It's always good to decide your finishing technique before beginning the project so you can plan for the necessary length. Knowing what your options are can help you make a more informed decision about the best technique for the piece you are weaving. During this presentation, Deborah will present many different ways to finish the ends of your woven fabric and give you a taste for future possibilities.

Do you think that a rigid heddle loom is more like a toy than a "real" loom? Let Deborah open your eyes to the endless possibilities offered by these simple looms. She will show samples that allow you to imagine the techniques you can achieve on a rigid heddle loom. See not only scarves and shawls, but bags, vests, jackets, and more woven on small (10") simple looms. But be forewarned, you may get hooked on this method of versatile, portable, and easy and creative weaving.

After having to skip the 2020 Plaid Llama, we are back with the April 2022 event where Guild members sell their overstock, fibers, tools, books, yardage, equipment, fabric, etc., to each other. Full details can be found in the April bulletin.

For a while I have been exploring non-traditional Rep Weaves patterns making modifications to Classic Rep patterns. I have come to try bending the rules concerning the thin weft and still keep the characteristics of Rep Weave. The pandemic gave me the time and opportunity to explore many new variations. Several modifications resulted in interesting outcomes both in the front and the underside.

Weavers often stumble right at the start over the choice of color, often asking how many colors are optimal and how to choose. We are lucky to live in a time when there are tools to help select pleasing color combinations from our environments. Annie will show you some of these tools and examples of how to use them in inkle weaving. (This information is drawn from her book "In Celebration of Plain Weave: Color and Design Inspiration for Inkle Weavers' and expanded upon for the PowerPoint Slideshow.

Because the inkle loom is a simple divide designed to make very narrow, warp-faced pieces, its true potential is often overlooked. People frequently ask "What can you do with an inkle loom, anyway? Annie MacHale has spent over four decades exploring the possibilities and loves to inspire others to join her in the adventure. She will share many stories of her inspiration and creation and show a diverse array of items produced on her inkle looms.

This program will explain my interest in more dimensionality in tapestry and how it developed and how it has informed some of my other recent work.

This program will be a review of how I began and where the threads have taken me.

Why be restricted to only one warp? A second (or even third) warp can be used in many different ways to embellish handwoven cloth. From stripes to turned drafts, from large scale patterns to tiny dots, Barbara J. Walker will convince weavers that the extra time spent in warping is worth the effort.

In this lighthearted program, Barbara J. Walker presents her journey from National Park ranger to circuit rider teacher of weaving and ply-splitting. She shows her earliest fiber art and progresses to her present award-winning work, with a lot of interesting and humorous stops along the way.

Learn to create beautiful woven stars with Tara Hernandez. We will be using paper, but these can be made from a variety of materials, examples will be shown. Have fun discovering variations!

Fine Gelfand will discuss creating fabric using shibori dyed paper strips mounted on a background fabric for a single pattern piece coat, including 40 reflective questions posed in her planning.

Since 1969, the Handweavers Guild of America has been working to educate, support, and inspire. Join Executive Director Elizabeth Williamson in exploring the many HGA programs and ways to connect with the fiber arts community.

This program will feature an in-depth view of the Handweaving.net site from its beginning in 2004 until now. Kris Bruland, creator of Handweaving.net, will discuss the history of the site, major content and feature areas including drafts and digital archive documents. The presentation will include an overview of draft collections, special features such as the common threading search and color editor, profile and block drafting, some unique and beautiful drafts, future plans, questions and answers, and more!