Nov
1
9:00 AM09:00

Northeast Handspinners Association Open House

The Northeast Handspinners Association (NHA) will be holding “Going Batt-y,” an open house with workshops on Saturday, Nov. 1, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Albany County Cornell Cooperative Extension Building, located at 24 Martin Road in Voorheesville.

The featured speaker will be internationally known textile historian weaver, and spinner Rabbit Goody, who will provide an inside look at textiles from both the 18th and 19th centuries through the letters of Hannah Hayden.

Other workshops include:

• Spinning Flax with Rabbit Goody

• Woven Landscapes: Tapestry Weaving with Handspun Wool & Alpalca with HMWG member Sarah Boink

• Sustainable Spinning with Gigi Matthews

The Open House is free for NHA members. To join, please visit the membership page on the website: nehandspinners.org/nha-membership/ Once you’ve become a member, please register for the Open House to chose your workshop and lunch option. There will be a nominal fee for a sandwich. Beverages, apples, and snacks will be available for all attendees to enjoy. For more information, including a detailed schedule of events, please visit nehandspinners.org/open-house

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Nov
1
to Nov 2

The Annual Fiber Festival of New England

Mallary Complex, Eastern States Exposition Grounds Memorial Avenue West Springfield, MA 01089 (413) 205-5109 (Box Office) Less that two hours away from the NHA Open House location! Saturday hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday hours: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. General admission for ages 13 and older, $9/day For admission tickets, visit https://www.easternstatesexposition.com/p/tickets For more information about the event, visit https://www.facebook.com/fiberfestival/ or https://www.easternstatesexposition.com/p/fiberfestival

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Nov
2
9:30 AM09:30

Spinning Workshop with Gigi Matthews

Heritage House Reformed Church 260 Main Street Schoharie, NY 12157 Gigi Matthews, a spinning instructor from Brooklyn, will teach “Making Concept Yarns,” a spinning workshop from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Heritage House, a few doors down Main Street from the Schoharie United Presbyterian Church, where The Golden Fleece Spinners and Weavers, a member organization of the Northeastern Handspinners Association (NHA), meet. Attendees will work from a concept that provides an easy template for color and texture choices so that they can make their own, unique, handspun yarn. Participants will also learn carding and spinning techniques while working with a variety of protein, cellulose, and reclaimed fibers. This workshop is appropriate for advanced beginners or above, who should be able to spin a stable single yarn with their own equipment. Participants will need to bring their own spinning wheel or spindles with all of the necessary accessories for spinning. Fibers for spinning will be provided and there will be a modest materials fee, the amount of which has yet to be determined. The workshop fee is $25 and is required to reserve your spot. Registration will open at The Golden Fleece Spinners and Weavers September meeting. To learn more about Gigi Matthews, visit her website, https://gigimatthews9.wixsite.com/my-site For more information about The Golden Fleece Spinners and Weavers, visit their facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/goldenfleeceguild

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Nov
2
1:30 PM13:30

Gigi Matthews lecture at Golden Fleece

Golden Fleece Spinners and Weavers November 2025 Meeting

Schoharie United Presbyterian Church 314 Main Street Schoharie, NY 12157 Gigi Matthews will present a lecture titled “Plants to Cloth” during the organization’s November meeting. For thousands of years, leaves, stems, and even bark have been made into various forms of cloth. Learn the how’s, why’s, and when’s of how this has been done allover the world. Plus, discover what’s in the pipeline for new and sustainable textiles.

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Oct
15
7:00 PM19:00

Rug Celebration

The Cambridge Historical Society and Mujseum (CHSM) is honored to have received an award of a Community Arts Grant ffrom the Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council 2025 for hosting and administering the Community Weaving Project: Following the Thread.

Anyone who participated in any way in the weaving of the rugs will be entered in a raffle. Names will be drawn and the rugs will be dispersed throughout the village. We will also celebrate all of the volunteers who have helped to make CHSM a valued community resource.

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Oct
9
7:00 PM19:00

October 2025 Guild Meeting

Social time and practical demonstration (end-feed shuttles) start at 7. Program starts promptly at 7:30. October program: Linda London: What would you do with this fabric? at Vavstuga Weaving School.

Linda London will present what she learned while attending The Book Nook Class at Vavstuga Weaving School in Shelbourne, Mass. Find out what YOU can make with 18 inches of woven cloth in eight different weaves. Plus, Linda will share some sewing techniques to transform woven textiles to pillow cases, a notebook cover and more.

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Sep
6
10:00 AM10:00

Harvesting Color: Dyeing with Plants from both an Historic and Practical Perspective

The Cambridge Historical Society and Mujseum (CHSM) is honored to have received an award of a Community Arts Grant ffrom the Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council 2025 for hosting and administering the Community Weaving Project: Following the Thread.

