March 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, March 19, 2021
Our March meeting will be at 10 am on Friday, March 19, the third Friday of the month. You will receive an email Zoom invite before then.
Program
Silkworm to Sari: Sericulture in India
Celeste Chalasani will explain the process of producing silk in India in the weaving villages to weave sari cloth. She will show her collection of saris and how they differ from the various villages and areas. Her husband is from India so she has visited there many times.
For more information, see her website:
https://www.celestechalasani.com/lectures.html
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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.
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A recent update from Aiko,
remembering anniversary of the earthquake when she was in Japan.
I finished this indigo top(Boro Art sweater) on 3/11.
Ten years ago when i was in Tokyo after my show , massive earthquake and Tsunami happened. I returned to my house walking almost 5 hours from the downtown.
I made this with memories of 3/11 for Requiem.
The title <the peaceful sea >
Using Guatemalan indigo cotton thread and Japanese indigo cotton, silk and hand spun cotton and hemp from Nepal etc.
CNCH Confrenece 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
Link to make reservation:
https://www.marriott.com/events/start.mi?id=1611374234826&key=GR
PLEASE! If you think you might attend, reserve early. Marriott reserves the right to release our unreserved rooms after a cut-off date. You can cancel up to 48 hours prior to arrival.
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
Gilmore floor loom
I have to sell my Gilmore floor loom as I am no longer physically capable of using it. I would greatly appreciate it if you could spread this ad amongst your group.
https://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/art/d/san-francisco-gilmore-maple-floor-loom/7295235095.html
Thank you very much.
Best,
Julia
650 302 1827
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
Contact:
Mike & Aimee Prisbylla
(925) 682-1407
mprisbylla@comcast.net
Click on individual photos for larger view.
Stool: 9" wide & 22&1/2" high at the center. About a 1" slope (i/2" each from each side of the center).
Loom: Closed depth 18", 52 & 1/2" tall, width 42 & 1/2;
Open depth 36", 48 tall
Reed 36" (width 42 & 1/2") I think #156 has a full shot of plus 4 slats.
