The HandWeavers Guild
of the New River Valley

We meet from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on the second Sunday of each month, September through May. Please confirm the date and location of the next meeting below.

- Sunday, February 12, 2012	Category Guild Event Monthly Guild Meeting - February, 2012  at the Christiansburg Library The program this month is by Toni Ogden, who is cataloging the woven coverlets at North House Museum in Lewisburg, WV. There is a planned exhibit of the coverlets at the museum in the February - March timeframe.

Saturday, February 25, 2012 - Sunday, February 26, 2012	Category Guild Event Lace Weaving Workshop with Harriet Roadman  Guild workshop at the Blacksburg Y This will be an update to the workshop that Harriet presented a few years ago. Class size will be a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 15 weavers. The cost will be between $47 and $70 depending on the number who take the class. There will be opportunity for both 4 and 8 shaft loom designs. Please email Patricia Rushmore if you are interested. This winter you will be thankful that you treated yourself to this inspiring mid-winter weaving time with your fellow weavers!

- Sunday, March 11, 2012	Category Guild Event Monthly Guild Meeting - March, 2012  at the Christiansburg Library The program for this month will be a presentation by Carolyn Moore and Pat Tracy on "Huck Lace and Color".

- Saturday, April 14, 2012	Category Local Event Old Liberty Fiber Faire  A celebration of the fibre arts and crafts The Olde Liberty Fibre Faire of Bedford, Virginia is a celebration of the fibre arts and crafts. We embrace and enjoy dyeing, felting, spinning, weaving, knitting, crocheting and all things fibre-related. The festival will be held this year on Saturday, April 14, 2012 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Bedford Lion's Club Community Center, 1577 E. Lynchburg-Salem Turnpike (aka Route 460 East), Bedford, VA 24523 Admission is $5.00, children 12 and under are free, and all gate proceeds will be donated to Bedford House. http://www.olfibrefaire.com/

- Sunday, April 15, 2012	Category Guild Event Monthly Guild Meeting - April, 2012  location to be announced Program will be by Harriet Roadman, on "The Endless Warp".

Saturday, April 28, 2012 - Sunday, April 29, 2012	Category Guild Event Robyn Spady Workshop  A paid workshop with Robyn Spady "The Thrill of Twills" with Robin Spady, scheduled for April 28 & 29. This workshop is for intermediate – advanced skill level (plus adventure seeking beginners)! All participants must be competent on their looms and have them properly dressed. Sign up will be in December (or January if December meeting is snowed out). This workshop is open to non-members.

- Sunday, May 20, 2012	Category Guild Event Monthly Guild Meeting - May, 2012  location to be announced "Show and Tell" and "Swap and Sell".

Tuesday, October 02, 2012 - Wednesday, January 02, 2013	Category Regional Event 2012 Blue Ridge Fiber Show  an international, biennial celebration of fiberarts The purpose of the Blue Ridge Fiber Show is to encourage and support handloom weavers, spinners and felters at all levels and to increase public awareness of their work. Entry form and fee due: August 10, 2012 Locaton is The North Carolina Arboretum, 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, Asheville, NC 28806, Phone 828-655-2492. For more information, please visit the website listed below. http://www.wncfhg.org/Blue_Ridge_Fiber_Show.php