Join the Community Weaving Project’s last “Highlights and Handwork Workshop” as we harvest and process the colors of the season, dyeing cotton, wool and silk. This all-day workshop covers fiber preparation, harvesting of plants, the dyeing process, and simple patterning techniques. Everyone welcome to drop in and observe. Bring Lunch.

Registration required for full participation in this workshop. Email Susannah White, carapacefarm@yahoo.com

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Aug
9
1:00 PM13:00

Embroidery Through Time, with Lessons in Decoration

The Cambridge Historical Society and Mujseum (CHSM) is honored to have received an award of a Community Arts Grant ffrom the Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council 2025 for hosting and administering the Community Weaving Project: Following the Thread.

The use of thread to tell a story is an important part of textile work. Heather Boyne will begin our narrative by sharing new stiches, combinations, and applications with us. We will also look at historic examples from the CHSM collection.

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Jul
26
1:00 PM13:00

Finishing Techniques for Rugs

The Cambridge Historical Society and Mujseum (CHSM) is honored to have received an award of a Community Arts Grant ffrom the Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council 2025 for hosting and administering the Community Weaving Project: Following the Thread.

Once the rug is off the loom, there are many decisions to be mad. Will there be fringe? Will it be braided? What wears well? Weaver Tomi Bentley will provide guidance in making appropriate decisions.

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Jun
28
1:00 PM13:00

Spin-In

The Cambridge Historical Society and Mujseum (CHSM) is honored to have received an award of a Community Arts Grant ffrom the Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council 2025 for hosting and administering the Community Weaving Project: Following the Thread.

Rose Derbysire will guide us as we turn loose fiber into functional yarn and thread. Visitors can bring their own wheel or spindles, or borrow one of ours. Whether it is your first time, you want to try other equipmnent, or your are looking for a community of people to spin with, all are welcome.

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Jun
26
to Jun 29

MAFA Conference

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The MidAtlantic Fiber Association Conference will be held Thu, Jun 26 through Sun, Jun 29, 2025 at Millersville University in Pennsylvania. Sign-ups open Feb 1. HMWG is a member guild, and HMWG members are eligible for early workshop registration. We anticipate good turnout from the Guild, so sign-up and enjoy a retreat with your fellow weavers! https://mafafiber.org/conferences/mafa2025/

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Jun
25
7:00 PM19:00

Weaving Traditions in Cambridge, N.Y.

Cambridge Historical Society and Mujseum (CHSM) is honored to have received an award of a Community Arts Grant ffrom the Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council 2025 for hosting and administering the Community Weaving Project: Following the Thread.

Susannah White will use examples in the CHSM collection to follow the development of textile industry in and around Cambridge.

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Jun
7
to Sep 27

Community Weaving Project: Following the Thread

Cambridge Historical Society and Mujseum (CHSM) is honored to have received an award of a Community Arts Grant ffrom the Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council 2025 for hosting and administering the Community Weaving Project: Following the Thread.

Every Saturday afternoon, from June 7 to September 27, from 1 to 4 p.m., the public is invited to 12 Broad Street in Cambridge N.Y.; drop in, sit on the bench, and weave on a series of rag rugs. You do not need to have any weaving experience. All ages and abilities are welcome.

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May
8
7:00 PM19:00

May Guild Meeting

7-7:30 is social time. Program starts promptly at 7:30. May program will be Rebecca Smith talking about woven transparencies.

May practical: Shoulder Seams. If you have ever made or considered making a lined vest, I’m pretty sure you’ve come across the idea that shoulder seams must, at least in part, be sewn by hand in order to turn the garment right side out. If you would like to learn a method that has no hand sewing (except possibly for button application), don’t miss Martha Hubbard’s May practical. This method is faster and all of the seams are sturdy.

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Apr
10
7:00 PM19:00

April Guild Meeting

7-7:30 social time. Program starts promptly at 7:30. April program will be Suzanne Hokanson: Beyond Potholders - What You Can Do on a 10-inch Potholder Loom.

April practical: APRIL 10 THE CALL FOR THE INKLES! Anyone who has attended a Scottish game is familiar with the opening ceremony where the various clans parade forth. Our April practical is a riff on the Scottish tradition with a “call” for everyone to bring in their inkle looms to be paraded! Inkle looms come in all shapes and sizes - table top, floor, big, small, homemade or commercially made. These looms are used to create narrow weavings with the complexity determined by the weaver. So bring in your inkle loom, warped or not. If there is a warped project that people can try, all the better!

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