Calendar of Events – The Past
2024-2025 Events
| Date and Time | Speaker | Topic | Venue | Type |
| Tues Sep 9, 2024, 7pm Hospitality, 7:30pm Program | Guild Members | “What I learned on my Summer Vacation” | In person and via Zoom | Program |
| Sat Sep 7, 2024, 11am-2pm | Pat Holobaugh | “Printing Plants on Fabric and Paper” | In person | Workshop |
| Tues Oct 1, 2024 7pm Hospitality, 7:30pm Program | Patsy Zawistoski | Entering Fairs, Contests, and Competitions! Oh My!” | In person and via Zoom | Program |
| Sat Oct 19, 2024, 10am | Janet Phillips | Bonus: Designing My Way | Zoom | Program |
| Sat-Sun Oct 26-27, 2024, 10am-4pm | Patsy Zawistoski | “A Spinning Celebration of Long Cellulose – Flax, Hemp, Ramie, Tencel, and Bamboo” | In person | Workshop |
| Sat-Sun Nov 9-10, 2024 | Guild Members | “Maryland Alpaca and Fleece Festival” | Howard County Fairgrounds | Demonstration |
| Tues Nov 12, 2024 7pm Hospitality, 7:30pm Program | Barbara J. Walker | “Design Tricks” | In person and via Zoom | Program |
| Tues Dec 3, 2024 7pm Hospitality, 7:30pm Program | Janice Knausenberger | “Handwoven Textiles in Kenya Today” | In person and via Zoom | Program |
| Tues Jan 7, 2025 7:30pm Program | Cameron Taylor Brown | “Garden Palettes: Exuberant Design from Glorious Gardens” | Zoom only | Program |
| Sat, Sun, Sat, Jan 11, 19, 25, 2025, 2-4pm | Janet Phillips | “Shadow Weave and Repp” | Zoom only | Workshop |
| Tues Feb 4, 2025 7:30pm Program | Robyn Spady | “Totally Twill” | Zoom only | Program |
| Sat Feb 8, 2025 10-11am Program | Cally Booker | “Bonus: Design for Weave with Sound and Rhythm” | Zoom only | Program |
| Sat, Sat-Sun Feb 8, 15-16, 2025, various times | Cally Booker | “An Exploration of Double Huck” | Zoom only | Workshop |
| Sat Feb 15, 2025 | Guild Members | “Maryland Alpaca and Fleece Festival” | Cockeysville, MD | Demonstration |
| Sat-Sun Feb 22-23, 2025 | Guild Members | “American Craft Made Baltimore” | Baltimore Convention Center | Demonstration |
| Sat-Mon Mar 1-3, 2025, 9-5pm | Mary Zicafoose | “Ikat Dyeing” | HCAC | Workshop |
| Tues Mar 4, 2025, 7pm Hospitality, 7:30pm Program | Mary Zicafoose | “Weaver and Mystics” | In person and via Zoom | Program |
| Sat-Sun Mar 29-30, 2025, 10-4pm | Stephanie Hill | “Rigid Heddle Speed Warping and Other Techniques” | HCAC | Workshop |
| Tues Apr 1, 2025 7pm Hospitality, 7:30pm Program | Guild Members | “Study Group Presentation” | In person and via Zoom | Program |
| Sat Apr 26, 2025 | Guild Members | “Notchcliff Nature Programs Earth Day Fairy Festival” | Glen Arm | Demonstration |
| Sat Apr 26, 2025 | Guild Members | “Magothy Cooperative Preschool Spring Festival” | Pasadena | Demonstration |
| Sun Apr 27, 2025 | Guild Members | “Pearlstone Retreat Center Sheep and Wool Festival” | Reisterstown | Demonstration |
| Tues May 6, 2025 7pm Hospitality, 7:30pm Program | Daniel Willey | “Get Certified through WGGB” | In person and via Zoom | Program |
| Tues June 3, 2025 7pm Hospitality, 7:30pm Program | Guild Members | “Elections and Show ‘n’ Tell” | In person and via Zoom | Program |
