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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

Small Looms Study Group May 2024 minutes

Only one person is available for the June meeting so it is cancelled. We decided to take the summer off, so there will be no meetings in July or August. In addition because of conflicts, we will have no meeting in October or March of 2025 (Retreat Weekend).

For the PHG end of year meeting, we will announce for 2024/2025 that our theme would mirror the theme of the Association of Northwest Weaver’s Guild conference “Weaving Webs”. https://anwgconference.org/

There was a discussion on weaving hats. Last month, a woven hat was shared. In the past month one member had a learning experience trying to duplicate it. Details about how to make it without sewing (using only knots) was shared and a newer hat made with that technique was shown.

There was also a discussion on how to do indirect warping of a rigid heddle (using a warping board) when space was not available for direct warping. This lead to a discussion on whether it was possible to do a clasped warp setup using a warping board. Experiment results will be reported next meeting.

It was pointed out that PHG has a number of rigid heddle looms available to rent or borrow. The larger width RH loom is heavy to use so it is seldomly checked out.

For the next meeting, we will all try to bring something to show that we have never done before.