So, you want to learn to weave or spin?

Glad you found us, you’ve come to the right place! There are a few options:

1. We invite you to join the Weavers and Spinners Society of Austin. We meet twice monthly, except for August. You can see our full program schedule here. We have many accomplished weavers and spinners that enjoy teaching new members to weave and spin, as well as study groups and workshops. Often new weavers learn hands-on by helping to warp a loom, then progress to weaving.  Spinners can bring wheels to meetings and get help, especially on Hands-on nights. Members are eligible to check out a guild loom to take home. This way you can experiment with guild looms and wheels, then decide what loom features you want.

2. Yarnorama in Paige (45 miles east of Austin on 290) also has a fantastic inventory of fibers, equipment, and many classes.  It’s owned by WSSA member Susan Fricks.

3. Hill Country Weavers on South Congress has weaving  and spinning classes and a weaving study group. Walking in, you would think it is just a knitting store, but Suzanne Middlebrooks the owner is a longtime weaver and gave many of us in WSSA our first weaving lessons – she is an excellent teacher.

4. Inga Marie Carmel, also a WSSA member teaches beginner rigid heddle classes at The Contemporary Austin Art School at Laguna Gloria.

5. Heddlecraft has a great interactive map showing where you can learn to weave.

Why not take advantage of all  of them?