Category Archives: Fiber Arts
2018 SPINNING AT THE WINERY
Treadles invites all fiber enthusiasts to our Annual Winery event. A day of spinning at a beautiful Livermore winery with friends and California vendors who cater to fiber lovers. Bring your wheel and a pot-luck dish to share for lunch. AND, we’ll have another great raffle with items you just can’t live without. Water, soda, […]
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This fun annual event needs to change from its usual first week-end in June to May 19, 2018 this year. Plenty of time to get it on your calendar. If you are not familiar with this Spring Event, its a day to destress with a picnic at a lovely Livermore winery with fiber friends from […]
Continue readingMore Convergence Loaner Looms Needed!
Convergence 2018 will be held in Reno July 6 – 12 offering a great opportunity for our CNCH members to mingle with other fiber enthusiasts who will be traveling via planes and trains to take advantage of the international comradery, exhibits, and shopping, as well exceptional educational opportunities such a gathering can offer. To help […]
Continue readingRedwood Guild of Fiber Arts presents Lisa Trujillo
Chimayo Weaving Begun in the early years of the twentieth century, this style is basically two stripes and a center design. The stripes are clearly derived from the Rio Grande blanket, and the center design is an outgrowth of Saltillo tapestry techniques. Along with a uniform texture obtained by the use […]
Continue reading20th Annual Spinning at the Winery
Treadles to Threads Spinning Guild invites you once again to “Spinning at the Winery.” We’re hoping the 20th year of this event brings exceptional weather as well as an exceptional day for you in Livermore’s wine country. This is a day to spend spinning, snacking, shopping and visiting with your fiber friends throughout the Bay […]
Continue readingJason Collingwood Workshop March 22 – 24
Master Rug Weaver Jason Collingwood will be teaching a 3-day workshop in Walnut Creek on March 22- 24, 2017, through the Center for Community Arts. The hours are 9 am to 4 pm each day. You may register online at Jason Collingwood Workshop Registration or by calling (925) 943-5846. The threading is 2/2 Twill. […]
Continue readingSHEEP – AN ENDANGERED SPECIES?
No, not the Merino nor the Rambouillet, we will always want soft, lustrous wool. And, no, not the Suffolk or other farmed sheep for meat. But did you know that of the 1400 or so breeds of sheep around the world, over one-third of these breeds are in danger of extinction? By seeking out fibers […]
Continue readingTALK BY SHEILA O’HARA
Sheila is a weaver of stunning landscapes, dancing sheep, and many other fiber fantasies. She has been weaving since 1976, gradually progressing to working on a jacquard loom. Her weaving then could become much more detailed with some being photo realistic such as “Pomo Girl” pictured here. Sheila’s “Dancing Sheep” have been perennial favorites of […]
Continue readingBay Area Basket Makers
Bay Area Basket Makers (BABM) will hold 2 separate basketry workshops in February, 2017. They are open to weavers who are already BABM members, and those who pay the $25 annual membership fee at the time of workshop registration: “Four Inset Handle Basket” is a 3 day workshop taught by Peeta Tinay, February 17-19, 2017. […]
Continue readingWOVEN TOGETHER, a fiber art exhibit, Jan 13-Feb 12, 2017
This is a fiber art exhibit in the San Francisco Bay Area. Please join Loom and Shuttle members in celebrating the fine craft of hand weaving and fiber art. WOVEN TOGETHER: Experience & Expression Open and free to all, ample parking, and wheelchair accessible Sanchez Art Center/East Gallery 1220-B Linda Mar Blvd. Pacifica, California Opening: 7-9pm […]
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