COSWG

Spinning Study Group
2025-11-12 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Redmond Senior Center, 325 NW Dogwood, Redmond, OR, 97756, United States
Spinning Contact Catherine Cooley
Meets every 2nd Wednesday of the month 10am to 12pm at the Redmond Senior Center, 325 NW Dogwood Ave.
Zoom meetings January and February
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2026 Topic for study will be: 51 Yarns to Spin Before You Cast Off
The author is Jacey Boggs Faulkner and producer of the Ply and Weft magazine. The book can be purchased from the Ply Magazine website.
We will have a monthly signup sheet for those willing to do a presentation of one of the books topics in 2026.

Tapestry Interest Group meeting on Sunday
2025-11-16 08:00 - 17:00, 2025-11-16 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-12-21 13:00 - 15:00, 2026-01-18 13:00 - 15:00, 2026-02-15 13:00 - 15:00, 2026-03-15 13:00 - 15:00 | Frank Family Ranch, Bend, 97703, United States
The Sunday Tapestry Interest Group meets monthly at 1 PM on the 3rd Sunday of the month at Colleen Frank’s home.

Program - Volunteer Recognition and 2025 Challenge Results
2025-11-19 09:30 - 11:30 | HIghland Baptist Church Room 129 / Hybrid, 3100 SW Highland Ave, Redmond, OR, 97756, United States
Monthly meetings on 3rd Wednesday. There is a business meeting plus educational program each month.
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Tapestry Interest Group meeting on Wednesday
2025-11-19 12:00 - 14:00, 2025-12-17 12:00 - 14:00, 2026-01-21 12:00 - 14:00, 2026-02-18 12:00 - 14:00, 2026-03-18 12:00 - 14:00 | Highland Baptist Church in Redmond, 3100 SW Highland Ave, Redmond, OR, 97756, United States
The Wednesday Tapestry Interest Group meets immediately after the Guild Meeting at the Highland Baptist Church.
Come join us or contact Randee Frommer randeefrommer@gmail.com for more information and to be added to the interest group’s email.

Rigid Heddle Study Group
2025-11-25 13:00 - 15:00 | Mary Anna Swinnerton Home
RHSG 1 – meets every 4th Tuesday from 1-3 PM at Mary Anna Swinnerton’s in Bend (see the Directory for the address). All are welcome.
Contact Ann Frischkorn for more information.
You can bring your lunch and meet prior to the meeting, noon – 1 PM.

Fiber Arts Saturday
2025-12-06 10:00 - 12:00, 2026-01-03 10:00 - 12:00, 2026-02-07 10:00 - 12:00 | TBA
Monthly meetings on 1st Saturdays at 10 a.m. to noon to accommodate weekday working members. A more casual meeting with access to the program recordings from the Wednesday meeting. Board members will rotate attendance.

Weave Structure Study Group
2026-01-09 10:00 - 11:30 | Zoom only
This study group focuses on a weave structure for an agreed amount of time and meets about quarterly to share ideas and show progress.
WINTER MONTHS SCHEDULE:
No meetings November or December
Next meeting: Friday, January 9th 2026 via Zoom
Most likely the next meeting would be in February, also most likely via Zoom.

NEXT WEAVE STRUCTURES
Will start 2026 with Lace. Discussed adding others during the year, rather than going with just Lace all year.
Suggestions include: Turned Taquette, Color and Weave, Block Weaves, and Rep

Spinning Interest Group
2026-01-14 10:00 - 12:00, 2026-02-11 10:00 - 12:00, 2026-03-11 10:00 - 12:00 | Redmond Senior Center, 325 NW Dogwood, Redmond, OR, 97756, United States
2026 Topic of interest for discussion will be: 51 Yarns to Spin Before You Cast Off
The author is Jacey Boggs Faulkner and producer of the Ply and Weft magazine. The book can be purchased from the Ply Magazine website.
January 2026….. Zoom meeting from 10am to 12pm
February 2026…Zoom meeting from 10am to 12 pm
March through November.. in person at the Redmond Senior Center

