Send your news items to Sylvia Emard by the 25th of the month for inclusion in the next month’s newsletter.
Guild Calendar October 2021
October 14, 2021 Virtual Meeting
7:00 pm Evening Meeting Only
Library Pickup/Return
Thursday, October 21, 2021
10-10:30 am at the MAC back patio
Please send your requests to Robin.
Virtual Board Meeting
Thursday, October 28, 2021
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
President’s Message
Happy Autumn Everyone!
Our days are starting to – sort of – cool down, we have finally had some much needed rain and I am seeing a few leaves changing colors signaling our changing seasons. This usually leads to me also changing our family menu to more soups and things we consider comfort foods. I am starting to be inspired by different fibers in my weaving at the moment as well. Have you all noticed a change in what you want to create? I am transitioning from lots of cotton to more wools and Tencels. I also splurged recently on some Jaggerspun Wool/Silk yarn which I have never worked with, to get me through a rough patch our family is moving into. I will be home a lot more tending to our dog recovering from a big surgery and need something to keep me busy so I am not worrying too much. To distract myself I am coming up with some new ideas of things I would like to learn more about when it comes to my weaving too. I have never tried Shibori for instance and I have borrowed a couple of books and a DVD from our PHG Library to learn more. This weaving structure has always been fascinating to me and I can’t wait to dig in and learn more. I guess like the seasons, I am ready for a little change too!
In-Person Meeting update: I thought I would give everyone a quick update on our meetings. I spoke with the Multnomah Arts Center rentals organizer this week and was given some disappointing but not unexpected news. They are cancelling all of the room holds for October and November. With the virus surge we have been seeing over these last couple of months, they are not ready for us to return for in person meetings yet, but they are working on it. This means our monthly meetings will stay on Zoom for October and November, and even more unfortunately, our Fall Sale and the Weft Over Sale have also been cancelled. There is a chance we *may* be able to meet in person in December, but we won’t have confirmation on that until November. We are getting closer to being able to come together, but we aren’t there yet. I really appreciate everyone’s understanding on all of this – I know it isn’t easy and we all are doing the best we can.
Have a wonderful October and stay safe and healthy!
Sarah McCully-Posner
PHG President
Programs
Program News 2021-2022
For the coming year the board has decided to take its lead from MAC, and when they reopen to the public we will resume our normal meeting schedule of day and evening meetings. Meetings will be held in either the auditorium or the gymnasium as scheduling permits to allow sufficient space for distancing for the comfort of all members. In addition we will continue to include Zoom access for all our meetings for both the Zoom-only meetings as well as those held at MAC.
Until MAC reopens we will continue with our evening Zoom meetings on our normal meeting dates. The Zoom link is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6742517131?pwd=Q2dlQkpaeFVQbGhieS8rTndTdTNidz09 and works for all meetings for both the normal monthly meetings as well as the monthly board meetings.
We will continue to record programs and make them available to members via the members-only page at https://portlandhandweaversguild.org/members-only/recordings/. Please note that we are working with presenters to ensure access to all and at the same time respecting the time and efforts of presenters. When requested we will be redacting presentations from the recordings after allowing a reasonable amount of time to allow members the opportunity to view the recordings. If you have missed any presentations from last year I urge you to view them now while you can. Updates may be made to those recordings at any time.
Did you miss the September meeting? You can watch it on our website!
If you missed the great discussion about starting a fiber business at our September meeting, you can watch it and see the Show & Tell projects on our website at https://portlandhandweaversguild.org/members-only/recordings/ And, for notes and pages referenced during the meeting check out the program materials at https://portlandhandweaversguild.org/members-only/program-materials/
Last Chance to see Programs with Melissa Weaver Dunning, Deborah Jarchow and Jennifer Moore
Our recordings of those programs will be redacted soon to remove the presentation at the request of the presenters. You have until Friday, October 15 to watch those programs before they go away. So, if you missed those talks by Melissa on Acadian Weaving, Deborah Jarchow on Rayon Chenille & Beyond or Finishing Techniques for Woven Fabrics, or by Jennifer on Double Rainbow, check out the full meeting recordings now at https://portlandhandweaversguild.org/members-only/recordings/.
