May 2016

Diablo Weavers Guild meets in Walnut Creek, usually on the third or fourth Friday of the month from September through June, 10:00 am, until noon or a little later.

New members and guests are welcome.

In September, December and June we meet at a member's home. Other meetings are usually held at the Thurman Casey Library in Walnut Creek (Ygnacio Valley Library).

Thurman G. Casey Library

2661 Oak Grove Rd.

Walnut Creek CA 94598

Library location details and a map:

Meeting location

Dues for the year 2015 - ’16 are $30 per person, or $40 for a family.

Friday, May 20, 2016

(third Friday of the month)

10:00 AM at the Thurman Casey Library

Slentre

Loop Braiding with Ingrid Crickmore

Loop braiding is a fun, fast way to make many types of beautiful cords and braids. We are lucky to have Ingrid coming to the next meeting to give us a talk and demo on this way of making a cord. There will be some hands on activity also. We will have the library room till 12:30 or so to give us time to give this technique a try with Ingrid’s guidance.

She will bring along lots of show & tell, so don’t miss this inspirational meeting.

Ingrid’s terrific website with lots and lots of information is

https://loopbraider.com/

Please bring a large C-clamp if you have one.

Snack for the meeting in May: Aiko

Looking ahead:

Our June meeting will be our annual luncheon and project. This year's project will be to get started making lanyards for CNCH 2017 at Asilomar. Change in meeting place this year; the luncheon will be at Carol C.'s, starting at 11:00 AM on June 10.

More information will be posted here, regarding materials to bring for making the lanyards--using card weaving, braiding, kumihimo or other techniques. We will have at least three or four members helping us get set up and started on making the lanyards to hold nametags for CNCH 2017 at Asilomar.

Local Events

Wonders of the World: Oscar de la Renta at the deYoung Museum

This world premiere retrospective of Oscar de la Renta's work celebrates the life and career of one of fashion's most influential designers. The exhibition will include more than 100 ensembles produced over five decades, and is presented in collaboration with the House of de la Renta and the designer's family.

https://deyoung.famsf.org/exhibitions/oscar-de-la-renta-retrospective

For Sale

Counter balance loom for sale

Hand built 4-Harness Oregon Loom per Scott Mathieson's plans in clear, vertical grain redwood and maple. Lightweight but sturdy. Perfect condition. Bench included in good condition. A classic and joy to use.

Easy assembly/disassembly for transport. Dimensions: 58 x 58 x 32 folded.

Contact: Stevan, in Walnut Creek, at scavalier@gmail.com

The loom above is a stock photo of the same loom.

Originally asking $600, but would take $400 or less

AVL 60" Production Dobby Loom and accessories for sale by original owner.

Solid maple, excellent condition. 16 Harnesses w/ lots of extra Texsolv heddles

and 5 reeds. Comes with AVL manual. This loom has a built-in bench, bottom-

swing beater with double-box flyshuttle, 3 shuttles, extra bobbins and an electric

bobbin wider. It features a mechanical dobby head with extra dobby bars and

pegs for long pattern repeats, two 1-yard sectional warp beams, plus standard

warp beam, aprons and warp beam flanges. Includes tension box, yardage

counter, track and mounting system for sectional warping as well as cone rack

for 48 cones or spools.

$ 4200

Contact Candy Meacham

Home: (360) 671-9079

Cell: (360) 220-1203

candy.meacham@earthlink.net

Location: Bellingham, WA

Other Resources

New Textile Website

We are pleased to announce the launch of a new website - Asian Textile Studies – designed for those with a serious interest in traditional hand-woven textiles.

We have been working on this material for the last few years and have just uploaded the first pages, which focus on the subject of natural dyeing. Much more content will be added over time. We hope this will be of interest to members of your group. Please take a look, and share this among the wider textile community.

Click on the link below to explore this new website.

www.asiantextilestudies.com

David and Sue Richardson

A new Online Weaving magazine edited by Robin Spady

Heddlecraft, the newest weaving resource, has launched!

What is Heddlecraft? It’s a digital weaving magazine for weavers who love to weave and want to know more. Heddlecraft will be published six times a year. An annual subscription is $19.99 and a single issue is $4.50. Each issue will have a focus on a particular weave or weaving technique.

You can find out more about Heddlecraft at www.heddlecraft.com. Also, please join us on Facebook and Twitter.

Happy weaving!

Robyn Spady

Editor, Heddlecraft