WGGB Workshops for 2010 - 2011

October 2010

Harriet Boon

October 2 and 3, 2010: Harriet Boon will be with us from Canada for some silk spinning.

This is a 2-day (Sat. and Sun.) workshop for spinners and weavers which will include a brief history of sericulture(domesticated silk worm farming), reeling of cocoons in the Thai manner and with available equipment, simplified mawata making and degumming cocoons for spinners and weavers. Also covered: How to select the silk preparations for the desired fabric, spinning moil and blending effects and the use of mawata for spinners and weavers.

October 4, 2010 (Monday): Harriet Boon will spend the day with participants blending silk for silk socks.

November 2010

November 13, 2010 (Saturday): This workshop has been canceled.

February 2011

James Koehler

February 26, 27, 28, 2011 ( Sat., Sun., Mon.): James Koehler, a tapestry weaver from New Mexico will teach a workshop entitled, “Hachure, Hatching and Color Gradation for Tapestry”. 

Registration forms for these workshops will be available at the June meeting. You can also print out the form here.

For more information or to register for any of our workshops contact Donald Cheatham weavethings@gmail.com