2010-2011 Membership Year:

You can now join the guild for the upcoming year.  Membership forms available here on the web.  Please join us at our May Guild meeting if interested.  You do not have to be a member to attend a meeting. 

Summer Weaving Workshop
The Hartford Artisans Weaving Center will be hosting a Maxi-Workshop this summer, the weekend of August 6th-8th (Fri.-Sun.)   This is an ideal workshop for weavers who feel lost designing with color and want to break out of their color comfort zones. Weavers, from advanced beginners to advanced levels, because working with color is primarily a design issue. 

"There Must Be 50 Ways to Weave Your Color" 

Weavers spend a lot of time mastering the basics of their craft and their equipment, yet often have little opportunity to immerse themselves in studio arts design coursework or conceptual thinking. This workshop attempts to bridge this gap and give weavers the tools they need to approach designing with confidence while gaining a broader understanding of how to work with color without having to master the art of color theory. It's a round robin class, and everyone will go home with a swatch, woven at each loom. For more information and full description of the workshop, go to WeavingCenter.org.

Shaker Textiles - Mary Elva Erf has published her lectures on Shaker Textiles to our website. Enjoy!

Weaving Classes:

Lucienne Coifman has one loom available for a weaver, beginner to advanced, at her weaving studio in North Haven.  For more info, contact weavemaster@handweaversguildofct.org.

Fran Curran will continue to teach weaving classes at the Hartford Artisans Weaving Center on Woodland St. in Hartford.  During the summer, individual instruction and looms available.  Contact the Weaving Center for more information, (860) 727-5727 or email

Formal classes will start up again at in September, 2010

When: Monday afternoons from 1 – 3:30, 9 sessions starting on Sept 6, 2010
Where: The Hartford Artisans Weaving Center; 40 Woodland St, Hartford, CT.
Level: Beginner to Advanced
Cost: $194 tuition for 9 sessions plus materials.  Extra benchtime is included.
Contact: Call 860-727-5727 for more information or email
Guild Library News:
  • Books just purchased:

     

    • Uniquely Felt by Christine White

    • 200 Braids to Twist, Knot, Loop, or Weave by Jacqui Carey

    • A Midwife's Tale:  The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on her Diary, 1785-1812 by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

    • Woven Treasures

    • Sixty Scarves for 60 Years by Weavers Guild of Greater Baltimore

If you are interested in a particular book, remember that the books are shelved according to the author's last name.; Please ask if you cannot find a book you want - we can tell you if it is already checked out or add the title to a wish list for the library.

 
  • NEW - Links to the businesses that support our guild.

  • Become a Master Weaver- All the information about the apprenticeship and how the rating system works is now here on our website.