For all weavers, but especially those of us with juggling too many plates, Strickler’s The Weaver’s Book of 8-Shaft Patterns is a God-send! Ann Redmond will guide you through using this book that allows you to pick the weave structure, level of complexity in threading, and treadling.
For most patterns in the book, with a single threading, you can adjust your treadling to achieve patterns with very different looks.
For many others, with a single threading, you can adjust the treadle tie-up to get different patterns, or also adjust the treadling.
For the busy weaver, it’s a treasure trove! Pick a threading and adjust away to get very different patterns and products. Ann will explore tying on too, but will concentrate on how you can use Strickler to plan a wonderfully varied weaving adventure.

Bio:  Ann Redmond has been working with textiles since home economics class in 7th grade, following in the footsteps of her maternal lineage. She is a plant ecologist who works as an environmental consultant and struggles to find time for fiber, music, and travel (the work, music, and travel bugs come from the female aspect of her paternal lineage). Her first weaving was a rag rug-style bathmat over 30 years ago. Her weaving has always tended to the practical and as she says,
“hopefully, lovely and enjoyable.”

Are you curious about those handwoven bands that Jennifer Williams shows us at our monthly show and tell? Come listen to Jennifer give a presentation on weaving with an inkle loom.

Have you always admired those lacey and intriguing weaves? Diane Click will show us examples of the techniques she is teaching in the finger manipulated weave structures workshop.  Those techniques include Leno, Spanish Lace, Danish Medallions, Brooks Bouquet, Boutonné, and several hemstitching methods.  All of these techniques can be accomplished on any loom, including a rigid heddle loom.

Bio:  Diane Click has been weaving for about 30 years.  She was privileged to be a long-time student of the renowned Betty TerLouw.  Diane’s favorite question is  “What if…?”  She loves to put on a long warp and sample, sample, sample, resulting in her earning the title of “Sample Queen.”  Diane leads a Study Group that meets monthly and has taught workshops throughout the state.  She was honored when Handwoven published an article about her adventure weaving her daughter’s wedding gown.

WoO’s annual auction will benefit the guild and ALL guild members who participate. It’s always fun to buy those items that others no longer need or use but are just what we need! You never know what you’ll be able to find! In the recent years, lucky individuals were able to buy such wonderful and useful items as reeds, warping wheels, inkle looms, knitting yarn, cones of various weaving threads, silk, books, and magazines.

Would you like to find ways to make your fiber art projects more intriguing, see different ways to incorporate fiber into other projects, or look for simple ways to improve your projects and set yourself apart as a fiber artist?  Sometimes the most understated detail or accent can make the difference between something ordinary and something extraordinary. Robyn Spady will present her program named “The Devil’s in the Detail.”

Bio:  Weaving has always been a part of Robyn Spady’s life. It started with her baby blanket, handwoven by her great-grandmother. While growing up, weaving helped instill in her a sense of creativity and confidence at a time when her self-esteem was developing. During her working years in “Corporate America,” weaving provided her sanity and a sense of productivity.

In 2001, changes in her life provided her the opportunity to dedicate herself to weaving fulltime. She started by tackling the Handweavers Guild of America’s  (HGA) Certificate of Excellence in Handweaving (COE-W). In October 2002, she successfully completed the Level 1: Technical Skills in Handweaving. In October 2004, she successfully completed Level II: Master in Handweaving with the specialized study of Loom-controlled Stitched Double Cloth.
For more information on Robyn or her programs and workshops, visit her website: http://www.spadystudios.com.

Weavers of Orlando will celebrate our 75th anniversary! Our celebration luncheon is planning is in the works and other details are being finalized.

Many weavers are busy weaving napkins so each member who attends the anniversary luncheon will receive a napkin woven in a diamond-weave structure.