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Treadles to Threads Honors Will and Kate Taylor
Will and Kate Taylor have been in the “driver’s seat” of Treadles to Threads Spinners Guild for so many years, no one can remember the exact date they began! Under their guidance, the already active guild has explored quite a few new avenues of growth. Will and Kate helped establish a “yearly focus” in which […]
Continue reading2010 Conference Spotlight: Dyeing Without a Dyepot
Dyeing Without a Dyepot This workshop is already drawing lots of attention. Everyone, it seems, is curious about producing colored fabrics without a dyepot. You will explore transfer printing, disperse dyes, and transfer crayons, along with printing, painting, stenciling, stamping, stitching, resist and collage techniques to produce a myriad of colored fabrics and designs. If […]
Continue reading2010 Conference Spotlight: 8/2 Cotton
8/2 Cotton: Versatile, Beautiful and Inexpensive 8/2 cotton is a fabulous thread — not too fine, not too thick and readily available in so many colors and shades of color. Mary Berent will take you through a huge variety of fabrics that can be woven using just this one specific thread. This “round robin” style […]
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