Common Threads is a network of fiber artists in the Punta Gorda area of all skill levels and techniques who enjoy getting together informally to share knowledge and skills. Suzanne Patton started Common Threads 11 years ago and the group is now an affiliate group of the Punta Gorda Visual Arts Center. Common Threads has …
By Caroline Tacker Caroline Tacker lives in St. Petersburg FL, is a member of the Pinellas Weavers Guild, andFlorida Tropical Weavers. I grow and spin Florida native cotton, which at its best has a three-quarter inch staple. Icurrently use and Ashford Kiwi and Traditional for my spinning, but I can also use a Tahklispindle. This …
The 2023 “Split Shed Weaving” Workshop has been rescheduled for February 20-22, 2024.Deborah Silver (fee to be determined) will her “teach “Split Shed” technique at the North Fort Myers Recreation Center located at 2000 North Recration Parkway. The technique, which uses just four harnesses, can be done on a table loom, a countermarche, counterbalance or …
Susan Hedge and Rose Young won Individual Artist awards from the city of Fort Myers.Susan’s community weaving project at the Alliance for the Arts starts in December and goesthrough Roc Day, Jan. 8, 2022. Weavers are encouraged to share their knowledge with visitorson several large (8 ft. x 4 ft.) bamboo journey looms joined with …
by Susan Hedge Last month I took a deep dive into the culture of fiber by “binge listening” to Fiber Nation, anInterweave podcast. Allison Korleski, the host, takes the listener from Scotland — where welearn the evolution of tartans and how the patterns became a market- ing scheme in the 1800s— to the American West …
The WARP website weavearealpeace.org, offers the following information on their organization. WARP began in 1992 when Deborah Chandler, author of Learning to Weave, contacted friends in the United States who were working with-or had an interest in working with-weavers and dyers in developing countries. The mission of WARP it to foster a global network of …
Pioneer Fiber Mill is located in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. The mill provides a place for small producers of natural animal and plant fibers to have their fiber processed into exceptional yarns. The mill provides alpaca processing as well as wool processing. Tours of the mill are available. Among their products are SE2SE (Shave ‘Em …
