May 2021
Diablo Weavers Guild, based in Walnut Creek CA, will be meeting via Zoom on the third of Friday of the month through June 2021, 10:00 am until noon or a little later. We do not meet in July and August.
Membership:
Dues for the year, September 2020 - June 2021, are $30 per person; $40 per family.
If joining after January, dues are $15.
New members and guests are welcome. Let us know if you would like to attend a meeting and we will send you the link to join the Zoom meeting.Contact: carol.gray@gmail.com
Diablo Weavers Meeting Friday, May 21, 2021
Our May meeting will be at 10 am on Friday, May 21, the third Friday of the month. You will receive an email Zoom invite before then.
Program
Once Upon a Warp: From the Loom to the Runway
A presentation by Denise Kovnat
This lecture traces her weaving journey from concept to completion of a garment followed by a fashion show of the garments. She has had garments in Convergence many years as well as other shows. She often uses painted warps as well as loom controlled techniques to manipulate her weavings.
See Denise's website below and samples of her work on Instagram.
Sharing at our monthly meetings
Each month for sharing, photos for Diablo should be sent to Vilija by noon on the Thursday before each meeting. That gives her enough time to get the last minute ones in. The sooner, the better for her. However, she said that she can definitely handle “last minute”.
If members have a preference on how they want their pics shown, they should include info on that.
CNCH Conferenece in 2022
CNCH 2022
When: May 19-22, 2022
Where: San Mateo Marriott San Francisco Airport
Rates: Special rates for CNCH:
$149 (one king bed)
$169 (two queen beds)
Free parking
Free wifi if you join “Marriott Bonvoy” (no charge to create a membership
Diablo Weavers Study Group
STUDY GROUP
We will meet on June 25th at 10:00 am. Maybe ZOOM, maybe in person with appropriate Covid precautions (right now we only have one unvaccinated member). We will discuss our weavings inspired by Elisabeth Hill’s “Off the Grid” presentation. We have agreed that it is time to choose a new topic so we will bring in our hopes and wishes and come to a consensus on the new topic. Then we’ll come back three months later to do an in-depth show-and-tell. We learn a lot from each other. Some topics only last one or two meetings, some last longer.
If you are interested in joining us, email me at maureencmiller@comcast.net and I’ll add you to the mailing list. If you are currently on list and wish to be removed just let me know.
For Sale
Table Loom for Sale SOLD
Our family is selling my Mother’s Leclerc Dorothy table loom, it’s in very good shape and also includes an extra 4-shaft box. So this loom has an 8 harness capacity. It folds flat for easy storage or transport.
Weaving width is 15.75"
400 heddles
dimensions are W: 19 1/2" L: 30" H:19 1/2"
I know this sells for @ $1020.00 new so I was pricing around $600 OBO. I can also deliver anywhere in the Bay Area so no shipping charge.
Beautiful Handmade Birdseye loom for Sale
Possibly made in the 30's of beautiful Birds Eye Maple wood and in climate controlled storage. See photos below.
From the owners of the loom:
We have a loom that was built by my kids great grand father, that is, hand built. The wood is of rare Bird's Eye Maple (maybe from the 30's?)
From what I can gather it is a "double action' loom & please correct about my nomenclature.
We would like to sell it if possible. If not the wood is so precious that I can find other uses. It is currently in climate controlled storage.
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Thank you.
Mike & Aimee Prisbylla