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Study Group: Rigid Heddle

Mary Anna's
Click on this event to see the topic and facilitator details for this month. The Rigid Heddle Study Group meets the 4th Tuesday of every month (except December) with study topics are based on the book “Inventive Weaving on the Little Loom” by Syne Mitchell.

Event Series Spinning Study Group

Spinning Study Group

2025 Spinning Study group topic Farm to Yarn.  We will focus on the steps from the shearing to finished yarn and the tools and techniques used to make our beautiful yarns.    Meeting Location Redmond Senior Center. Check your newsletter.

Color Horoscope Weaving by Bonnie Tarses

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  Bio: Bonnie Tarses—a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design in Textile Design and Art Education, has been weaving since 1960. Inspired by ethnic textiles, color symbolism, and the non-verbal language of color woven as joyous prayer, Bonnie specializes in functional one-of-a-kind art cloth and private commissions. She operated her studio in Seattle from...

Spinning Study Group

Deschutes Public Library East Side Conference Room 62080 Dean Swift Rd, Bend, OR
Explorations include learning about our heritage breeds, exotic fibers,  Bast fibers (cotton, hemp, linen, etc.) dyeing fiber, processing techniques, and incorporating spun yarn into knits, woven fabric and felted creations. 2024 Spinning study will focus on exotic fibers.   Meetings will be in various locations, Check your newsletter

Laverne Waddington – The Backstrap Loom and Weaving in South America / Scholarship presenter – Teresa Shaffer “Dyeing Yarns”

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Bio: Laverne Waddington has been learning to weave on various kinds of simple looms with indigenous teachers in South America since 1996. In her home in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, she combines elements of ethnic design and her own original patterns to create unique pieces on a backstrap loom using the various techniques and structures she...

Event Series Spinning Study Group

Spinning Study Group

2025 Spinning Study group topic Farm to Yarn.  We will focus on the steps from the shearing to finished yarn and the tools and techniques used to make our beautiful yarns.    Meeting Location Redmond Senior Center. Check your newsletter.

Event Series Spinning Study Group

Spinning Study Group

2025 Spinning Study group topic Farm to Yarn.  We will focus on the steps from the shearing to finished yarn and the tools and techniques used to make our beautiful yarns.    Meeting Location Redmond Senior Center. Check your newsletter.

26th Annual Fiber Market Day

Deschutes County Fairgrounds - High Desert Activity Center 3800 SE Airport Way 97756, Redmond, OR, United States
Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center in the Coastal Pavilion (same building, formerly High Desert Activity Center)  Redmond, OR (Potential vendors please see under Vendor Info tab) http:// Highdesertwoolgrowers.com. Sponsored by the High Desert Wool Growers . Our 26th annual event, sharing the love of natural fibers and all of their artistic and practical uses! Demonstrations...

Event Series Spinning Study Group

Spinning Study Group

2025 Spinning Study group topic Farm to Yarn.  We will focus on the steps from the shearing to finished yarn and the tools and techniques used to make our beautiful yarns.    Meeting Location Redmond Senior Center. Check your newsletter.

John Mullarkey – 2-day Tablet Weaving Workshop / Registration Open Now

Wiestoria Depot (½ block North of NE 8th St. & Revere intersection) 805 Wiest Way, Bend, OR, United States
When: Monday, May 13    9:30-4:30 (Potluck dinner 4:45 -6:00 – details provided to registrants) Tuesday, May 14    9:30-4:30 Lunch will be from 12:30 to 1:30 on both days.  Bring your own lunch or plan to purchase at a nearby take-out. Where: Wiestoria Depot, Bend, OR Note: If the class is sold out, send...