Diablo Weavers Guild meets in Walnut Creek, usually on the third or fourth Friday of the month from September through June, 10:00 am, until noon or a little later. New members and guests are welcome. In September, December and June we meet at a member's home. Other meetings are usually held at the Thurman Casey Library in Walnut Creek (Ygnacio Valley Library). Thurman G. Casey Library 2661 Oak Grove Rd. Walnut Creek CA 94598 (for directions to the meeting in September, please email carol.gray@gmail.com) Library location details and a map: Meeting location Dues for the year Sept 2016 - June 2017 are $30 per person; $40 per family. Friday, September 30, 2016 at 10:00 Our annual stash sale and planning for the coming year at Carol C.'s house. (note that this is the last and 5th Friday of the month) Bring tales of summer adventures and "show and tell" about projects you have been working on over the past months. Also bring funds for adding to your stash and items no longer needed or extra to sell; we ask a donation to the guild of part of the price to help fund future speakers and workshops. If you have not already paid your dues for the coming year, please bring $30 check or cash to the meeting. Plan on signing up for refreshments for one of our meetings this year. Get updates about possible programs in the planning and bring ideas for future programs. Announcement of a special award for Lillian Lillian Whipple is the recipient of the Nell Steedsman Award for her yardage "Red to Blue and Green All Over", exhibited at Convergence 2016 in Milwaukee. The Guild of Canadian Weavers grants the Nell Steedsman Award to a weaver whose work shows excellence in the weaving discipline. It is given as an honor in recognition of weaving of the highest calibre. She shared this lovely fabric with us at a meeting last year, and will bring it again in September. Congratulations Lillian! Red and Blue and Green All Over - detail For Sale Schacht Highcastle Loom 8H Schacht Highcastle Loom: Maple. Inserted Eye Heddles. Easy tie-up system. Removable Breast and Back beams. New Brake. Sectional Beam, 18” circumference. Four Leash Sticks. (See photos below) • Custom Cherry Bench (designed copied from LeClerc bench). Fixed Height. Storage Under Seat. Two Built in Pockets. • LeClerc Bobbin Rack. Holds 40 Four inch Bobbins/Spools. Easy to Store. Includes 30 Cardboard Spools • Metal Temple. 32” to 51” Capacity. • Located in San Ramon. Must be picked up by October 25 PRICE: $1100 Contact: Joan Leon at gypsieladi@hotmail.com      Large Table Loom for Sale Please see the side menu--or the link below-- for a new posting about a 32 inch, 8 harness loom for sale. Local Workshops The Redwood Guild of Fiber Arts is inviting neighboring guilds to join them in a special program and workshop presented by Dianne Totten. REDWOOD GUILD OF FIBER ARTS Dianne Totten - Lecture and Workshop October 5, 6, 7, 2016 Dianne Totten, a weaver for 30 years and teacher for twenty, uses a variation of handwoven shibori to produce what she calls “crimp cloth” to create one-of- a-kind garments with the heat-set fabric. Her expertise in sewing complements her passion for weaving. Dianne’s award-winning work has appeared nationally and internationally. She teaches at John C. Campbell Folk School in NC as well as nationally and internationally for guilds and conferences and has been published in SS&D, Handwoven, Weavers, Complex Weavers Journal, and Vävmagasinet. Väv magazine chose her jacket as “Best in Show” in its category at the Swedish National Convention Fashion Show. Lecture on October 5 at 10:30am: “Cone to Clothing, One Weaver’s Journey”. Luther Burbank Art & Garden Center, 2050 Yulupa Ave, Santa Rosa. Non-Guild members welcome. 