Kris Bruland speaks about Handweaving.net, Feb 20, 2025 7 PM Zoom Meeting
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Show and Tell January 2025
Show and Tell January 2025
Cheryl H – Crocheted Silk Threads
Ulla De L – Woven Linen Towels
Lizzy T-H – Seasonal Baskets
Gudrun P – Plant a Tree
The little known technique of “chained weft loops” is used to create small pictures of trees. Each one of the trees has meaning to me because it reminds me of times, places, and people.
The Technique / Diagram
Chestnut Tree
Burned Redwood Tree
Christmas Tree
Diana H – Bench Cover
This is 23” x 52” Echo Weave, woven with 2 colors of 16/2 Bockens Lingarn linen on an 8 shaft Glimåkra Standard Countermarch loom.
The pattern came from Marian Stubenitsky’s Weaving with Echo and Iris book on page 13. It was woven to reupholster a bench that was built by my Grandpa and sits at the foot of my bed.
Gail B – Dukagang wall hanging
Dukagång wall hanging (6.5″ x 15.5″) in 10/2 cotton with 2/10 Merino Tencel pattern weft.
My thanks to Suzie Liles for the source inspiration and beginner’s instructions in Handwoven Mar/Apr 2017!
Judith Shangold, “Inspiration and Design Process for the Rigid Heddle Loom” – Thursday, January 16th at 7 pm on Zoom
Judith Shangold, “Inspiration and Design Process for the Rigid Heddle Loom” –
Thursday, January 16th at 7 pm on Zoom
Judith Shangold was already a weaver when, in 1975, she opened a yarn shop in the Park Slope section in Brooklyn, NY called The Weavers Studio. Though she knew how to knit,
she had to teach herself a lot to stay ahead of the customers who needed help. She has since designed for knitting magazines and yarn companies, was a yarn sales
representative for many years in New England, and was the U.S. importer, distributor and designer for Manos del Uruguay from 1999 – 2007.
She is also the designer behind Designs by Judith and A Bear in Sheep’s Clothing pattern collections.
When she retired in 2007, she started weaving again. Limited in space, she began weaving on a rigid-heddle loom, and became particularly interested in simple, wearable clothing design. Her book, Weave • Knit• Wear, was published by XRX Books in 2014.
In September 2017, Judith and her husband, a freelance book designer, became permanent residents of Tucson. Though she is now weaving on an 8-shaft Schacht Baby Wolf, she still uses a rigid heddle loom to teach, demo and travel with. https://www.judithshangold.com/
Show and Tell December 2024
Show and Tell December 2024
Lynn C. – Woven Flower
Woven with cotton warp and DMC pearl cotton weft, 10 epi, 20×20″. The flower is done with soumak stitch.
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Ange M. – Bronson Lace Top
Ange’s top was made to wear on a textile tour last summer after she was being chided for not having any handwoven items on her last textile tour. 20/2 cotton Bronson lace of her own design.
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Carol C. – Handspun Cormo Christening Blanket
This handspun and knitted Cormo Christening Blanket was made for Carol’s granddaughter Adelina. The blanket won Best of Show at the 2024 Monterey Wool Show AND 4 awards at the Santa Cruz County Fair.
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Kathleen D. – Deflected Double-Weave table runner
Deflected double-weave table runner woven by Kathleen D. of Duet 5/2 cotton/linen blend, 18 epi, from a pattern by Elisabeth Hill.
Program for our annual Holiday party with 50th Anniversary Celebration !
Program for our Holiday party with the 50th Anniversary Celebration of our Black Sheep Handweavers Guild on 12/12 at 7 PM !
* This time the holiday party is one week earlier than our regular meeting date. *
Black Sheep Guild will be having our December In-Person guild meeting at
Veterans Memorial Senior Center, 1455 Madison Ave, Redwood City, on
December 12th at 7:00 p.m. Come to meet and greet fellow guild members! We
are hoping for good attendance so, if you need a ride, please let us know so we
can hook you up with someone coming from your area.
Our guild is celebrating its 50th year, and to honor it Sarah Aaron and her daughter
have put together a special presentation to celebrate our half century! We will
view the presentation, and marvel at our long history of creating gorgeous fiber.
Following the presentation, we hope others will also chime in with their own
special memories. We encourage you to bring something for Show & Tell that
reflects some aspect of your history with the guild, as well as any recent work. We
will share a celebratory piece of cake, hot teas and sparkling apple juice for the
occasion.
Please join in our evening of merriment, and bring an edible finger food, sweet or
savory. Please label your contribution with name and ingredients for those with
dietary restrictions.
If you would like to help with set up/decorations, please come early around 6:15
to lend a hand.
There will also be our customary give away table for items you would like others
to have, but please plan to take any items not selected home at the end of the
meeting.
We did decide to not have the gift exchange due to the time needed for the 50 th
anniversary celebration.
Hope to see you there!
The program will be at Veterans Memorial Senior Center, 1455 Madison Ave, Redwood City. The program will start at 7pm, but the room will be open at 6:30 for those who want to visit
beforehand.
