A Colorful Adventure with Loom and Shuttle - October 2009

The first weekend of October brought me to  San Francisco and Berkeley for a three-day series of workshops sponsored by the Loom and Shuttle Guild. Thanks to Southwest Airlines' still generous baggage policies, I brought suitcases full of yarns for Color in Cloth, Spice It Up,  and Hands On Color. Over 40 people participated in the Saturday seminars, and then a smaller group met in a member's beautiful home overlooking the bay for the  two day Hands On Color (above).   Over the last decade, many weaving guilds decided to broaden their reach into all things fiber,  but Loom and Shuttle made the decision to stay focused on weaving. As a result, serious weavers from all over the Bay Area support this guild.  I worked with  all skill levels - what they had in common was a respect for one another  and a love of the craft.  I'll look forward to seeing many of these weavers at the Conference  of Northern California Handweavers in April 2010! www.cnch.org