Join HMWG as a member for the 2025-2026 season.

Registration is currently open to HMWG members.

This will be an in-person workshop held at Calvary United Methodist Church in Latham, N.Y. (our normal evening meeting location, though we will be in a different space in the building). Meeting times are 9-4:30 each day.

Cost: We anticipate a minimum workshop fee of $160/student and potentially as high as $320/student if we do not fill the class. Additional costs include a materials fee of $3 for printed handouts and design templates, collected by instructor at workshop. Students will supply their own yarn following instructor's recommendations. This workshop is eligible for HMWG Scholarship support - please apply with the Scholarship committee if interested.

The workshop costs will depend on # of students as well as final expenses. We will run the workshop with a minimum of 10 students and a maximum of 20 students. The final costs will not be known until close to the workshop date and potentially after the workshop as these include travel expenses and incidentals for the instructor.

You will be required to make a second payment prior to the workshop and potentially a small third payment after the workshop. If you register and cannot attend, you may transfer your registration to someone else, but no refunds will be made.

Please complete the form and pay your deposit of $160. If you do not receive a receipt email, your registration did NOT go through.  Once you register, you will receive instructions from the instructor on how to prepare for the workshop.

Intellectual property notice: All workshop materials are property of the instructor. You may save copies of workshop materials such as handouts for your personal, non-commercial use. Do NOT distribute class materials.

Workshop description: Crimp & Create

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 f i ts-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.

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Registration is currently open to HMWG members.

HMWG member Nancy Sharples will be offering a Tapestry Weaving workshop on Saturday, March 14, from 10 am to 4 pm and Sunday, March 15, from noon to 4 pm. Workshop will be held at the Shaker Heritage Society, 25  Meeting House Rd, Albany.

Cost: We anticipate a minimum workshop fee of $117/student and potentially as high as $175/student if we do not fill the class. All materials will be provided by the instructor and are included in the workshop cost. You will pay a deposit of $117 and may need to make a second payment later depending on final calculated costs.

Class is limited to a maximum of 12 students. A minimum of 8 students is required to run the class.

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. Contact nancysharples@yahoo.com if you have any questions.

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