Our friends at the Boston Area Spinners and Dyers have rescued an old barn frame loom, some smaller looms and other weaving equipment from a house who’s new owners didn’t want it. They have asked NVWG to help them re-home … Continue reading →
Janet Austin has an item in the exhibit. Dec 7, 2016 to Jan 22, 2017 Fiber in the Present Tense 2016 http://www.slatermill.org/programs/exhibits/
Continue reading →Isn’t this great!
Continue reading →Anybody remember what they use for warp? Cotton, I believe, but what weight? (I have a question from the weaving list.)
Continue reading →I’m selling my LeClerc 4-harness table loom (Dorothy). Lovely loom. Great for taking to workshops. I think the reed with it is a 10 dpi. I’m selling to guild members for $250. Non Guild members: $275 which includes a $25 … Continue reading →
The Nashoba Valley Weavers’ Guild Potluck Supper and Annual Meeting is coming up. It will be held on Tuesday, June 28th at 6:30 pm. (Please note the change in time from our regular meetings.) The location will be sent by … Continue reading →
From the Sunday Globe 6/19. “Yarn:The Movie” screening Saturday 6/25 at 1pm at the Scandinavian Cultural Center in West Newton. https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/movies/2016/06/…/story.html
Continue reading →We have our first opportunity to demonstrate at Iron Works Farm in Acton on Sunday 26 June, 3-5 pm. Their loom is not yet ready for use, but whoever goes could bring the guild loom or their own portable loom. … Continue reading →
Just over six minutes: https://youtu.be/DDM39j5sYZw “After housing a tapestry factory founded by Louis XIV’s Finance Minister Colbert in 1664, Beauvais became France’s national tapestry centre under Napoleon. The traditional “low weave” technique is still used in its workshops today. “You … Continue reading →
The next meeting of the guild will be held on May 24th at the Fiber Loft. The program will be presented by Deb Kaplan and will be on Unusual Materials. Here is her description: Unusual materials are both ancient and … Continue reading →
