2024 LOOM & SHUTTLE WEAVERS GUILD PROGRAMS

Calendar & General Meetings

All are welcome! 

All 2023-2024 Guest Speaker programs are Online using Zoom.

Members will receive a reminder email one week before the meeting. The meeting link will be sent out again on the Friday evening prior to the meeting. 

We do not offer guest membership. However, if you would like to attend one or all of the Guest Speaker sessions, we invite you to join the Guild and be a part of our community.  

Annual Membership fee is $40.00. To become a member please contact membership@loomandshuttleguild.org

2023-2024 (Speaker/Program details are below)

Upcoming Calendar

January 15, 2024 CNCH 2024 Registration Opens @ 9:00 am

January 18, 2024 11:00 – 1:00 Third Thursday Library Open House, St. John’s UC

February 3, 2024 10:00 – 1:00 Textile Talk: Dorothy Liebes Samples, St. John’s UCC

February 15, 2024 11:00 – 1:00 Third Thursday Library Open House, St. John’s UCC

March 2, 2024 10:00 – 1:00 General Meeting, via Zoom Presentation by Karen Donde

March 21, 2024 11:00 – 1:00 Third Thursday Library Open House, St. John’s UCC

April 6, 2024 10:00 – 1:00 Textile Talk, St. John’s UCC

April 18, 2024 11:00 – 1:00 Third Thursday Library Open House, St. John’s UCC

April 25 – 28 CNCH 2024, Rohnert Park, CA

May 4, 2024 10:00 – 1:00 General Meeting, via Zoom Presentation by Karen Selk
Wild silk is much more than the miraculous journey of metamorphosis from caterpillar to silken luxury. It is tightly woven to an ancient living culture raising tasar, muga and eri  silkworms in remote forests of central and eastern India. Raising wild silkworms, reeling cocoons, spinning fiber and weaving silk cloth provides sustainable work and a regular income, while protecting the environment, lifting the status of women and maintaining a traditional lifestyle.  Photos and stories captured from weavers, spinners, and silkworm farmers over thirty years of field research will transport you into their homes and villages to witness the love and dedication involved in each part of the process from soil to cloth.

May 16, 2024 11:00 – 1:00 Third Thursday Library Open House, St. John’s UCC

June 1, 2024 10:00 – 1:00 Textile Talk, St. John’s UCC

June 20, 2024 11:00 – 1:00 Third Thursday Library Open House