October Program – Evening Meeting Only
Diane Braun
Textiles In Medieval Europe
October 14, 2021 at 7 pm
This month we’ll be talking textile history with Diane Braun. Diane’s program will center on Medieval and Renaissance textile production, focusing primarily on fiber and its sources, using images from paintings and manuscripts. She’ll also share information from written sources ranging from 12th century fiction to legal charters.
Diane was born and grew up in Tucson, Arizona, and got her B.A. from Reed College in Portland. She received her M.A. and is A.B.D. for her doctorate in medieval history at the University of Arizona. She learned to spin the summer before beginning graduate school and taught herself to knit that fall. The following summer she took weaving lessons, bought a used loom, and has been hip deep in fiber and yarn ever since.
Please find the Zoom link under Program News, above.
Share your work with the Guild. Please send photos of your recent work to Dan Steves at dansteves@gmail.com for inclusion in the Show & Tell portion of the October meeting. Deadline for submissions is noon on Wednesday, October 13, 2021.
Workshops
Block Party
Robyn Spady
December 11-12, 2021
Robyn Spady will present IN PERSON, the Block Party workshop that had to be rescheduled due to the pandemic. The workshop will be held at the Beaverton Mill End store classroom. (https://www.spadystudios.com/workshops)
Registration for this workshop is now open! Click here for details and to sign up.
Paint Two, Beam One
Denise Kovnat
March 13, 14, and 20, 2022
The next two workshops come as a set. March 13, 14, and 20, 2022, Denise Kovnat will present via Zoom, her Paint Two, Beam One dye workshop. Supply lists will be forthcoming, and I recommend we group up, or arrange for a group buy of some of the required chemicals.
One Warp, Many Structures
Denise Kovnat
May 12-14, 2022
May 12-14, 2022, Denise Kovnat will present IN PERSON, her One Warp, Many Structures workshop, using the two painted warps from the previous workshop. (https://www.denisekovnat.com/p/classes.html) Either workshop can stand on its own, but the Workshop Chair will first be opening registration to those who want to take both workshops.
March, 2022 The Sakiori workshop lead by Yoko Tamura may return. Should it be a go, first priority will be given to those who had originally registered. (Lynne Fitzsimmons still has her warp and silk sari squirrelled away in anticipation!)
September or October, 2022, Patty Huffer will present a Beginning Rigid Heddle workshop. This is being organized by WeGo, and has a maximum of 6 participants.
Guild News
PHG Special Projects Grant Program
Have you been thinking about an aspect of weaving, dyeing, or spinning that you would like to explore? After being cooped up for a year with these ideas floating around, isn’t it time to act on them, and would the incentive of a little cash help?
PHG is here to help with you with that!
The Guild has a grant fund available to members for just that purpose and all you need to do is fill out a simple application form and submit it the Director of Education. REALLY this is not some LONG government form and it does not require a COVID test so please think about applying. Go to the website and look under education/special projects or just click on the link below and get started.
This is an opportunity for new weavers who are interested in experimenting with a new type of weave or yarn, experienced weavers to finally research a topic more in depth or attend a workshop that otherwise would not be within the budget. All that PHG asked is that you share your experience with us sometime in the future!
I look forward to hearing from you soon!
Linda Edquist
Director of Education
https://portlandhandweaversguild.org/education/special-projects-fund/
Library and Rental News
Let Your Holiday Shopping Give a Gift to PHG
If you’re buying materials to create a gift for that special person or treating yourself to that tool that you’ve been eyeing all year, let your purchase give a gift to the guild. Portland Handweavers Guild is a member of the guild rewards program for two well-known yarn retailers, The Woolery and Halcyon Yarn, and Long Thread Media. When you purchase from The Woolery or Halcyon Yarn, up to 5% of your purchase can accrue to the guild, 10% from Long Thread Media. Once a year, these companies will send a check which can go towards programs and other guild expenses.
Enter the Woolery’s website from the ad on our website (better yet, click now and forget) and 5% of your purchase will accrue towards PHG’s yearly reward. Halcyon Yarns is initially a little more complicated. You need to choose our guild on their guild rewards page after logging into your account. Once you do this, your browser can remember for you. Do it now and forget about it! For Long Thread Media, you will also want to click through the PHG site. However, their cookie only lasts 30 days. You’ll want to access Long Thread Media through the PHG site before each purchase. Assuage that guilty pleasure!