Rigid Heddle Interest Group
2026-01-27 13:00 - 15:00 | Mary Anna Swinnerton Home
RHSG 1 – meets every 4th Tuesday from 1-3 PM at Mary Anna Swinnerton’s in Bend (see the Directory for the address). All are welcome.
Contact Ann Frischkorn for more information and to be added to the Rigid Heddle Interest Group emails.
You can bring your lunch and meet prior to the meeting, noon – 1 PM.

Local Workshop: Rigid Heddle Beginner’s Workshop
2026-02-01 09:30 - 16:00 | TBA
This is a Beginning Rigid Heddle Workshop with a goal to launch your weaving experience with hands on warping and the knowledge you need to make your first scarf. Lots of tips, tricks, and ideas will be shared to make your weaving experience a fun one.
NOTE: You must have a loom to take this workshop. The guild does have a couple of looms members can check out.
Instructor: Raylene Keating
When: 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, February 1
Where: Instructor’s home (see Directory)
Cost: $55
Number of Students: Min.= 3 Max.= 4
Equipment/supplies students need to bring:
Instructor will email a list of supplies to attendees prior to the workshop.
Bio:
I have been knitting since the 4th grade which came to a near stop during my child rearing days. I learned how to weave at Cat Bordhi’s “Weaving for Knitters” retreats at Friday Harbor in the San Juans starting in 2019. I so appreciated and have leveraged her Zen approach to rigid heddle weaving. My son’s lawn mower sheep contributions opened the world of spinning yarn. I have several rabbit holes in the fiber arts and have explored some more than others such as but not limited to: knitting, spinning, weaving, crocheting, tapestry, dying, and even needle felting. I consider myself a “fiber explorer” always eager to apply my love of learning and what skills I have to new approaches.
See workshop policy here.
Workshop participants agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless COSWG, its officers and members, from all claims arising out of workshop activities.

Band Weaving Interest Group
2026-02-13 13:00 - 15:30 | Redmond Library – Community Room 2, 827 SW Deschutes Ave, Redmond, OR, 97756, United States
Band weaving interest group meets every other month from 1-3:30 PM at the Redmond Library. All are welcome.
Contact Donna Wilson for more information and to be added to the Band Weaving Group emails.

Guild Meeting: Memorial Program – Robin Spady, “Weaving Innovations from the Bateman Collection”
2026-02-18 09:30 - 11:30 | Zoom only
Monthly meetings on 3rd Wednesday. There is a business meeting plus educational program each month.
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Description:
Dr. William G. Bateman created a collection of woven samples that is ominous and impressive, but mostly unseen since Dr. Bateman’s work far exceeds the samples included in the six monographs published in the 1980s by the Shuttle Craft Guild. In this presentation, Robyn Spady will share some of Dr. Bateman’s most innovative work and how he took some weave structures to new heights.
Robin’s Bio – https://www.spadystudios.com/

Robyn Spady was introduced to handweaving as a baby with her handwoven baby blanket woven by her great-grandmother. Inspired by her blankie, she learned to weave at a young age and has been weaving for over 50 years. She completed HGA’s Certificate of Excellence in Handweaving (COE-W) in 2004 with the specialized study Loom-controlled Stitched Double Cloth. Robyn is fascinated by the infinite possibilities of crossing threads and loves coming up with new ideas to create fabric and transform it into something new and exciting. She is committed to turning the weaving world on to double-faced fabrics, four-shaft weaves, uncommon and advanced weave structures, and passementerie techniques. Robyn is also the founder and editor of Heddlecraft® magazine.

