2019-2020 Program Schedule

Due to the Covid pandemic our meetings will be via ZOOM. Please refer to the Googlegroup email for the links to each meeting.

Normally, we meet the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month. The meeting on the 2nd Thursday is our Program night and meets at Northwest Recreation Center from 6:30- 8:45. The meeting on the 4th Thursday is our Hands on Project night and meets at the Austin Recreation Center from 7-9. Our study groups generally meet during the day, see the individual study group’s page.

See ‘Meetings and News‘ in the left sidebar menu, or the newsletter, for detailed information on each Program or Hands-on Night. See the study group page for the schedule for the Explorer’s Club study group.

Thursday, September 12 Program Night – Summer Adventures, Al Hoerig, Inga Marie Carmel, Mickey Stam and Meg Wilson
Saturday, September 14 Textured Art Yarn Study Group

Thursday, September 19 Explorer’s Club Weaving Study Group

Thursday, September 26 Hands on Night – Spinning, Projects, Library Time

Thursday, October 10 Program Night – Spinning, Sarah Monger and the Spinning Textured Art Yarn Study Group
Saturday, October 12 Textured Art yarn Study Group

Thursday, October 17 Explorer’s Club Weaving Study Group

Thursday, October 24 Hands on Night – Spinning, Projects, Library Time
Saturday and Sunday, October 26-27 Workshop (9:00 – 5:00) – Playing with Sett, Susan Fricks of Yarnorama

Thursday, November 14 Program Night – Jacquard Weaving, Inga Marie Carmel
Saturday, November 9 Textured Art Yarn Study Group

Thursday, November 21 Explorer’s Club Weaving Study Group

There is no Hands-on night in November due to Thanksgiving.

Thursday, December 12 Program Night – Holiday Party, see newsletter for location
Saturday, December 14 Textured Art Yarn Study Group

Thursday, December 19 Explorer’s Club Weaving Study Group

There is no Hands-on night in December

Thursday, January 9 Program Night -Writing Yarnitecture, Jillian Moreno of Ann Arbor, Michigan, will speak about her best-selling spinning book Yarnitecture A Knitter’s Guide to Spinning: Building Exactly the Yarn You Want
Friday and Saturday, January 10-11 Workshop (9:00 – 4:00) – Technical Aspects of Making Yarn, Jillian Moreno
Sunday, January 12 Workshop (9:00 – 12:00) – Intuitive Spinning, Jillian Moreno
Thursday, January 16 Explorer’s Club Weaving Study Group

Thursday, January 23 Hands on Night – Spinning, Projects, Library Time

Thursday, February 13 Program Night – Looms, including rigid heddle, jack, counterbalance, countermarch Sue Morton and others
Saturday, February 8 Textured Art Yarn Study Group

Thursday, February 20 Explorer’s Club Weaving Study Group

Thursday, February 27 Hands on Night – TLC for Looms, Al Hoerig plus Spinning, Projects, Library Time

Thursday, March 12 Program Night – A fun evening of games to test your knowledge of spinning, weaving, dyeing
Saturday, March 14 Textured Art Yarn Study Group

Thursday, March 19 Explorer’s Club Weaving Study Group

Thursday, March 26 Hands on Night – Zoom Check-in

Thursday, April 9 Program Night – Zoom Check-in
 Saturday, April 11 Textured Art Yarn Study Group
Thursday, April 16 Explorer’s Club

Thursday, May 14 Program Night – Weaving and Spinning in the Industrial Revolution, Meg Wilson  via Zoom, Google group for link to join
Saturday, May 9 Textured Art Yarn Study Group

Thursday, May 21 Explorer’s Club Weaving Study Group

Thursday, May 28 Hands on Night – Hands on night will resume with the Rec center reopens

Thursday, June 11 Program Night –  Annual Meeting via Zoom , see Google group for link
Saturday, June 13 Textured Art Yarn Study Group

Thursday, June 18 Explorer’s Club Weaving Study Group

Thursday, June 25 Hands on Night – Hands on night will resume with the Rec center reopens

Thursday, July 8 Program Night – Websites for Weavers and Spinners via Zoom, see Google group for link
Saturday, July 11 Textured Art Yarn Study Group
Thursday, July 16 Explorer’s Club Weaving Study Group

Thursday, July 23 Hands on Night – Hands on night will resume with the Rec center reopens

Traditionally we don’t meet in August but…. this year we are…..
Thursday, August 13 Guild Orientation for new, and not so new members
Thursday, August 20 Explorer’s Club Weaving Study Group