Creating a Connected Textile Community
This is the first of a two-part post about Cindy Lair’s efforts to get a donated loom to Tajikistan. Cindy is the WARP’s board chair and the Planning Manager at Schacht Spindle Company, a loom and spinning wheel manufacturer. Part … Read More
I became a member of Weave a Real Peace (WARP) in 2010, when I received the Alice Brown Memorial Scholarship to attend WARP’s annual meeting in Phoenix, Arizona. I was in my first year of the MFA program in fibers … Read More
Recently the Cooperativa de Alfombras de Mujeres Maya en Guatemala (Maya Women’s Rug Hooking Cooperative of Guatemala) was accepted into the 2014 International Folk Art Market, July 11 – 14. We spoke to one of their delegates to this year’s market. … Read More
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4VwnucrQcM As a new year is dawns, many of us are writing down our resolutions—promising to be better, stronger, smarter, and more aware of the world around us. We are grateful for what we have and we are looking forward … Read More
In the past few blog posts we have seen a recurring theme that travel leads to stronger connections among weavers of different nations. Katie Simmons sent this remembrance of one instance during her recent journey to Tinkuy a gathering of weavers … Read More
When Jackie Abrams stumbled upon the WARP booth at Convergence, the biannual conference of the Handweaver’s Guild of America, she knew she had found her tribe. She joined WARP right away. A contemporary basket weaver, Jackie appreciated the value of … Read More
Absolutes are like New Year’s resolutions, bound to fail. We may have good intentions to make everything we wear, grow everything we eat, and exercise every day, but face it—most of the time we don’t. Small is beautiful, and that … Read More
Joan Ruane has championed cotton spinning for decades. A chance e-mail from a local woman in Uganda created a connection between Joan and a group of crocheters. We asked Joan if she would share her experience with us. Allen Nansubuga, … Read More