PPWG Study Groups
The Pikes Peak Weavers Guild sponsors several study groups in order for members to strengthen knowledge and skills in particular areas of interest. The following groups require PPWG membership:
More Than Four
Meets the 1st Thursday of each month at 9:30a.m. Contact: Heather Hubbard, calhjh@gmail.com or Judi Arndt, judiarndt@msn.com
Northern Lights
Meets the 2nd Thursday of each month, 11:00am-1:00pm, Table Rock Llamas, Black Forest. Contacts: Jane Rock mizrock@aol.com, Deb Scott Debster1939@yahoo.com. (guests welcome)
Tapestry
Meets the 3rd Thursday of each month, 10:00a.m., Westside Community Center, Colorado Springs. Contact: Beverly Weaver: Beverly.Weaver46@gmail.com
Community STUDY GROUPS
There are many weaving and spinning groups and classes offered in the Pikes Peak region. Several meet at local yarn shops, libraries, and private businesses. Be sure to check out the links below to our Local Fiber Retailers for more information.
GREAT RESOURCES & Fiber Related Links
Links to the Wonderful Local Fiber Retailers
- Shuttles, Spindles, and Skeins in Boulder, CO not only has a large selection of equipment and supplies but the owners and staff there are always helpful and knowledgeable.
- Table Rock Llamas & The Dyeworks in the Black Forest near Colorado Springs, CO has fleeces, fibers, dyes, books and equipment for everyone. The owners and staff there are always friendly and can help with your fiber, yarn and dye needs.
- Green Valley Weavers and Knitters in Old Colorado City, CO has equipment, supplies, and fiber for weaving, spinning, dyeing as well as other fiber arts; a knowledgeable staff, and an inviting atmosphere.
- Yarn Outlet on 8th street in Colorado Springs is a great place to find discounts on yarns. Look for them on Ravelry and Facebook.
- White Rabbit Beads Colorado Springs' premier bead shop.
- Ladybug Hill Quilts Check out their fabulous block of the month series.
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Links to Colorado Guilds & Weaving Associations
- American Tapestry Alliance
- Arizona Federation of Weaving Guilds
- Association of Northwest Weavers' Guilds
- Conference of Northern California Handweavers
- Contemporary Handweavers or Texas
- Colorado Weaving Connection
- Complex Weavers
- Four Corners Weavers Guild
- Handweavers Guild of America
- Handweavers Guild of Boulder (Boulder, CO)
- High Plains Spinners & Weavers (Brush, CO)
- Intermountain Weavers Conference
- Mesa Fiber Arts Guild
- Natural Dyers
- Northern Colorado Weavers Guild (Fort Collins, CO)
- Rocky Mountain Weavers Guild (Denver, CO)
- San Juan Weavers Guild (Montrose, CO)
- Surface Design Association
Links to Textile Museums and Associations
- American Association of Museums
- American Textile History Museum, Lowell, MA
- International Textile & Apparel Association, Inc.
- Textile Museum, Washington DC
- Textile Society of America
- Weaving Art Museum & Research Institute (Online museum featuring Middle Eastern Textiles)
Links to Weaving Tools, Lists, and Information
- Planning a Visit to Colorado? View the arts and crafts sections of the Colorado Links Web Page
- Visit Pantone, the world's leading authority on color systems and provider of technology for communication about color among designers, manufacturers, retailers and customers. If you want specific color forecasting for fashion and home trends by season, zero in on Trends.
- Celanese Corporation provides a glossary of terms used in the textile industry titled the Complete Textile Glossary.
- A very useful weaving yarn calculator is available at the Loomy Bin which provides a number of tools for loom and card weaving.
- For a realistic idea of what a lace structure would look like, download LaceWeave, a shareware program developed by Dave Raup.
- If the design you want to weave requires more treadles than you have on your loom, use Tim's Rudimentary Treadle Reducer developed by Tim McLaren, mathematics professor at Earlham College.
- Also very useful is the free online calculator for monetary exchange rates among countries, The XE.com Universal Currency Converter.
- Lindsay Landis of Lindsay Designs shares her techniques for photographing textiles titled Taking Professional Looking Photos Without a Professional.
- Written for the International Textile & Apparel Association, J.R. Campbell's Optimizing Photography for ITAA Design Exhibition Submission provides a useful tutorial for photographing and preparing digital images of textile and apparel items(2 megabytes).
- Before his untimely death, Ralph Griswold scanned historic weaving texts, images, etc., which are no longer under copyright protection and makes them available to everyone on the internet. His On-Line Digital Archive of Documents on Weaving & Related Topics provides a wealth of historic information on weaving and textiles in general.
- Ruthe Stowe's Collection of Weaving Resources provides links to a variety of sites useful for weaving, dyeing, and other fiber activities.
- Another popular site for a broad range of textile crafts information is Ron Parker's Current List of Lists.
- The Handweaving Draft Archives maintained by Kris Bruland stores over 41,000 weaving drafts with more added each day. The goal of the site is to enable weavers to find and exchange weaving drafts.
Links to Regional Fiber Activities
- Albuquerque Fiber Arts Fiesta (New Mexico)
- Estes Park Wool Market (Colorado)
- Llama & Fiber Festival, Castle Rock (Colorado)
- Taos Wool Festival (New Mexico)