2023-2024 Events
| Date and Time | Speaker | Topic | Venue | Type |
| Tues Sep 5, 2023 7pm Hospitality, 7:30pm Program | Guild Members | “What I did on my Summer Vacation” | In person and via Zoom | Meeting |
| Sat Sep 16, 2023, 9:30am-noon and 1-3:30pm | Pat Holobaugh | “Printing Plants on Fabric” | In person | Workshop |
| Sun Oct 1, 2023, 10am-4pm | Kim McKenna | “Cascading Colour – Spinning” | In person | Workshop |
| Mon Oct 2, 2023, 10am-4pm | Kim McKenna | “Flights of Fancy – Adventures in Spinning Silk” | In person | Workshop |
| Tues Oct 3, 2023 7pm Hospitality, 7:30pm Program | Kim McKenna | “Silk Road” | In person and via Zoom | Meeting |
| Sat-Sun Nov 4-5, 2023, 10am-4pm | Suzi Ballenger | “Express Your Sole! DIY Espadrilles” | In person | Workshop |
| Sat-Sun Nov 11-12, 2023, 9am-4pm | Guild Members | “Maryland Alpaca and Fleece Festival” | Howard County Fairgrounds | Demonstration |
| Tues Nov 7, 2023 7pm Hospitality, 7:30pm Program | Suzi Ballenger | “Rekindling the Art of Weaving Linen Bedding – The Stories a Bedsheet Can Tell” | In person and via Zoom | Meeting |
| Tues Dec 5, 2023 7pm Hospitality, 7:30pm Program | Susan Belascio | “Weaving Landscapes” | In person and via Zoom | Meeting |
| Tues Jan 2, 2024 7:30pm Program | Daryl Lancaster | “Leftovers Again? What to do with Leftover Handwoven Fabric” | Zoom only | Meeting |
| Tues Jan 23, 2024 7:30pm Program | Peggy Orenstein | “Unraveling: Writer Peggy Orenstein on her best-selling memoir about shearing sheep, making yarn, knitting … And life” | Zoom only | Bonus Meeting |
| Sat-Sun Jan 27-28, 2024, 9am-4pm | Daryl Lancaster | “Jumpstart Vest” | Zoom only | Workshop |
| Sat Feb 3, 2024, 10am-2pm | Guild Members | Open Library and Get Together Day | In person | Library Day |
| Tues Feb 6, 2024 7:30pm | Jill Staubitz | “Taking Away the Mystery of Turning a Draft” | Zoom only | Meeting |
| Sat-Sun Feb 10-11, 2024, 10am-4pm | Jill Staubitz | “Summer and Winter Weave Along for 4 and 8 Shaft Weavers” | Zoom only | Workshop |
| Sat-Sun Mar 2-3, 2024, 10am-4pm | Sarah Saulson | “The Joy of Color” | In person | Workshop |
| Tues Mar 5, 2024, 7pm Hospitality, 7:30pm Program | Laurie Duxbury | “Profile Drafts and Block Weaves” | In person and via Zoom | Meeting |
| Tues Apr 2, 2024 7pm Hospitality, 7:30pm Program | Sara and Dustin Bixler (from Red Stone Glen) | “Maintaining Your Loom and Spinning Wheel” | In person and via Zoom | Meeting |
| Tues Apr 9, 2024 7:30pm | Sarah Saulson | “The Fabric of Life” | Zoom only | Bonus Meeting |
| Tues May 7, 2024 7pm Hospitality, 7:30pm Program | Laurie Duxbury | “Bronson Weave – The Basics and Beyond” | In person and via Zoom | Meeting |
| Tues June 4, 2024 7pm Hospitality, 7:30pm Program | Guild Members | “Elections and Show ‘n’ Tell” | In person and via Zoom | Meeting |
2022-2023 Events
| Date and Time | Speaker | Topic | Venue | Type |
| Tues Sep 6, 2022 7pm Hospitality, 7:30pm Program | Rhea Cossentino and friends | “WGGB Study Group Report – A Chesapeake Fibershed Project” plus presentations about your summer fiber explorations | In person and via ZOOM | Meeting |