NEW! – Small Equipment Library
Most members are aware that the PHG has table and tapestry looms to rent. Many are probably not aware that we have a number of smaller tools that you can borrow for a month with no charge. These items have been moved from the Rental Equipment page on the PHG site to a new page, Small Equipment Library, under the Resources menu. Kathy Sengenberger’s husband, Dave, generously gifted the guild some wonderful additions to this collection. Now available to borrow are a Glimarka yarn swift, a ball winder, a fringe twister, a bobbin winder and a McMorran balance (to determine how much mystery yarn you picked up at the latest sale. Sorry, you will still need to do a burn test to find out what it is). Try things out, then put them on your holiday wish list! Please email Robin with requests. They will be available for pick up and return during the regular library schedule.
Are you interested in teaching weaving?
As we are doing outreach in the community, we keep referring people to our website for information on how to get started weaving. We tell them that besides Guild workshops and some area studios, there are individual members in our Guild who will give weaving lessons. Currently only two people are listed. If you would like to be added to that list go to the Guild’s home page at www.PortlandHandweaversGuild.org. Click on Education. Click on Instructors. At the bottom of that page is a link for Call for Instructors. Click that and fill out all the information so people will know what style of weaving you can teach. You might also consider mentioning if you are open to teaching teens or younger children and perhaps what part of town you live in. We have had some requests for weaving lessons for youth.
The Guild does not sponsor these lessons nor endorse any teacher. It would be entirely up to you to negotiate the details of your lessons with students, like the location, price, length of lesson, etc. We are just letting the public know that some of our members are available to give weaving lessons.
Cooki Messmer
Maggie Patterson
ANWG Conference Fiber Connections 2023
The Weaving Guilds of Oregon (WeGO) are excited to host the 2023 Association of Northwest Weavers’ Guilds (ANWG) Conference at the Riverhouse Convention Center and Hotel in Bend, Oregon, June 11-18, 2023. Click here to get information leading up to the conference on how plans are progressing, along with details about events, workshops, seminars, and other exciting aspects of the conference.
Membership
Your membership runs from July 1 to June 30, and all memberships are up for renewal on July 1. The only exception is new members who joined after March 1 of this year. For more information or to renew online go to https://portlandhandweaversguild.org/portland-handweavers-guild-membership/renew-my-membership/.
Please reach out to Membership Director Jessica with any questions or concerns.
Latest ANWG Newsletter
The Association of Northwest Weavers Guilds has posted their latest quarterly newsletter. Check out the creative ways other Northwest weaving guilds are getting their members together for fiber activities. Click here to read the newsletter.
A Message from Your Complex Weavers Representative
Complex Weavers continue to prepare for their 2022 Seminars. The seminars will meet in Knoxville, TN, July 10 to July 13, 2022. A juried show, Complexity, will also be in Knoxville for most of July at the Emporium in downtown Knoxville. CW members are encouraged to enter. Be on the lookout this fall for further information, or go to complex-weavers.org for more information. We hope to see you in Knoxville!
If you would like to join Complex Weavers or would like more information please send an email to LadellawilliamsCZZ@gmail.com, text her at 503-729-1704, or write to Ladella Williams at:
4254 NE Flanders St.
Portland OR 97213-1636
Save the dates July 10-13, 2022 for the Complex Weavers seminars in Knoxville, TN, just prior to Convergence. We hope you will join us there!
Handweavers Guild of America
Handweavers Guild of America (HGA) is our national weaving organization whose mission is to educate, support and inspire the fiber arts community. Many of us think of Convergence, the biennial international conference, when we think of HGA. The next Convergence will be in Knoxville, Tennessee July 15-21, 2022. Priority registration is open now; General registration opens October 4, 2021.
Membership also entitles you to receive the quarterly Shuttle Spindle and Dyepot magazine, guided study opportunities, grants to study or take workshops, fiber resources such as textile kits and multimedia rentals, travel excursions and eligibility for Small Expressions exhibit and the HGA Award given to more than 30 deserving artists each year.
