Author: Susan Lolli

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  • All MLH members are invited hear the Keynote Speaker Carol Irving present “Window into Weaving: My Life as a Weaver” Friday, June 5, 7pm The talk will be followed by the 2026 Annual Meeting and a Dessert reception.  All MLH members are invited to attend all Thursday events, the Friday evening Keynote, Annual meeting, Dessert…

  • November 8, 9 and 15, 2025 (9 am-4 pm) Cost: $180 for all zoom sessions. Registration opens September 1stRegistration closes October 15th Double two-tie (D2T) threadings* are incredibly versatile, offering the ability to weave a variety of different structures which can be used in block designs, color play, and texture, on fewer shafts. However, most of…

  • Non MLH Fiber shows and events will be posted here.  2026 FIBER ARTS EVENTS:  for classes, yarn, demos, vendors, animals, equipment  (updated 12.26.2025)                           Feb.        13-15   Fiber Arts Retreat, Sauder Village, Archbold, OH / Deb.Ridgwaysaudervillage.org                             14    Wild & Wooly, Cuyahoga Fairgrounds, 19201 E. Bagley Rd, Middleburg Heights, OH 44130                     14   Spinners Flock Fiber Artisan Market, 445 Mayer Dr. Beach Middle School, Chelsea,…

  • A Weaver’s Journey: from Stick Shelters to Jacquard Weaving with Mary Burns          Join fiber artist Mary Burns for a presentation covering her lifelong fiber journey from childhood stick shelters to rug weaving, from wall art to natural dyeing and eco-printing, and jacquard weaving. Mary will discuss various styles of weaving that she has done, including…

  • My Year with Rust Belt Fibershed & One Year One Outfit  One year, one outfit (OYOO)  is a cohort-based project that responds to consumerism and the damaging effects of fast fashion. Participants in the OYOO project reside in the Rust Belt Fibershed region (within 250 miles of Cleveland) and create an outfit through a soil-to-soil…

  • “Frida Hansen as Inspiration” with Robbie LaFleur Robbie LaFleur, from Minneapolis, Minnesota, has been following a thread of Scandinavian textiles since she attended a traditional handcraft school in Norway in 1977. She was awarded the Gold Medal in Weaving from the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum in 2006. Robbie coordinates the Weavers Guild of Minnesota Scandinavian Weavers…

  • In this zoom workshop we will weave many variations of Deflected Double Weave (DDW) on 8-shaft jack-style floor or table looms. You will first learn how to weave DDW using a skeleton tie-up or comparable lift plan. Next, we will add traditional double layers to the DDW. Then we will weave a sampler of different…