Category Archives: Fiber Arts
Galleries for CNCH 2012
It is not too early to start planning your entries for the Galleries at CNCH 2012. Here are the descriptions of the four major display divisions. Watch this site for additional information about the galleries and the jurying process (and information about the fashion show). Every member of a CNCH guild is encouraged to submit […]
Continue readingSpinners – Prepare for CNCH 2012:
Calling all Spinners: plan to participate in: RETURN TO SENDER A spinning challenge! “Return to Sender” is an event where spinners create unique and wonderful yarn with fiber especially hand dyed just for the 2012 Conference. The finished yarn is returned to CNCH to be judged (optional) and displayed at the conference. This year […]
Continue readingDaryl Lancaster to teach at CNCH 2012
Daryl Lancaster will be teaching at CNCH 2012!! Check out her website: www.weaversew.com. Plan to take her classes in Oakland in May 2012. More details on what she will be teaching will be posted in the near future. Save the dates May 18 – 20, 2012 for the best teachers, best gallery shows, best fashion […]
Continue reading“Spinning at the Winery” Postponed
June 18th will be the new date for Treadles to Threads’ annual “Spinning at the Winery” event. Due to the cold,rainy weather, we have to cancel June 4 and reschedule for June 18. Lets hope that the weather will dry up and warm up by then. If you don’t know what the Winery event is, […]
Continue readingStudio 49 2011 Retreat Update
STUDIO 49 – 6th Annual Retreat U * P* D* A* T* E WHEN: October 14 – 16, 2011 WHERE: Tuolumne Trails in Groveland, CA Although the last day to register for the retreat is September 15, there are several reasons to send your registration form in soon: * Register by June 30 and […]
Continue reading8 Shafts, 10 Treadles, so many ways to do DoubleWeave!
Pat Stewart will give a slide program sharing her approach to designing block double weave on 8 shafts, from ideas on how to design profile drafts to techniques for visualizing thread by thread drafts. Included will be a technique for weaving 3 or 4-treadling block drafts (which usually requires 12 or 16 treadles) on no […]
Continue readingSummer Issue of CNCHnet is now online
The Summer issue of CNCHnet has been posted and is waiting your perusal. This issue features several articles on different types of looms and those who use them, as well as reports on happenings within your guilds and in nearby Art Museums. And be sure to check out the Fishbone basketry article. The baskets are […]
Continue readingTeachers for 2012 Announced!
The list of teachers for CNCH 2012 was announced at the general meeting at CNCH 2011 in Sutter Creek! They are posted right here at cnch.org: click on “2012 Oakland” and then “teachers” or go to this link: https://www.cnch.org/conferences/2012-oakland/teachers/ . The Conference will be held May 18 – 20 in Oakland, California. Watch this site […]
Continue readingHear From One of Our Very Own
Dotti Day is not shy and will share her creative journey with us at the upcoming Tamaplais Weavers’ Guild meeting, Monday, May 16, 7 pm, Marin Art and Garden Center, Francis Young Gallery, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross. From Dotti, My Creative Journey and the Heroes I Met Along the Way In this program […]
Continue readingStudio 49 6th Annual Retreat – Registration Now Open
TREAT YOURSELF TO A RE-TREAT with STUDIO 49 Imagine yourself in a mountain setting, a beautiful new log building with spectacular views, close to Yosemite and full of the sounds of spinning wheels and the murmur of voices speaking the language of fiber with religious intensity. This can be yours by signing up for our […]
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