| Sat Sep 10 and Sun Sep1, 2022 | Sarah Saulson | “Freedom of Expression: Painting Warps on the Loom” | In person | Workshop |
| Wed Oct 12, 2022 7pm Hospitality, 7:30pm Program | Jen Weber | “Temari” | In person and via ZOOM | Meeting |
| Thu Oct 20, Oct 27, Nov 3, Nov 10, 2022 | Jen Weber | “Learn to Design with Fiberworks Software” | Zoom only | Workshop |
| Tues Nov 1, 2022 7pm Hospitality, 7:30pm Program | Jennifer Moore | “Textile Adventures In Peru” | Instructor not traveling, but we’ll meet in person and via ZOOM | Meeting |
| Tues Dec 6, 2022 7:30pm Program | Avani Varia | “Hand Spinning with the Takli and the Charkha” | ZOOM only | Meeting |
| Tues Jan 3, 2023 7:30pm Program | Connie Lippert | “Wedge Weaving” | ZOOM only | Meeting |
| Sat Jan 21, 2023 10am | Heather Winslow | Bonus Saturday Program (free to members): “The Theo Moorman Technique” | ZOOM only | Meeting |
| Sat Jan 21, Sun Jan 22, Sat Jan 28, 2023 | Heather Winslow | “Theo Moorman Inlay Technique Adapted to Clothing” | Zoom only | Workshop |
| Sat Feb 4, 2023 10:30am | Kathrin Weber | Bonus Saturday Program (free to members): “Designing at the Loom with Multiple Warp Chains” | ZOOM only | Meeting |
| Sat Feb 11, Sun Feb 12 and Sat Feb 18, 2023 | Rosalie Neilson | “Huck Lace for 4 or 8 Shafts with Treadlings from An Exaltation of Blocks” | Zoom only | Workshop |
| Tues Feb 7, 2023 7:30pm Program | Rosalie Neilson | “An Exaltation of Blocks” | ZOOM only | Meeting |
| Sat Feb 25, 2023 | Natalie Drummond | “Color Lab with Deflected Doubleweave” | Zoom only | Workshop |
| Sat Mar 4, 2023 | Barbara Diefenderfer | “Five Point Twills, Myriad Possibilities” | In person | Workshop |
| Tues Mar 7, 2023 7pm Hospitality, 7:30pm Program | Deborah Lawson | “Parallel-Threaded Weave and Color” | In person and via ZOOM | Meeting |
| Sat Mar 25, 2023 | Natalie Drummond | “Color Lab with Deflected Doubleweave” | Zoom only | Workshop |
| Sat Apr 1 and Sun Apr 2, 2023 | Natalie Drummond | “Deflected Doubleweave – Where the Shuttle Meets the Shed” | In person | Workshop |
| Tues Apr 4, 2023 7pm Hospitality, 7:30pm Program | Natalie Drummond | “My Fiber Journey” | In person and via ZOOM | Meeting |
| Sat Apr 29 and Sun Apr 30, 2023 | Patsy Zawistoski | “Now You Can Spin – Time to Understand Twist and Grist” | In person | Workshop |
| Note: Monday Meeting! Mon May 1, 2023 7pm Hospitality, 7:30pm Program | Diana Stalnaker Buck | “Weaving and the Role of Women in the Viking Age” | In person and via ZOOM | Meeting |
| Tues Jun 6, 2023 7pm | – | End of year meeting: Elections, Guild Challenge, Show-n-Tell | In person and via ZOOM | Meeting |
2021-2022 Events
| Date and Time | Speaker | Topic | Venue | Type |
| Tues Sep 14, 2021 7:15pm | Guild Members | “What I Learned on My Summer Vacation” | Zoom | Meeting |
| Sun Sep 26, 2021 10am-1pm | Guild Members | Outdoor Social | In person | Meeting |
| Tues Oct 5, 2021 7:15pm | Susan Merrill | “Weaving a Life” | Zoom | Meeting |
| Sat Oct 9 and Sat Oct 16, 2021 | Marg Coe | “Corris Effect – Parallel Threading” | Zoom | Workshop |
