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Find out more about Cuyahoga Weavers Guild in this evening program.   And for our members who cannot attend daytime meetings, this is a great opportunity.

Visit with us at 6:30 pm for a sample of our members meeting, or join us at 7:00 pm for a lecture about the background, trends, traditions and just plain fun that weaving offers.

Find us at the Cleveland Heights Lee Road Library, 2345 Lee Rd, Cleveland Heights, OH 44118.

Members, please remember that this event replaces out usual Thursday meeting time and place.

Come and meet us!  And learn to love weaving at much as we do.

Family Fun Demonstration Day will be taking place at the Cleveland Heights-University Heights Library, Lee Road branch, 2345 Lee Road, Cleveland Heighs, OH, this Sunday, March 10th, from 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm.

Members (and friends!) of the Guild, please bring your fiber-based fun to the library to complement the intricate work we have on display there. Hands-on activities for all ages will introduce the public to this ancient art through a variety of different loom techniques and small hand-weaving projects.

Festivities will be held in meeting room A. We look forward to seeing you there!

Our biennial show is now on display at the main branch of the Cleveland Heights-University Heights Library, 2345 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights, OH, until April 10th. Please contact the library for open hours.

This year we are proud to present the third place winner of the Project Tunic competition at the Cleveland Museum of Art as part of our show. Cleveland Heights resident and guild member Victoria Johnson-Parratt won third place in the January competition for her little black dress for which she made shoulder straps, a belt and earrings with 21,215 Delica beads. Her dress has been on display at the Cleveland Museum of Art prior to moving to our show. (Victoria’s work may also be seen here.)

Please join us for the following special events:

Sunday, March 3, 2013, 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm
A reception with demonstrations, refreshments, opportunities to talk with weavers, use a loom, weave on a project being made especially for the library use with children during story times and much more. Bring your friends and family and, if you like, a plate of cookies to share.

Sunday, March 10, 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Family Fun Fiber Day: Come join weavers  making rag rugs for children to use in the library. Make a weaving to take home. See  how this wonderful loom works. See spinners spin yarn, too.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 6:30 pm weavers  meeting, 7:00 pm lecture
At 6:30, the Guild will have an open meeting with discussions about guild projects and information about the Cuyahoga Weavers Guild. At 7:00 pm, there will be a lecture presentation by Patty Hridel on historical perspectives of weaving. How did weaving help spark the American Revolution? How steam power changed the weaving trades first. When was the first weaving?  Intriguing questions, fun and entertaining answers.

April 3, 2013, time TBD
Children’s  hour. Come be a part of a weaving. How does that work? You can be a shuttle or a warp. What in the world is that? Come find out. Contact the library for location and times.

Be sure to join us for the Thursday, January 17th, meeting at Church of the Savior.

Brown bag starts at 11:00 am and meeting at 12:30 pm. See you there.

The program is devoted to preparation for the upcoming show, a timely opportunity to bring your work for Patty.

Guess what? You can now list your loom for sale on our site by submitting the information about what you are selling as a comment on our For Sale page.

Please note: If you want to get notifications about looms that are for sale, you’ll need to subscribe to the comments for that page (your current subscription to this site will not include these updates). Please click here to subscribe to get emails about looms that are listed for sale on our site. If you do not subscribe, you will not get email notices about future listings, so take the time to sign up now.

Two listings are already available so go check them out.

Our newsletter deadline for articles and information is Wednesday, December 5th. Be sure to consider sharing something you would like to see in the newsletter. Perhaps you have a new source, a new project, a new book to review, a new experience to reflect on, a new time-saver or a favorite weaving quote. And, of course, this is the ideal time to get your information to the group, such as program notes, show information, photographs, and calendar reminders.
Send your items to Nancy.

Through rain, wind and what else might come, find your way to Study Group. It is Thursday, November 1st, 9:30 am at the home of Jesse Adler. See you there.

Be sure your calendar is marked for this week’s guild meeting, Thursday, October 18th, which starts with a brown bag lunch at 11:30 am at the Church of the Savior, 2537 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Meeting follows at 12:30 pm, and then Carol James will be giving a talk on sprang, finger weaving and other primitive non-loom techniques of North America.

If you are participating in the sprang workshop, remember that it starts at 9:00 am on Thursday and Friday at Church of the Savior.

See you there!

The first meeting of the year will be Thursday, September 20th at 12:30 pm.  Brown bag lunch is at 11:30 at the Church of the Savior, 2537 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights, Ohio.

Please bring your membership form and dues. Program registration forms and dues would be welcome as well. You can also register online for the sprang workshop with Carol James.