Carol Ventura from Tennessee Technology University will teach two workshops.  The first workshop is a 3 hours double sided brocade weaving workshop and the second is a 6 hour workshop in beaded tapestry crochet.  For registration information, please email the Huntsville Fiber Guild at hsvfiber@gmail.com.

Carol worked with the La Jacaltequita backstrap weaving cooperative as a Peace Corps volunteer from 1976-80, then wrote her dissertation, Maya Hair Sashes Backstrap Woven in Jacaltenango, Guatemala, which was later published as a bilingual book.  Carol was inspired by the colorful tapestry crocheted shoulder bags made in Guatemala in the 1970's.  Since that time she has explored the design potential of the technique, developed a system of diagramming patterns, and created a variety of flat and three-dimensional projects, which she shares in Tapestry Crochet and More Tapestry Crochet and Bead & Felted Tapestry Crochet books. For more information about Carol, see her web pages at http://www.tapestrycrochet.com/; http://www.backstrapweaving.com/

Location of all events is Calhoun Community College, Decatur site, Hwy 31 (just north of the Tenn. river bridge) Fine arts building.  Participants will receive a map with exact directions.

Friday October 17

4 - 4:30PM -Lecture on Jakaltek Maya Double Sided Brocade Technique.

      All guild members and workshop participants are invited to attend this lecture for free.

4:30-5:30 PM- Dinner break

5:30-8 PM -Workshop.  Fee: $15 guild members, $20 non-guild members. Limit of 25 students

Material fee: $1.  Students must provide warped loom and yarn or thread for the weft and brocade

Hands on workshop of brocade technique. This supplementary weft technique is used to decorate hair sashes in Jacaltenango, Guatemala. Participants will begin to brocade the geometric or flower motif on their  pre-warped table or floor loom (70 or more warp ends for the geometric motif; 150 warp ends or more for the flower motif). Participants will receive detailed instructions for preparing their looms after they register.

Saturday October 18

9AM- 3:30PM Beaded Tapestry Crochet Basket Workshop

            There will be a 30 minute lunch break.

Fee: Guild members $25, non guild members $35 .   Limit of 25 students

Material fee: $1.  Students provide steel crochet hook size 1 or aluminum hook size B and scissors

Learn how to do the beaded tapestry crochet stitch, how to design on tapestry crochet graph paper, how to crochet a cylindrical shape in rounds, and how to block a beaded basket.  Participants will begin a tapestry crochet beaded basket with a zig-zag motif or with their own design. Original designs can be drawn onto "tapestry" graph paper, transferred onto square-ruled graph paper, then incorporated into the project. Participants will also learn how to block their work. Due to time constraints, students must be familiar with the single crochet stitch.