Workshops
Afternoon workshops are provided to enhance the understanding of weaving and related topics. Multi-day workshops give the opportunity to spend extended time developing a more in-depth knowledge of a particular weaving structure.
Please register early for any workshop. Registrations on the day of the workshop will be accepted at the discretion of the committee and the instructor. There will be an additional $5.00 fee for registrations on that day.
If you find you cannot attend, please email Claudia Gibson at ccgmpcr@gmail.com to cancel. If your place can be filled from a waiting list, you will receive a refund. If we do not have enough registrations in advance, a workshop may be cancelled. If a workshop is cancelled due to weather or presenter illness, it will be posted on the website and the registration fee will be refunded at the next meeting.
Pricing for workshops
The fees for workshops will be posted below each workshop description.
Register for a Workshop
Complete the Registration Form to register for workshops. Please mail the registration form and your check to the address on the form.
2023–2024 Programming and Workshops
March 9, 2024, 1:30–4:00
Afternoon Workshop—Susan Rockwell—Weaving Technology–Use of Weaving Software
Join guild member and long-time weaving teacher at the White River Craft Center and the Fletcher Farm School for the Arts and Crafts,
Susan Rockwell, for an informative workshop on the use of weaving software. Susan will cover the features of Fiberworks PCW software and
use the guild's projector and screen so participants can easily view the software in use. If you already have Fiberworks software on your
computer, you will be able to follow along as Susan moves through the programming. Information will also be available on other weaving
software that is available.
Take that step in your weaving to try weaving software or expand your skills with the software you're already using.
Cost: Members $35.00, Non-members $45.00
Please email Claudia Gibson at ccgmpcr@gmail.com to let her know if you'll be attending this workshop.
March 16, 2024, 9:30–4:00
Full-Day Workshop—Lausanne Allen—Further Explorations in Band Weaving
This one-day workshop will provide hands-on practice in warp manipulation using an inkle loom to achieve pattern-on-background
effects. Students will weave a band sampler that begins by lifting single strands to create designs. Students will be offered a
variety of charted designs to work with and learn how to chart their own. In the afternoon we'll explore designs that require
pairs of these unheddled strands as well as designs combining singles and doubles for greater interest.
Once students understand the sequence that creates pattern floats, it is possible to create designs entirely by eye, but
learning to read charted designs is a skill that will help one both weave and create their own designs. Students will
have the opportunity to do both at their looms. In the final half hour we'll discuss a range of other ways that motifs,
fretwork patterns and geometric designs can be woven on an inkle loom, though in just one day with one threading on the
looms, we won't have a time to try them all. This workshop will be a useful prerequisite to learning to weave lettered bands.
Maximum 10 students
Cost: $95.00
Please email Claudia Gibson at ccgmpcr@gmail.com to let her know if you'll be attending this workshop.
April 11–13, 2024, 9:00–4:00, Bethany Church, Randolph, VT
3 Day Workshop—Jane Woodhouse—Natural Plant Dyeing / Preparing and Using Extracts
In this three-day workshop, Jane Woodhouse will take students through the calculations,
management, and use of plant-based extracts when dyeing protein fibers. In this hands-on
instruction, students will develop an accurate record of their work, recognize reliable sources
and will have mastered the ability to produce the colors they desire on their own.
Cost: Members $220.00, Non-members $240.00
Please email Claudia Gibson at ccgmpcr@gmail.com to let her know if you'll be attending this workshop.
May 11, 2024, 1:30–3:00
Online Workshop—Robyn Spady—Closure Ideas for Garments without Invasive Buttonholes
Making a buttonhole can be daunting since it often means putting a hole in a garment or fashion accessory.
In this class, participants will explore different techniques that may be used to secure a garment or fashion
accessory. From frogs and hand-wrapped hooks and eyes, to knotting and clasps, designing and making your own
closures can be fun and exciting.
Instructor Bio: Robyn Spady was introduced to handweaving as a baby with a handwoven baby blanket woven by
her great-grandmother and learned to weave at a young age. She has been weaving for over 50 years and completed
HGA's Certificate of Excellence in Handweaving (COE-W) in 2004 with the specialized study Loom-controlled
Stitched Double Cloth. Robyn is fascinated by the infinite possibilities of crossing threads and loves
coming up with new ideas to create fabric and transform it into something new and exciting. She is also the
founder and editor of Heddlecraft® magazine.
Cost: Members $35.00, Non-members $45.00
Please email Claudia Gibson at ccgmpcr@gmail.com to let her know if you'll be attending this workshop.
Directions to Kimball House
From I-89 take exit 4 onto Rte-66, head down hill to
Randolph. At the stop sign, keep going straight (south
on rte 12). Bear left (west) onto Rte-12 (N. Main St.), Go
past Chandler Arts Center. Before the gazebo, bear left onto
South Pleasant Street. Take the next road on the left, which
is Randolph Ave. Kimball House is at the end of the street,
sitting at the top of the hill. The drive to the right leads
to a parking area. See
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