Calendar of Events – The Past

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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