Pre-Workshop Zoom - Karen Gelbard
2026-02-21 10:00 - 12:00 | Zoom only
When: Feb. 21 at 10 AM. This session will be recorded and posted to the website.
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An informational pre-workshop Zoom session with instructor Karen Gelbard for all COSW members who are interested in taking her workshops in May. This is your opportunity to find out about these workshops, ask questions, and hear from Karen what is needed for the workshop and what the expectations are for both students and the instructor.
See workshop policy here.
Workshop participants agree to indemnity, defend and hold harmless COSWG, its officers and members, from all claims arising out of workshop activities.

Workshop - Spinning with Jacey Boggs Faulkner
2026-03-05 09:00 - 2026-03-06 16:00 | The Depot, 805 NE Wiest Way, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Registration deadlines: February 25, 2026. On Feb. 16 the event opens to non-members.
There is minimum of 16 people needed and maximum of 20 people allowed.
Cost: $80 – On Feb. 16 the price increases to $100.
When: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, March 5, to Friday March 6
Materials: $40 per person, please bring cash and pay her on the first day. Jacey will bring all the fiber materials needed for 2 days.
Students bring: Spinning wheel that works, 3 bobbins, lazy Kate or something that works as a lazy Kate. Bring your lunch. Coffee-tea provided.
Description: Join Jacey Boggs Faulkner for 2 days of spinning education and exploration. We’ll start with a journey from worsted to woolen and all the drafts along that spectrum. We’ll cover short forward, short backward, from the fold, from the tip, all the semis, supported long draw (American), and double draft (English) along with how to change diameters and stay consistent. Then we’ll move into plying, exploring how and why we ply. We’ll ply both worsted and woolen yarns and discuss how and why they’re plied differently. Then we’ll move into some differential tension plying, looking at coils and other textured techniques.
Bio: Jacey spent the past 20+ years falling in love with fiber. She’s written books and articles, made videos and tutorials, and taught workshops and classes all over the world. But she’s most proud of PLY, which was started on a whim and full lack of knowledge about what she was getting into. She went on to start the PLY Spinners Guild and WEFT Magazine.
Sponsorship: This workshop is partially sponsored by the Patricia Williams Memorial Fund. Patricia was a spinner, weaver, knitter and quilter, and a member of the Portland Handweavers guild. Central Oregon Spinners & Weavers is grateful to Cherry Williams and the family for their donation.
See workshop policy here.
Workshop participants agree to indemnity, defend and hold harmless COSWG, its officers and members, from all claims arising out of workshop activities.

Weave Structure Interest Group
2026-03-06 12:00 - 13:30 | Redmond Library – Community Room 2, 827 SW Deschutes Ave, Redmond, OR, 97756, United States
Meeting at the Redmond Library for March. This interest group meets every 6 to 8 weeks to share ideas on a weave structure (multi-shaft), help each other and show off our weavings. All levels of multi-shaft weavers are welcome.
Information for this interest group can be found in the monthly newsletter or contact Bobbie Faust.

Fiber Arts Saturday
2026-03-07 10:00 - 12:00 | TBA
An informal gathering of COSWG and Central Oregon Fiber Art Association fiber artists held on the 1st Saturday of each month from 10 a.m. to noon. Bring your fiber art project to work on (knitting, weaving, spinning, crochet, needle felt, etc.) and enjoy a time of community and sharing.
To find the location for this month, check the latest COSW Newsletter or go to: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578138073441.
Meetings are typically held in Redmond at one of these two locations:

The Redmond Library – 827 SW Deschutes Ave, Redmond
Dry Canyon Art Association – 1865 NW Hemlock Ave, Redmond

Guild Meeting Program: Pam Sullivan: All About the Fairs and Gillian Burton: Salish Weaving
2026-03-18 09:30 - 11:30 | HIghland Baptist Church Room 129 / Hybrid, 3100 SW Highland Ave, Redmond, OR, 97756, United States
Monthly meetings on 3rd Wednesday. There is a business meeting plus educational program each month.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/96681723025?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 966 8172 3025
Passcode: [REDACTED]
