Thank you to the Max! We are so grateful for the generous donors who honored WGM on Minnesota's largest day of giving! With so many worthy organizations to choose from, we appreciate your support of weaving and spinning and our [...]
Give to the Max Day is just one week away! Donate now through November 14 to support the largest--and one of the oldest--weaving and spinning guilds in the US. Read more about how we impact our community through classes, events, [...]
“Wild and Woolie” StevenBe’s Community Volunteer Knitting Event benefiting the International Wolf Center (Ely, MN) www.wolf.org Sunday, December 8, 2019, 12-4pm StevenBe’s, 3448 Chicago Ave. So., Minneapolis 55407 Spend an enjoyable afternoon volunteering with your fiber community at StevenBe’s, knitting [...]
Don't Miss! On the walls of WGM: Award-Winning work from the MN State Fair Thank you to Beth McLaughlin, our volunteer exhibition installer, who brings out the best in these fabulous pieces! Please check the calendar to ensure the floor [...]
An Xhibit of Weaving at the Redwood Falls Public Library Opening Friday, November 15
Member Book Review: 51 Yarns to Spin Before You Cast Off, Jacey Boggs Faulkner, author (2018) By Marcella Edmund This compact book is a fine condensation of a great deal of spinning knowledge and advice, presented in logical order with [...]
A Discussion of Innovation: Norwegian Tapestry Artist Frida Hansen Saturday, October 26, 2-3:30pm at Norway House, 913 E Franklin Ave Minneapolis Join textile artist (and WGM member) Robbie LaFleur for a lecture on the life and work of the innovative Norwegian tapestry [...]
New and Occasional Weavers (NOW) Group Meeting: Crackle Weave—with Lucy Brusic Sunday, November 10 in the WGM Spinning room, 1 to 2:30pm The structure Crackle (thought to resemble the crackling on some pottery glazes) was the name given by Mary [...]
The Weavers Guild of Minnesota has a large collection of woven swatches, culled from a number of resources and collected over the course of the Guild's nearly 80-year existence. Located in the spinning and main floor loom classrooms, these swatches [...]
Happy (fiscal) New Year! The new year brings with it changes and excitement: new Officers, a new Board of Directors and new energy, new projects, new ideas. We will spend the year exploring and honoring our past (and having fun) [...]
