Programs - Weavers of Orlando

Guild Programs

Date	Program
May 3rd, 2008	Linda Jarrett presents a program on spinning fiber into yarns (all you non-spinners can catch a new 'fiber fever')
June 7th, 2008	Sandy Lazarus will be doing a report on Southeast Fiber Forum and the plain weave class at the 2007 conference
July 12th, 2008	Conference reporting
August 9th, 10th ,11th 2008	Workshop: Overshot by Diane Click
September 6th, 2008	TBA
October 11th, 12th, 13th	Workshop: Cards by Audrey Smith
November 1st, 2008	Ann Mckenzie and Sandy Lazarus will be giving a report on Karen Selk's Silk class as required by scholarship winners.
December 13th, 2008	Holiday party

For more information about workshops, please go to the Workshops page

Workshop Shaker Towels - Weavers of Orlando

New Weaving Exchange

21 people have already signed up at the January meeting. If you missed the meeting, or want to participate long distance, please e-mail Berna Lowenstein

Towels, towels, towels - handwoven by the Weavers of Orlando

If you can't be at the picnic in April for the exchange, please send Berna Lowenstein $5 and your towels and samples before April 5th, and she'll mail your new towels and samples back to you.

Exchange Essentials:

Linen Towel Exchange

Exchange on: April 5th, 2007 meeting (the guild picnic)

It’s time to discover the joy of using linen towels. They are beautiful, absorbent, and easy to weave. For questions, call or mail Berna Lowenstein

Please use 20/2 or 16/2 line linen in colors bleached white or half bleached.
Do not buy the color “natural” as it is a very dark burlap color.
20/2 linen is the same size as 10/2 perle cotton, so it’s easy to weave.
16/2 linen is the same size as 8/2 perle cotton, so it’s a little thicker.
Use any weave structure you like. Even lace weaves make great linen towels.
Good choices are Huck, Huck Lace, Bronson, Bronson Lace, M’s and O’s, Twills, and even hand manipulated weaves like Leno and Brooks Bouquet.
Fabric must be washed and ironed.
Towels must be hemmed. No fringes.
Please consider hemstitching your towels, since it is so decorative.
Ex. Huck, Bronson, and any weave structure that gives plainweave, look good with hemstitching. M’s and O’s and Twills look better with a plain hem.

FINISHED SIZE

14 inches wide by 24 inches long.
Please make sure you consider shrinkage and draw in and hem size when calculating the width and length of your warp.

NUMBER of TOWELS

3 to exchange. (Make 4 if you want to keep one of yours.)

NUMBER of SAMPLES

One for each participant, plus one for the guild library.
Berna will announce the number of samples after everyone has signed up. No postage stamp sized samples, please. Make them large enough to feel and see.

WHERE to BUY

The Yarn Barn, Kansas has both 20/2 and 16/2 linen yarns.
(Note: There are several stores called The Yarn Barn, and you want the one in Kansas.)
There are also other stores, take a look at the Links section.