Special Fiber to the People Program! Aspire Artisan Studios & Folk School's Pop-up General Store Saturday, May 18: 10am-4pm We're looking forward to taking part in the Aspire Artisan Studios & Folk School's Pop-up General Store on Saturday, May 18. [...]
Born in San Francisco, Kaffe Fassett spent a mythical childhood in Big Sur at Nepenthe - a restaurant and gathering place for artists run by his parents on a plot purchased from Orson Welles. Originally a painter, Kaffe eventually made [...]
By Judith Preckshot, WGM Education Committee Member Have you ever wondered how you were going to use your second back beam? Or what a supplemental warp is? Or how you could use a supplemental warp when you have only one [...]
Imagine a folded piece of paper, like an envelope or ddakji disk. Now, imagine those shapes as cloth formed on the loom. In her class Expanding the Pliable Plane, Jerome Fellow and WGM instructor Heather MacKenzie leads students in exploring [...]
On January 20, the Weavers Guild will join other Twin Cities artists at the Minnesota Museum of American Art, or ‘The M’, for an afternoon of creative fun for all ages. Taking inspiration from the artist Sheila Pepe’s “improvisational crochet” [...]
Remember weaving on a potholder loom? Those small metal or plastic squares with pegs around the edges that you would wrap stretchy, candy-colored fabric “loopers” around? Well, small, portable looms aren’t just for elementary schoolers! And, you can make more [...]
With the right introduction, weaving can be a relaxing and gratifying way to create beautiful cloth and objects. The Weavers Guild of Minnesota offers many class options. This handy guide offers more insight into the various beginning weaving classes offered [...]
With a little guidance, spinning can be a relaxing and pleasurable way to create custom yarn. The Weavers Guild of Minnesota offers a variety of classes for people interested in learning to spin. This handy guide offers more insight into [...]
Thank you to everyone who attended the member meeting last week (December 13)! We were thrilled to see so many friendly faces sharing their thoughts, their latest projects, and their love of fiber with us. As part of the night's [...]
by Wynne Mattila In 1994, when the Weavers Guild of Minnesota hosted Convergence (the Handweavers Guild of America’s biannual conference), I took a post-conference workshop in which I was introduced to several examples of Finnish raanu. Traditionally, raanu are woven [...]
