Workshops and Programmes
March Meeting: One Year In – Pandemic Productions
Online / Zoom MeetingHas a year of lockdowns, restrictions and change accelerated your craft work or damped it down? Have you been trying new things or taking comfort in the old familiars? Do you think ZOOMING is an art and craft in itself? We've certainly seen and read about a resurgence in craft during the pandemic, from weaving
April Meeting: The Tailor Project
Online / Zoom MeetingGuild member Susan Lapell presents the fascinating story of the garment workers scheme that, in 1947, brought 2,500 tailors and their families from displaced persons camps to Canada to alleviate skilled worker shortages.
May Meeting: Split Shed Weaving
Online / Zoom MeetingAn exciting split-shed weaving presentation by Deborah Silver! . The Technique of Split-shed Weaving by Deborah Silver Break out of blocks with split-shed weaving. This technique gives any weaver with a 4-shaft loom the ability to weave pictorial imagery using continuous wefts without the need for special equipment.
September Meeting: Robyn Spady, Couture Passementerie
Online / Zoom MeetingFrom Chanel to Ralph Lauren, passementerie has been a way to elevate a garment from something ordinary to something extraordinary. Passementerie encompasses a multitude of techniques used to create embellishments. It includes the creation of buttons, cording, trim, garment closures, braiding, tassels, and much more. Robyn Spady will share insight into how many couture fashion
October Meeting: Janet Phillips, Designing Woven Cloth
Online / Zoom MeetingAs a teenager, Janet Phillips toured a mill in Galashiels with her family. She soon after started a four year course in industrial textile design, working with a 24-shaft Dobby loom.She loves the combination of colour, rhythm, repetition and maths. Her presentation will focus on criteria that need to be considered when designing a woven
Deb Esssen: Supplemental Warps
Online / Zoom MeetingDeb Essen is the author of "Easy Weaving with Supplemental Warps: " (Interweave Press), is a frequent contributor for Handwoven magazine.
If These Beads Could Talk
Online / Zoom MeetingEHS is proud to present a workshop by Malinda Grey, If These Beads Could Talk. The three-hour workshop will take place via Zoom on February 12, 2022 beginning at 1 p.m. Please register by Dec 31 for the workshop by emailing BOTH Dorothy Thomson and Sharon Airhart . Please pay by Dec. 31 via eTransfer to ehsguild@gmail.com. There will
Workshop: Love Your Loom with Liz Moncrief
Online / Zoom MeetingThis zoom workshop — appropriate for all weavers from beginners to the most experienced — offers a two-hour discussion of the tools that are so important to our work: looms in general, shafts, treadles, reeds, shuttles, benches and more. It provides an amazing array of little known tips and tricks to not only help you
Colour and Plain Weave with Marcy Petrini
Online / Zoom MeetingCOLOR AND PLAIN WEAVE WITH MARCY PETRINI November 6th, 2022, 10am - 4pm WORKSHOP FEE: $70 FOR FULL DAY WORKSHOP WHERE: NPCC Studio and Online for 20 participants Hybrid online workshop by Zoom Colors blend optically in fabric, maximally in plain weave. The same colors, however, can glimmer when arranged in distinct areas. Our brains
Beginner Weaving Workshop
Neilson Park Creative Centre 56 Neilson Dr., Etobicoke, ON, CanadaEtobicoke Handweavers and Spinners present: Beginner Weaving Workshop Let’s make a handwoven textured scarf from start to finish! Learn how to plan a weaving project and calculate carefully how much yarn you will need. Learn the basics of setting up a table loom from warping to tie up. Create a beautiful textured scarf using plain
EHSGuild Yarn and Fiber Masterclass Workshop, with Susan Conover
Online / Zoom MeetingEHS GUILD MASTERCLASS WORKSHOP YARN AND FIBER MASTERCLASS WITH SUSAN CONOVER SATURDAY 11TH FEBRUARY 2023 10AM - 2.30PM DELIVERED ONLINE BY ZOOM What Is Covered in This Workshop? Yarn Calculations Reeds and Sett Yarns in Use Fiber Properties Workshop Instructor: Susan Z. Conover Susan Conover began spinning and weaving in 1980 and spent the next four
Beginner Weaving Workshop
Neilson Park Creative Centre 56 Neilson Dr., Etobicoke, ON, CanadaEtobicoke Handweavers and Spinners present: Beginner Weaving Workshop Let’s make a handwoven textured scarf from start to finish! Learn how to plan a weaving project and calculate carefully how much yarn you will need. Learn the basics of setting up a table loom from warping to tie up. Create a beautiful textured scarf using plain