| Tues Nov 2, 2021 7:15pm | Susan Conover | “Fiber Tests” | Zoom | Meeting |
| Sat Nov 13 and Sun Nov 14, 2021 | Susan Conover | “Overshot” | Zoom | Workshop |
| Tues Dec 7, 2021 7:15pm | Marci Petrini | “Reviewing My Work With a Goal in Mind” | Zoom | Meeting |
| Tues Jan 4, 2022 7:15pm | Deb Essen | “Color in Weaving” plus “Wind a Perfect Warp” | Zoom | Meeting |
| Sat Jan 15 and Sun Jan 16, 2022 | Deb Essen | “Color in Weaving” | Zoom | Workshop |
| Tues Feb 1, 2022 7:15pm | Karen Donde | “Spice Up Your Recipe Weaving” – Create Your Own Drafts | Zoom | Meeting |
| Tues Mar 1, 2022 7:15pm | Marian Bruno | “Chesapeake Fibershed” | Zoom | Meeting |
| Fri Mar 18, Sat Mar 19, and Sun Mar 20, 2022 | Jennifer Moore | “Double Weave” | Zoom | Workshop |
| Tues Apr 5, 2022 7:15pm | Melissa Dunning | “Shaker Weaving and Textiles” | Zoom | Meeting |
| Sat Apr 23, 2022 | Kim McKenna | “Spinning Silk and Merino” | Zoom | Workshop |
| Tues May 3, 2022 7:15pm | Patsy Zawitowski | “Get Ready for Sheep and Wool Festival – Selecting and Preparing a Fleece” | In person and via Zoom | Meeting |
| Sun May 15, 2022 10am-6pm | Guild Members | “Manor Mill Fiber Arts Day” – Demonstrations of Weaving and Spinning | In person | Meeting |
| Tues Jun 7, 2022 7:15pm | Guild Members | Guild Auction | In person | Meeting |
2020-2021 Events
| Date and Time | Speaker | Topic | Venue | Type |
| Tues Sep 1, 2020 7:15pm | Tien Chu | “Painted Warps” | Zoom | Meeting |
| Tues Oct 6, 2020 7:15pm | Jennifer Moore | “Geometry in Textiles” | Zoom | Meeting |
| Sat Oct 17, 2020 10am | Daryl Lancaster | “Weave Your Own Trim on an Inkle Loom” | Zoom | Workshop |
| Sat Oct 18, 2020 10am | Daryl Lancaster | “Advanced Inkle Weaving” | Zoom | Workshop |
| Wed Nov 4, 2020 7:15pm | Wendy Weiss | “Indian Ikat and Dyeing” | Zoom | Meeting |
| Sat Nov 7, 2020 10am | Deb Essen | “Unlocking Profile Drafts” | Zoom | Workshop |
| Tues Dec 1, 2020 7:15pm | Daryl Lancaster | “Combining Warp Structure for WOW! Yardage” | Zoom | Meeting |
| Sat Dec 5, 2020 2pm | Jan Massie | “Spinning Art Yarn” | Zoom | Workshop |
| Tues Feb 2, 2021 7:15pm | Denise Kovnat | “Echo and Jin: The Possibilities of Extended Parallel Weaving” | Zoom | Meeting |
| Tues Mar 2, 2021 7:15pm | Sarah Saulson | “Exploring Color and Weaving through Painted Warps” | Zoom | Meeting |
| Tues Apr 6, 2021 7:15pm | Robin Spady | “Weaving TnT: Tips ‘n’ Techniques for Every Weaver” | Zoom | Meeting |
| Sat Apr 10, 2021 4-5:30pm | Robin Spady | “Great Weave Structures for Color and Texture Using Novelty Yarns” | Zoom | Meeting |
| Sat April 10, 2021 Noon-3pm | Robin Spady | “Introduction to Network Drafting” | Zoom | Workshop |
| Tues May 4, 2021 7:15pm | Deb Gerish | “Wool on the Paleo Diet: Spinning from Raw & Loving It” | Zoom | Meeting |
| Sun May 23, 2021 10am-1pm | Guild Members | Social at Patapsco Valley State Park | In person | Meeting |
| Tues June 1, 2021 7:15pm | Guild Members | Show & Tell and Guild Challenge | Zoom | Meeting |
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