2-day workshop on October 6 & 7: “Crimp and Create” Cotati Community Center, 216 East School St, Cotati, CA This is an on-loom workshop taking fiber in a new direction by creating “crimp cloth.” Using a variation of woven shibori for both warp and weft, learn to create fabric with permanently crimped designs that hold their memory even when washed. Participants will draft, weave, and crimp their samples in class to discover the endless possibilities. Learn how the fabric can be used for entire garments as well as for permanent pleating to replace knitted ribbing for a sweater or to add a knit look to the collar area of a jacket. No dyeing involved. Advanced beginner and beyond. Fee 2-day workshop for Guild members: $100 Fee 2-day workshop for non-Guild members: $110 Please contact Terry Leech, tmleech@yahoo.com for reservations. From Willow to Basket in a Day! A Willow Crafting Class Taught by Renown Willow Crafter Charles Kennard. Saturday, October 15 San Jose - 9:30 a.m. – to 4:00 p.m. We will gather willow shoots at the Veggielution Community Farm in central San Jose, and make open-weave twined baskets suitable for gathering fruits or veggies. The workshop is sponsored by Veggielution, Silicon Valley Folk School, Silicon Valley Permaculture Guild and the Center for Popular Research, Education and Policy. This class is for adults and teens with beginning and experienced weavers welcome. The fee for the class is $75. To register, contact Kris Jensen at krisxjensen@gmail.com or (650) 521-1536 Charlie Kennard of San Anselmo is a long-time basket weaver and student of California Indian and European techniques. He has taught for MAPOM, Point Reyes Field Institute, East Bay Regional Parks Botanic Garden, and in many schools and at teacher trainings. Tule boats made in his workshops can be seen at the California Academy of Sciences, the Bay Model in Sausalito, and another is in the collection of the Oakland Museum. You can also visit a basketry plant garden he has created at the Marin Art and Garden Center in Ross. Charlie is active in native habitat restoration in Marin, managing several projects for Friends of Corte Madera Creek Watershed. Loop Braiding class with Ingrid Crickmore The Lace Museum in San Jose will be having a loop braiding class with Ingrid Crickmore in October. You can find information at this link, Loop Braiding Potpourri with Ingrid Crickmore Saturday, October 22 and Sunday, October 23, 2016 9:30am-4:30pm Loop braiding (aka fingerloop braiding) is a disappearing, world-wide traditional way to make braided cords and bands quickly and efficiently with almost no equipment other than the fingers. Many different braided structures can be made: cords that are round, square, rectangular, triangular, and solid or hollow; as well as wide, flat ribbon-like bands, and lace-like braids with fine-yet-strong openwork. Aside from being useful and strong, these cords and bands can also have very intricate and beautiful color-patterning. Nowadays, teens often learn one or two basic fingerloop braids as a quick friendship bracelet technique. Loop braids can also be used as lanyards, necklaces, drawstrings, fine fringe, edge trimmings on clothing, button-hole bands, shoelaces, and more. In this workshop, we will learn square, flat, and openwork braids; a spiral- textured round braid; and (depending on time constraints and class interest) several different color-pattern variations of these braids; a beveled “half- round” or triangular braid, and/or a dotted braid that was called “Grene Dorg,” (Barleycorn) in Medieval England. Materials Fee: $7/per student, payable directly to teacher I will be providing each student:
Registration Form Loop Braiding Potpourri with Ingrid Crickmore Saturday, October 22 and Sunday, October 23, 2016 · 9:30am-4:30pm Name___________________________________________________________________ Address___________________________________________________________________ Phone________________ Email _______________________________________ Payment Options: __ Check for $150 made payable to The Lace Museum enclosed __ Paying via Paypal at www.thelacemuseum.org __ Paying by credit card in person or by phone at the Museum An email confirmation will be sent upon receipt of your registration. Weaving Resources Online Weaving magazine edited by Robin Spady Heddlecraft, the newest weaving resource, has launched! What is Heddlecraft? It’s a digital weaving magazine for weavers who love to weave and want to know more. Heddlecraft will be published six times a year. An annual subscription is $19.99 and a single issue is $4.50. Each issue will have a focus on a particular weave or weaving technique. You can find out more about Heddlecraft at www.heddlecraft.com. Also, please join us on Facebook and Twitter. Happy weaving! Robyn Spady Editor, Heddlecraft
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