COVID note: Masking is optional, but please wear a mask if you have any respiratory symptoms, even if it’s probably just allergies from everything that’s blooming.
Show and Tell November 2024
Johanna G – Various Tunics with handwoven fabrics
Gail B donated the material for this black and white tunic, per Simplicity pattern1461
The Advancing Twill tunic, per Simplicity pattern 1461, is using a 16/2 Borg’s cotton warp and weft. I did take Janet Dawson’s Advancing Twill class and made this after completing most of the class.
The jacket is my third Koji jacket using previous weavings from my stash, including the Huck lace collar/lapel. The body of the jacket has various weavings, mostly cotton.
The Koji jacket is a basic pattern that is fun to make and fits well.
Barbara Shapiro – Maquette of Twisted Tower 2 – work in progress
10 x 2.5 x. 2.5″. Plaited painted watercolor paper.
I splashed blood-red acrylic paint and India Ink on the paper, wrote phrases that expressed my reaction to current events in black ink, and then “whitewashed” the 4.5 x 30 ” pieces obscuring some, but not all of the design.
The paper was then sliced with a pasta cutter into 1/4″ strips and plaited in an extended twisted cube. pattern.
I learned the twisted cube from a pattern on Annetta Kraayeveld’s website. I am working on the full-scale version now.
Program for Thursday, November 21st, 7 pm on Zoom
Program for Thursday, November 21st, 7 pm on Zoom
If you ask Suzie Liles who she is, she will tell you she is the mother of 4 wonderful children, a canine parent to her beloved and always present Maltese dog, Buddy (the ETC shop puppy), grandmother of 9, weaver, teacher for over 35 years, and as most of us know,
the owner of Eugene Textile Center and co-owner of Glimåkra USA with her daughter, Sarah Rambousek.
Suzie has an MFA in Fibers from the University of Oregon in Eugene, is a member of the Handweavers Guild of America and is a regular contributor to
Handwoven Magazine with wonderfully fun projects.
Suzie loves teaching and has taught both children and adults across North America, including co-teaching with Madelyn van der Hoogt and the Weavers School in Coupeville, WA for 30 plus years. In the last several years, in her spare time, Suzie has become a tour leader for textile tours in Sweden, and Japan with Opulent Quilt Journeys, and to Egypt with her own tour company.
She will share with our Black Sheep Guild her journey from her first exposure to weaving to
present day via Zoom at our November 2024 guild meeting.
The Zoom will open at Nov 21, 2024 06:30 PM Pacific Time and the meeting will start at 7:00
pm
Show and Tell October 2024
Lynn C – Woven fabric with Soumak stitch
From Lynn Curry: 8 x 14″. Woven with cotton
warp thread and pearl cotton weft. The lines
are done with soumak stitch. “I was trying out
some ideas I may use for a larger design and I
improved my technique and learned some
things from weaving this. “
In Person Program for Thursday, October 17th, 7 pm
In Person Program for Thursday, October 17th 7 pm
Kathleen Dickey will be the guest speaker for the October
program, talking about weaving in community: different models
of weaving together, including apprenticeships, coops, and
virtual communities. She apprenticed with three weavers over
the years, and most recently was a founding member of the
Madrone Arts Cooperative in Pescadero. She might be called an
emerging artist if those who are emerging from retirement are
included…
The program will be at Veterans Memorial Senior Center, 1455
Madison Ave, Redwood City. The program will start at 7pm,
but the room will be open at 6:30 for those who want to visit
beforehand.
COVID note: Masking is optional, but please wear a mask if you
have any respiratory symptoms, even if it’s probably just allergies from everything that’s blooming.
We will meet for supper before the program at Karakade Thai Cuisine, 5:30. 593 Woodside Road, cross street Hudson https://maps.app.goo.gl/eaQZyrGLDW8ifVou5
Please RSVP to Ally Kraus, allison [dot] m [dot] kraus [at] gmail [dot] com
Upcoming Programs 2024/2025
Upcoming Programs 2024 / 2025
*The information provided is preliminary and might still change *
- 09/19, In-person Meeting featuring Ally Kraus sharing about her work.
- 10/17, In-person Meeting featuring Kathleen Dickey sharing about her work and Madrone Arts Collective.
- 11/12, Zoom Meeting featuring Suzie Liles of Eugene Textile Center.
- 12/12, Holiday party and Guild 50th Anniversary Celebration
- 01/16, Zoom Meeting featuring Judith Shangold, “Weave, Knit, Wear"”
- 02/20, Zoom Meeting featuring Kris Bruland of Handweaving.net
- 03/20, Zoom Meeting featuring Natalie Drummond, Deflective Doubleweave
- 04/17-In-person Meeting Bahira: Miko Kami dolls
- 05/15, In-person Meeting – Round Robin with guild members: Lynn Curry, Barbie
Paulsen, tbd - 6/18-In-person Meeting CNCH show and tell