Workshops

The guild typically organizes one or more workshops each year.  Although guild members get
first priority, if additional spots remain in any workshop, non-members may sign up.  Higher
fees may be charged for non-members.

Upcoming workshops

TAPESTRY WORKSHOP - Mar 14 with Nancy Sharples

HMWG member Nancy Sharples will be offering a Tapestry Weaving workshop on Saturday, March 14, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday, March 15, from noon to 4 p.m. at a location to be finalized. Cost is $150 per person and includes all materials. Class is limited to a maximum of 12 students. Learn to weave a variety of tapestry techniques on a small foam core loom. Students will weave boxes with both slits and interlocking edges, angles, curves, hatching, weft rep, sumac and color blending. Each student will create a small tapestry incorporating these types of tapestry building blocks. We’ll discuss making a larger tapestry loom and work on individual designs to see what types of designs will be successful and which might cause difficulties. We will also look at a wide range of historic and contemporary tapestries and see how they were woven. Please bring small scissors and any specialty yarn you might want to incorporate in your piece. Looms and tapestry yarn will be supplied by the instructor.

CRIMP & CREATE - May 14-16 with Dianne Totten

This is an on-loom workshop taking fiber in a new direction by creating “crimp cloth.” Learn to create fabric with permanently crimped designs that hold their memory even when washed. Apply this stash-busting technique to any  threading and learn the thought process that will lead to endless possibilities for creating magic cloth. Participants will draft, weave, and crimp their samples in class. Learn how the fabric can be used for one-size fits-all garments that flatter any figure, scarves and shawls that won’t slide off your shoulders, and knit-look ribbing for a sweater or jacket collar. Garment  design and sewing tips are included.  Skill level: Adventurous beginner and beyond.
Student equipment required: Minimum of 4 shafts necessary; 8 or more shafts is even better! 
Not a round-robin.
Maximum # of students: 20

Past workshops have included:

Paper Lantern with Helen Hiebert - as part of the January 2026 guild meeting via Zoom.

Transparency weaving with Rebecca Smith, May 2025.

Double Rainbow with Jennifer Moore. Held via Zoom.

Supplemental Warp Workshop with Deb Essen. Held via Zoom.

Virtual Workshop: Introduction to Weaving Drafts, with Megan MacBride

Dye Day, with Grete Reppen
An introduction to spinning flax, with Susan Conover
Weaving with linen on four shafts, with Susan Conover
Sewing 101, with Mary Ellen Singer
Designing Blankets and Single Color Designs, with Peggy Hart
Alternatives to knotted fringe, with Mimi Smith
Doubleweave, with Mimi Smith
Bumps, Pleats, Ruffles and Wrinkles on Purpose, with Barbara Herbster.
Fabulous chenille scarves, with Dena Gartenstein.
Designing with blocks, with Martha Hubbard
Rep weave, with Lucienne Coifman
Spinning on the great wheel, with Susan Conover.
Shadow weave, with Susan Conover.