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Covid Notice

PHG has resumed in-Person Meetings. We will follow the MAC guidelines. Vaccinations and masking are encouraged but not required. Please take common sense health precautions to protect yourself & avoid exposing others if you feel unwell. Thanks & stay safe!

PHG Meeting Info

NOTICE: Meetings will be held both in-person and on Zoom until further notice. Zoom links are provided in the PHG Calendar where Zoom participation is available.

PHG meets on the second Thursday of every month during September - June at the Multnomah Art Center.

Morning Meetings 10am - noon, 9:30am social
Evening Meetings 7pm - 9pm, 6:30 social

Meetings are free and open to the public. Meetings generally follow the same agenda:
* Welcome new members and guests
* Show and Share
* Brief Announcements
* Short Social Time
* Program Presentation

Multnomah Arts Center
7688 Southwest Capitol Highway,
Portland, OR 97219-2489
Phone: (503) 823-2787

Band Weaving Study Group

Here’s news from the Band Weaving Study Group.

  • Meeting May 18 2024
    by Lynne Fitzsimmons
    Who was there: Lynne, Dan, Vianne, Constance, Cindy, Elise, Peggy, and Kay First we discussed our General Meeting presentation. Constance will present via Zoom. Demonstrations Lynne demonstrated Baltic Pickup on a Sunna style band heddle. There was a sidebar into using a 3D printer to create the heddle. Constance shared her hardware store components tablet weaving loom, and also how she came to a full understanding of what was happening. Her learning source was Collingwood, because of his detailed pictures. This lead to her understand of what the thread/card/threading is telling you, based on which color pops up top and… Read more: Meeting May 18 2024
  • Meeting April 23 2024
    by Lynne Fitzsimmons
    Who was there: Sue, Kay, Peggy, Lynne, Constance, Dan, Billy, and Cindy Demonstration Lynne demonstrated Pebble Weaving on her Windhaven Accordion loom. There was a discussion of the Pebble Weaving technique, and ways to achieve the three sheds (Pebble Weave 1, Pebble Weave 2, and Heddled). Lynne uses the picking cross technique; Kay uses actual sheds created with half heddles. There was also a discussion of the pluses and minuses of the Windhaven Accordion loom. Note that Laverne Waddington puts Pebble Weave in the class of Complementary Pickup Weaves. Dan noted that Marion Verloop has some nice Pebble Weave videos.… Read more: Meeting April 23 2024
  • Meeting March 23 2024
    by Lynne Fitzsimmons
    There was a massive show and tell session. Elise spun and dyed (with natural dyes!) her yarn, and is in the process of weaving with a band heddle she carved herself. Sue brought in her Seidel tape loom. We all brought our band weaving libraries, so we could see what everyone uses as a resource. Dixon’s Inkle Weaving book was popular. Kay Inglin demonstrated a variety of inkle weaving techniques on 3 different inkle looms, pebble weave and others. The next meeting will follow the general structure (show and tell, presentation, mutual assistance). Now that Lynne has pebble weave figured… Read more: Meeting March 23 2024
  • Band Weaving Study Group Minutes
    by Lynne Fitzsimmons
    February 13, 2024 Our Inaugural Meeting! Attendees: The Affinity Given that 99% of us had never been in a study group before, we wrote down all our expectations of what we wanted this group to do/be on post-it notes and affinitized them (“the data organizes itself”) Structure We arrived at a general structure for our meetings: Some initial presentation/educational/theme suggestions: For the Next Meeting Next Meeting Dates