Due to the Covid pandemic our meetings will be via ZOOM. Please refer to the Googlegroup email for the links to each meeting.
Normally, our general meetings are 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, but currently held over Zoom.
⁃ The meeting on the 4th Thursday is our Hands on Project night and meets at the Austin Recreation Center from 7 — 9, but is on hold due to Covid.
⁃ We don’t meet in August. There are no Hands – on meetings in November or December.
See ‘Meetings and News‘ in the left sidebar menu, or the Googlegroup and the newsletter, for detailed information on each Program.
We currently have four study groups, they generally meet during the day at a member’s house, see schedule below. The locations or zoom links will be in the Googlegroup or newsletter
The pattern of meetings is:
1st Friday of every month — Jane Stafford group (JST)
1st Saturday of every month — Tapestry Study Group*
2nd Thursday of every month — Program Night
2nd and 4th Saturday of every month — Spinning group
3rd Thursday of every month — Explorers club (weaving Study Group)
4th Thursday of every month — Hands-on Night (resuming TBD)
*Tapestry group meets the third Saturday in January due to New Years.
2021 Meetings
September
Thursday, September 9 Program Night — Kris Bruland of Handweaving.net
Friday, September 2 JST Study Group
Saturday, September 11 Spinning Study Group — Luxury fiber breed study, baby llama
Thursday, September 16 Explorers Club— Meg Wilson Weaving – Yardage for Clothing
Saturday, September 25 Spinning Group — General spin-in
October
Thursday, October 14 Program Night — Molly Koehn of Contemporary Handweavers of Texas
Friday, October 1 JST Study Group
Saturday, October 9 Spinning Study Group — Luxury fiber breed study, cashmere
Thursday, October 21 Explorers Club — Caitlin Young — Collaborative Installation Art
Saturday, October 23 b General spin-in
November
Thursday, November 11 Program Night — Heavenly Bresser -The Benefits of Handspinning with Multiple Spinning Wheels
Friday, November 5 JST Study Group
Saturday, November 13 Spinning Study Group — Luxury fiber breed study, angora top
Thursday, November 18 Explorers Club — Shibori, Sidne Tiemann
December
Thursday, December 9 Program Night — Holiday Potluck
Friday, December 3 JST Study Group
Saturday, December 11 Spinning Study Group — Luxury fiber breed study, yak
2022 Meetings
January
Thursday, January 13 Program Night — Tapestry Weaving, Sherri Woodard Coffey
Friday, January 7 JST Study Group
Saturday, January 8 Spinning Study Group — luxury fiber breed study, baby alpaca
Saturday, January 15 Tapestry Study Group
Saturday, January 22 Spinning Group — General spin-in
February
Thursday, February 10 Program Night — Marketing and Promotion, Rachel Snack
Friday, February 4 JST Study Group
Saturday, February 5 Tapestry Study Group
Saturday, February 12 Spinning Study Group
Thursday, February 17 Explorer’s Club Weaving Study Group — Color Gradients, Meg Wilson
Saturday, February 26 Spinning Group — General spin-in
March
Thursday, March 10 Program Night — Color and Texture using Novelty Yarns, Robyn Spady
Thursday, March 24 Hands on Project Night Resuming (we hope)
Friday, March 4 JST Study Group
Saturday, March 5 Tapestry Study Group
Saturday, March 12 Spinning Study Group
Thursday, March 17 Explorer’s Club Weaving Study Group — Sustainability, Mickey Stam
Saturday, March 26 Spinning Group — General spin-in
April
Saturday, April 9 Three 3-hour Seminars with Robyn Spady (scheduled times and seminar fees TBA)
– Totally Twill – Beyond the Basics
– Introduction to Network Drafting
– Couture Passementerie through the Eyes of a Fiber Artist
Thursday, April 14 Program Night — Weaving Ergonomics, Laura Fry and Esther Rodgers
Thursday, April 28 Hands on Project Night Resumes!!
Friday, April 1 JST Study Group
Saturday, April 2 Tapestry Study Group
Saturday, April 9 Spinning Study Group — Cancelled (see Spady Workshops)
Thursday, April 21 Explorer’s Club Weaving Study Group — Drawlooms, Fazia Rizvi
Saturday, April 23 Spinning Group — General spin-in
May
Thursday, May 12 Program Night — Helena Hernmarck: Weaving the Archive
Presented buy Mae Colburn
Thursday, May 26 Hands on Project Night
Friday, May 6 JST Study Group
Saturday, May 7 Tapestry Study Group
Saturday, May 14 Spinning Study Group
Thursday, May 19 Explorer’s Club Weaving Study Group — Rail Reed and Warp Deflections, Barbara Larson
Saturday, May 28 Spinning Group — General spin-in
June
Thursday, June 9 Program Night — Moved to Zoom and indoor location — Summer Potluck, and Annual Meeting
Thursday, June 23 Hands on Project Night Resuming TBD
Saturday, June 4 Tapestry Study Group
Saturday, June 11 Spinning Study Group
Thursday, June 16 Explorer’s Club Weaving Study Group — Explorations of natural dyeing, Fazia Rizvi
Saturday, June 25 Spinning Group — General spin-in
July
Thursday, July 14 Program Night — TBD and Election
Thursday, July 28 Hands on Project Night Resuming TBD
Saturday, July 2 Tapestry Study Group
Saturday, July 9 Spinning Study Group
Thursday, July 21 Explorer’s Club Weaving Study Group — No meeting, Hope to see you at CW and/or Convergence!
Saturday, July 23 Spinning Group — General spin-in
There are no meetings in August