Nashoba Valley Weavers Guild - the central Massachusetts weaving organization

Coming Events

The 3Ds of 3-D: Deflection, Differential Shrinkage and Doubleweave

by Ruby Leslie

Date: Friday-Sunday, September 11-13, 2009
Time: TBA
Location: Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, MA
Expertise: Advanced beginner and beyond
Maximum: 20 People

Description: Head off the beaten track to where it’s delightful, it’s deliberate, it’s deflected. Using a layman’s approach to color theory and a myraid of weave structures, subtle to amazing transformations can occur in woven cloth if you understand how to control the variables of fiber, yarn grist, weave structure and finishing techniques. This 3 day workshop explores a variety of weave structures producing ruffles, ridges, waffles, crinkles, “innies” and “outies” weaving on pre-warped looms in a round robin format with pre-wound warp chains provided by Ruby.

The Instructor

Ruby Leslie maintains a full-time weaving and teaching studio in northern Vermont, designing her own line of handwovens as Ruby Charuby Weavings. Boundless enthusiasm for sampling and experimenting, especially with color and its interaction with structure, has guided Ruby’s creative endeavors from the beginning of her weaving career more than 20 years ago. Handwoven magazine’s invitation to become a contributing member of their “Color Forecast” series streamlined her design process. This fueled her desire to share her insights about how to successfully integrate color, structure and yarn in weaving without having to dye yarn or rely on recipes. She has taught at guilds, regional conferences and Convergence.

Cost: $ 175 for NVWG members

$ 200 for non-members

Cost includes materials fee of $50 which includes the yarns, workshop notebook and mailing costs for sending out the warp, draft info and instructions to each participant in advance. Yarns provided are for both warp and weft, and warp yarns can have complex color sequences and/or mix of fibers.

Equipment for participants: Pre-warped 4H or 8H looms required.

Registration: Please include contact information (address, phone, email) along with a check made out to the Nashoba Valley Weavers Guild mailed to:

Nashoba Valley Weavers' Guild
PO Box 50
Harvard, Ma 01451

Deadline to register is July 15th. NO refunds after July 15th.

For more information please visit: www.nvwg.org

Contact Info: Fiber Loft: (978)-456-8669

Email: Chairperson

Past Events

The Guild kicked off its new season in the fall with a tour of Jenna River's fashion design and weaving studio in fashion design and weaving Fitchburg on September 21, 2008.

Jenna is a fashion designer and her mother, Josephine Rivers and her collaborate on weaving cloth for her designs.


	Coming Events The 3Ds of 3-D: Deflection, Differential Shrinkage and Doubleweave by Ruby Leslie Date: Friday-Sunday, September 11-13, 2009 Time: TBA Location: Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, MA Expertise: Advanced beginner and beyond Maximum: 20 People Description: Head off the beaten track to where it’s delightful, it’s deliberate, it’s deflected. Using a layman’s approach to color theory and a myraid of weave structures, subtle to amazing transformations can occur in woven cloth if you understand how to control the variables of fiber, yarn grist, weave structure and finishing techniques. This 3 day workshop explores a variety of weave structures producing ruffles, ridges, waffles, crinkles, “innies” and “outies” weaving on pre-warped looms in a round robin format with pre-wound warp chains provided by Ruby. The Instructor Ruby Leslie maintains a full-time weaving and teaching studio in northern Vermont, designing her own line of handwovens as Ruby Charuby Weavings. Boundless enthusiasm for sampling and experimenting, especially with color and its interaction with structure, has guided Ruby’s creative endeavors from the beginning of her weaving career more than 20 years ago. Handwoven magazine’s invitation to become a contributing member of their “Color Forecast” series streamlined her design process. This fueled her desire to share her insights about how to successfully integrate color, structure and yarn in weaving without having to dye yarn or rely on recipes. She has taught at guilds, regional conferences and Convergence. Cost: $ 175 for NVWG members $ 200 for non-members Cost includes materials fee of $50 which includes the yarns, workshop notebook and mailing costs for sending out the warp, draft info and instructions to each participant in advance. Yarns provided are for both warp and weft, and warp yarns can have complex color sequences and/or mix of fibers. Equipment for participants: Pre-warped 4H or 8H looms required. Registration: Please include contact information (address, phone, email) along with a check made out to the Nashoba Valley Weavers Guild mailed to: Nashoba Valley Weavers' Guild PO Box 50 Harvard, Ma 01451 Deadline to register is July 15th. NO refunds after July 15th. For more information please visit: www.nvwg.org Contact Info: Fiber Loft: (978)-456-8669 Email: Chairperson Past Events The Guild kicked off its new season in the fall with a tour of Jenna River's fashion design and weaving studio in fashion design and weaving Fitchburg on September 21, 2008. Jenna is a fashion designer and her mother, Josephine Rivers and her collaborate on weaving cloth for her designs.
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