Please go to the HGA website www.weavespindye.org for more information.
Sale News
PHG Fall Sale Has Been Canceled!
The PHG Fall Sale has been canceled due to COVID concerns. The Multnomah Arts Center has canceled all events and classes through November.
Save The Date for Spring Fiber Arts Sale
The dates for the PHG Spring Sale with Gathering of the Guilds are May 6-8, 2022. Start thinking of updating your jury and publicity photos. Some of the photos I have are several years old. If you need to take pictures outside now is the time to do it. We hope to get a Call to Artists application out by the end of November. This will give you more time to get ready. If you have any questions, contact PHG Sales Chairs Jane Wilson janewilson1949@outlook.com or Jessica Bardsley jessica.a.bardsley@gmail.com.
Bulletin Board
Looking to Buy or Sell Weaving Equipment or Materials?
Check out the Items for Sale page.
Fiber News and Events
Damascus Fiber Arts School
Summer Lecture Tour 2021
A series of Zoom lectures on Tuesdays and Thursdays in September, 2021. Click here for more info.
Portland Textile Month
October, 2021
Portland, OR
October is Portland Textile Month. Check out Textile Exchange to look for events.
Mending The Social Fabric
October 7, 2021 – January 30, 2022
Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education’s Menashe Gallery
Interactive exhibition by textile artist Bonnie Meltzer.
More info here.
Communities Interwoven – public weaving demo/workshop
October 9th, 2021, 10am – 2pm
Woodlawn Farmers Market
Communities Interwoven is an experiment in community healing through natural dye and weaving workshops, open to the public, hosted at the Woodlawn Farmers Market. The project coordinators, Jessica Bardsley and Cydni Carter-Lopez hope to introduce others to old traditions that bring healing through meditation and the joys of self-expression.
More info here.
Fiber Fusion Northwest – Postponed
October 16-17, 2021
Evergreen Fairgrounds, Monroe, WA
The festival has been postponed until June 4-5, 2022.
www.fiberfusion.net
Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival – Canceled
October 23-24, 2021
Linn County Expo Center, Albany, OR
OFFF is canceled for 2021.
www.oregonflockandfiberfestival.com
Red Alder Fiber Arts Retreat
February 16-20, 2022
Tacoma, WA
Rose City Yarn Crawl 2022
February 24-27, 2022
Portland, OR
RAGS Wearable Art Sale and Show
March 10-13, 2022
Mercedes-Benz of Tacoma, Fife, WA
Supporting YWCA Pierce County’s life-saving domestic violence services.
www.ragswearableart.org
Fiber in the Forest
May 13-15, 2022
Camp Myrtlewood, OR
Fiber in the Forest is coming back in 2022!
More info here.
Handweavers Guild of America-Convergence 2022
July 15-21, 2022
Knoxville, TN
Convergence® is heading to the Smoky Mountains for 2022!
Convergence
The Weaving Guilds of Oregon (WeGO) committee is delighted to announce that the traveling show will take place beginning in January of 2023. This show travels around the state of Oregon showcasing the fiber arts in our communities. The Title of the show is “Filaments.” A prospectus for submissions will be coming out soon and we hope to have a large response from participating guild members. The WeGO Traveling Show has been well received in the past, so now is the time to begin to plan your Filaments project.
Happy weaving,
WeGO 2023 Traveling Show Committee:
Sarah Mostkoff
Marilyn Roberts
Charlene Virts
ANWG Conference – Fiber Connections
June 11-18, 2023
Riverhouse Convention Center, Bend, OR
Click the link below to read about the new location and dates for the ANWG Conference 2023.
anwgconference2023.com
Call to Artists
RAGS LIVE! Wearable Art Sale and Show
March 10-13, 2022
Mercedes-Benz of Tacoma, Fife, WA
2022 Artist Applications are open. Click here for the prospectus. Click here to apply online. Deadline to apply is December 10, 2021.
Rental Equipment
PHG has equipment available for rent to current PHG Members. Click here for more info.
PHG Board and Chairs
Please click here for a list of PHG Board Members and Committee Chairs.