Vermont Weavers Guild

05/18/2023

04/23/2023

There's still space in the Ply-Split Basket in Three Hours class with Rebecca Jensen at the White River Craft Center, Randolph VT
Saturday, May 13 2023, 1 - 4 PM

Workshop fee: Members: $30, Non-members: $40
Materials fee: $25, payable to the instructor; gripfids may be borrowed or purchased for $10
TO REGISTER: http://vtweaversguild.org/calendar/workshops.html

03/09/2023

Presentation and Guild meeting this Saturday - March 11 at 10:00am.

Mary Zicafoose—Ikat Around the Globe

Ikat is a technically articulate and beautiful technique of resist-dying pattern into individual threads before weaving. This talk provides an overview of ikat around the globe, highlighting Mary's 40 year career track using weft face ikat as both embellishment and story in her work in tapestry.

In person or via Zoom. Details at:

We meet the 2nd Saturday of the month in September, October, November, February, March, April, and May at the White River Craft Center at the Kimball House, 50 Randolph Rd, Randolph, Vermont. See map .

01/17/2023

Right Under Your Nose WEBINAR & ONLINE EXHIBITION OPENING Right Under Your Nose: Children’s Printed Textiles from the Collection of JJ Murphy and Nancy Mladenoff TOMORROW, January 18, 6 p.m. Join us for a special webinar to celebrate the opening of the online exhibition Right Under Your Nose: Chil...

10/03/2022

Oct 8, 2022, 10:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
in-person and over Zoom web conferencing

Peggy Hart—Wool Book Talk

Keeping Americans warm for four centuries, wool has been an essential commodity from colonial times to the present. Its colorful and epic tale has impacted millions of lives including artisans, inventors, immigrants, merchants, mill owners, millworkers, farmers, slaves, and Native Americans. Handcraft production gave way to industrialization, but is now back in the hands of knitters, weavers, felters, and other handcrafters. Wool is a story of technological and social change, marketing forces, and above

10/01/2022

The Vermont Weavers Guild has a booth in Floral Hall at the Vermont Sheep & Wool Festival in Tunbridge, this weekend, Oct 1&2. Come visit us and try your hand at weaving!

The Green Mountain Knitting Guild has a booth near the entrance. Stop in there too.

09/14/2022

Check out this fully functional weaving book designed by Cai Wei Qun -

The swish of a shuttle moving from left to right as it carries threads through the warp might be described as a "xui" sound. A Taiwanese onomatopoeia, the auditory word is also the title of Cai Wei Qun’s elaborately constructed book on the craft, which opens to reveal a trove of history, technique...

09/07/2022

Sept 10, 2022, 10:00 am

Our September meeting will be happening in-person and over Zoom web conferencing.

Susan Rockwell—The Seamy Side

No one is immune from weaving mistakes, no matter our experience.

Susan will use photos that she's collected over more than thirty years to remind us of just how easy it is to make mistakes. How do we get into these messes and, more important, how do we get out of them? We never see the seamy side of weaving in any weaving book or trade magazine.

As weavers, we need to find the time to recognize our mistakes and learn what to do about them; we also must learn to ignore the "shoulds" and ultimately find peace with our weaving.

We meet the 2nd Saturday of the month in September, October, November, February, March, April, and May at the White River Craft Center at the Kimball House, 50 Randolph Rd, Randolph, Vermont. See map .

05/12/2022

This Saturday, May 14, at 10am - Mary Ann Sanborn—Textile Traditions at Canterbury Shaker Village: 1792-1992 followed by our annual meeting at 11am. Both to be held at the White River Craft Center in Randolph and on Zoom (https://us06web.zoom.us/j/99321634184; Meeting ID: 993 2163 4184)

Textile Traditions at Canterbury Shaker Village: 1792–1992
The history of the Canterbury Shakers, a unique utopian society, is intricately tied to textiles. Whether produced by hand or in Shaker mills yarn, cloth, and specialized products were fabricated to meet the needs of the Shaker community and for sale to the world's people. Canterbury Shakers were involved in textiles from the time the community was "gathered in" in 1792 until its final days in 1992. The Shakers raised sheep and planted linen, designed and produced textile tools and spinning wheels, and created textiles remarkable for both beauty and practicality. Yarn and yardage by hand and machine, dyes and dyeing, Shaker rag rugs, Dorothy Cloaks, Shaker Sweaters, knit and crochet goods, sales trips, patents and trademarks, all are part of the rich textile history of the Canterbury Shakers. Learn more about the Canterbury Shaker Village at https://www.shakers.org/

03/09/2022

We've recently received information that a Hammet loom is looking for a new home.

"The loom is 58 inches by 48 inches and 56 inches high. It was in pristine condition when taken apart and stored it in a closet. It comes with a wooden bench and a stand up frame with metal rods that look like they hold the different yarns."

Send VWG a message if you are interested and we will connect you with the owner.

03/08/2022

This Saturday, March 12th

10:00 AM Virginia Postrel: “The Fabric of Civilization” this will be a ZOOM-only presentation
link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/99321634184 - Meeting ID: 993 2163 4184
This talk is free and open to the public. Please contact Claudia Gibson or the guild via FB so we know you are coming and can let you in to the meeting.

Business meeting to follow at 11:00AM.

https://vpostrel.com/the-fabric-of-civilization

Official website of Virginia Postrel, writer, author, curator...