Name: Meet a Member: Fireside Chat with Timothy Hale
Start: 2025-11-12
End: 2025-11-12
Location: Online

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WARP’s 2025 International Textile Raffle

Thank you to all who participated in WARP’s 2025 International Textile Raffle! You can still view the fabulous bundles, and read about the WARP members who donated to this year’s fundraiser.

Meet a Member: Fireside Chat with Timothy Hale

WARP Members Only Program. Timothy Hale is an American loom designer and builder. After earning degrees in economics and accounting in 2008, Tim shifted his focus to creating yarn tools—a journey sparked by a chance encounter with Deborah Chandler’s Beginning 4-Harness Weaving DVD. That introduction to weaving quickly grew into a passion that has shaped his work ever since.

12 Nov

3:00 pm

Online

Continuing Textile Traditions : The Fair Trade Journey of Mayamam Weavers

Free & Open to All.Join WARP for our November Continuing Textile Traditions panel discussion, as we learn the story of Mayamam Weavers in the United States, Tejedoras Maya Mam in Guatemala, and how they work together to create a thriving business for Mayan weavers in both countries.

20 Nov

2:00 pm

Online

Networking Roundtable: “The Nettle Dress” Film Screening & Discussion

WARP Members Only Program. Join WARP members for a screening of the film "The Nettle Dress" followed by a roundtable discussion of the film.

25 Nov

2:00 pm

Online

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Featured member business

Baskets of Africa

Baskets of Africa provides long term, sustainable living wages to compensate weavers in Africa for their beautiful work and to support their families.

Featured member publication

Faces of Tradition: Weaving Elders of the Andes

By Nilda Callañaupa Álvarez, Christine Franquemont and Joe Coca. The powerful visual expressions of Joe Coca’s photographs introduce dozens of elder weavers and the landscapes that they occupy in the Cusco region of the Peruvian Andes. A revealing cultural study presents personal stories and deep insight into time-honored textile traditions.

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Holiday Shopping Ideas that Support Artisans AND Gift Givers

We asked two of our members who have fair trade stores, Board member Emily Huber and Administrative Assistant Lindsay Woodruff, five questions interesting to anyone thinking to help artisans with sales. The answers may inspire shop owners with ideas for what to carry, groups of artisans thinking about what to make, and even shoppers trying to decide what to buy for someone.
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