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…

Dates: February 14, 21, 28, 2026 noon to 4 p.m. Fee: $180 per student – workshop fee includes workshop monograph Registration: opens November 1 and closes December 1, 2025 Preparation and Supply List:

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…

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…

“Finish and Exhibit that Piece!” with Jenny Schu As fiber artists we can have a tendency to enjoy the process of creating a piece but not be prepared to finish or display it. We might start to solve these problems by considering what to do at the beginning stages or during the creation of your…

“Building Woven Landscapes” with Maris Van Vlack With Building Woven Landscapes, interdisciplinary textile artist Maris Van Vlack will provide insight into her artistic practice of creating woven and knitted landscape tapestries using floor looms and jacquard looms. Van Vlack is an interdisciplinary artist who uses weaving to build images of architectural spaces that explore themes…

“Sewing Your Handmade Fabrics, Part 1” with Liz Spear Liz Spear presents the 30+ year evolution of a weaving/sewing business  with roots in a Midwestern upbringing, years making pottery full-time, and  a final move to Western North Carolina. Her handwoven fabrics are  cut-n-sewn into classic shirts, jackets and coats, often supplemented with her Nuno-felt and…

“Couture Passementerie Through the Eyes of a Fiber Artist” with Robyn Spady  From Chanel and Balenciaga to the House of Worth and Ralph Lauren, passementerie has been a way to elevate a garment from something ordinary to something extraordinary. What is passementerie?  It’s a French term without an English equivalent. Passementerie encompasses a multitude of techniques…

“Weaving in the UP:  the Legacy of Immigrant Finns Lives On” with Phyllis Fredendall With images and stories from the Copper Country and Finland, Phyllis will share a weaving journey including the development of the fiber and fashion design program at Suomi College through to the survival of its dynamic fiber studio as the anchor of…