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/