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Dallas Handweavers and Spinners Guild Activities

The Dallas Handweavers and Spinners Guild has a variety of programs, workshops, and study groups that are open to our members (& visitors!). This page highlights the activities we have hosted in the past. We welcome you into our group of passionate weavers, spinners, and dyers! For more information contact us.

Meeting Programs

Band Weaving by Laura Herriott

Ondulé reeds by Margaret Arafat

Single Two-Tie Pick-up Weaving by Cate Buchanan

Origami weaving by Cate Buchanan

Uzbekistan ikat by Marilyn Romatka

A Brief History of the Programming for DH&SG

Study Group Topics

Echo & Iris scarf by Christine Miller

Weft Faced Pattern Weaver Sampler by Laura Herriott

Theo Moorman Study by George Christ

Stubenitsky Code Towels by Rebecca Shanks

Double Weave Pick Up by Christine Miller

DH&SG Sponsored Workshops

September 2022

Rebecca Shanks Market Basket

This workshop of 12 partcipants spent the day making this small market basket under the leadership of skill basket makers Rebecca Shanks and Brenda McKinnon.

DH&SG sponsors a variety of weaving, spinning and dyeing workshops utilizing both national , regional, and local talent. This project was great as the scale was appropriate for a one day completion. What a fun day it was!

October 2019 

Elisabeth Hill Off the Grid

Feeling hemmed in by the ho hum of parallels and perpendiculars? Lisa led us on an adventure out of the straight and narrow!

In a on-loom, round-robin format we wove multiple samples in structures that allowed the warp and weft to shift and move, creating a dizzying array of curves, undulations and textures. We learned techniques and tips for weaving these structures, did drafting exercises and examined many fabric samples.