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Registration for Classes opening soon
View available classes and come join us! We have something for everyone and superb instructors! “Even though I knew nothing about Tapestry weaving, I was able to learn enough to keep learning more and more. Thank you.” (a recent student) Beginning Rigid Heddle: Kitchen Towels with Kelly Walsh Taking a waitlist More details Beginning Potholders with Niti…
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Pam James
Congratulations to Pam James; this piece won 3rd place at Convergence “Wind and Waves”. Woven on a rigid heddle loom with both clasp warp and clasp weft. The variable dent reed allowed for different weights of yarn and for creating spaces between sections to create waves across the piece. Recycled yarn and wheat.
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An Interview with Pam James
The Heddle to the Metal study group is delighted to share that Pam James, one of our members, won third place for her submission to the “Explorers of Wind, Wagons, and Wheat, Mixed Media Exhibit” at Handweavers Guild of America’s Convergence in July. Sue Griffiths, a colleague in the rigid heddle weaving interest group, interviewed Pam for this blog. Sue: …
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Heddle to the Metal Visitors
by Pam James Last September the Heddle to the Metal study group met in person for the first time in many months in Room Three. As we were settling in and chatting quietly among ourselves, the energy in the building seemed to change. We could hear a gradual crescendo of happy little voices and excited commotion in…
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Eller Girls at Masonic Home for Children, Oxford, NC
Weave Got Joy! is one of the spring projects leading into Mother’s Day. The girls (ages 5 – 12) wove these lovely pillow covers in late March 2022 on Cricket looms donated by TWG. They chose the yarn donated by members of the TWG and others. Then they made a color map planning their warp and weft and wove the…
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Heddle to the Metal: Rigid Heddle Study Group
Overshot by Maria Weber The “Heddlers” had our first/organizational meeting just before the pandemic closed things down. Thanks to the efforts of Donna Eash, we’ve been able to meet via Zoom and the group is thriving. While most, if not all, of us also weave on other types of looms, there is something about the Rigid Heddle…
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Mary Roper
These towels were woven on a 16-Inch Kromski Presto rigid heddle loom with a 10-dent rigid heddle. The warp was mostly Yarn Bee Rainbow Wrapsody brand (doubled in the warp, with a few quadrupled) plus additions of Sugar and Cream or “I Love This Cotton” . One warp used Yarn Bee Rainbow Wrapsody in Peacock with additions of purple…
