you how easy this can be, setting up a block code, converting it to a draft, and playing with it a bit to get the look you like.
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From Plant to Cloth Presenter: Gigi Matthews
Approximately 390,900 types of plants are known to science but very few can be used to make textiles. Find out how stems, leaves, and bark have been ingeniously transformed into cloth around the globe for over 30,000 years, and the modern methods used for turning agricultural waste products into usable textile fibers.
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Three-Day Workshop with Natalie Drummond: Color Lab and Deflected Doubleweave
Presented by: Natalie Drummond
Day 1: Color Lab
On Day 1, we will focus on weaving value and hue selection and how to work with
multiple painted warps in 4 or 8 shaft deflected doubleweave patterns. I share my approach
with color for blocks as well as color placement within the same block of the draft I am
teaching. Participants are asked to share yarns they are considering using following initial
instruction.
Learn how to customize your weaving project by adding and building color into your prewarped looms following value and color studies of dyed warps.
Day 2 & 3: Deflected Doubleweave
On day 2, we review basic Deflected Doubleweave structure and behavior after sampling.
How do weavers address those wonky selvedges? Learn the basics of the “shuttle
diving technique” for 4 to 8 shafts. Mixing fibers for optimal deflection and/or
differential shrinkage are explored for draft(s) I am currently teaching as they play
an important part in the draft you are weaving. Simple treadling designs are
introduced in each sample so participants can determine how the block structure of
this weave can be organized to produce their own woven project - a scarf or runner
with remaining warp following sampling. Explore different washing and finishing methods to determine appropriate deflection/differential shrinkage. Day 3 will begin with a collaborative discussion of workshop samples prior to weaving the remaining warp.
Final payments will be due on March 1, 2025. If you have signed up for this event, please click the link below to make your final payment.
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Visible Mending
This is a free workshop for Jockey Hollow Weaver Guild members. Registration required. Registration can be found in the Members section of this website.
Materials fee: $5.00 Held at: Grace Luteran Church, 65 E Main St, Mendham.
In this hands-on practical workshop we will use traditional mending and darning methods while we explore the creative opportunities for surface design.
In recent years VISIBLE MENDING has caught the imagination of textile artists around the world. I have studied with Celia Pym from England and Hikaru Noguchi from Japan and will bring you their very special ways of mending holes and tears in clothing and other materials. We will also look at historical darning practices and the current concern for the environment that has come about with the popularity of FAST FASHION.
Please bring an item or two to class that needs mending attention….and a bit of its history if possible.
Warning…….visible mending is very addictive….promise!
Bio
Judith Symonds is a seasoned handwork teacher with a deep passion for traditional textile arts and sustainable practices. With a background that includes a two-year residential weaving course in Switzerland, she has spent many years honing her craft and sharing her expertise. Judith currently teaches a variety of hands-on workshops, including hand spinning, plant dyeing and printing, tapestry, knitting and crochet, book arts, paper making, hand sewing, and visible mending.
Process of a Production Weaver
Presented by: Tina Bliss
Program Description: :
· Brief history of my intro to production weaving, sources of information.
· My process, step by step for sectional warping for my loom
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Deflection Detection
Presented by: Ellen Hess
What makes some woven threads form lovely curves and circles rather than 90 degree grids? Learn the secrets of weave structures that use deflecting threads for their distinctive looks and textures: lace weaves, honeycomb, waffle, M’s and O’s, surface weave effects and deflected double weave all share a common quality that allows them to ‘live off the grid’. Find out how you can harness the power of these fascinating weaves and create uniquely different woven patterns and motifs.
Ellen Hess is a longtime weaver and weaving teacher, who has taught for many years at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York City.
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