Yaks, Yaks, Yaks! Tour of Hot Disch Farm in Raymond, MN Moved to May 4, 2pm Join the Whorling Spinsters for a tour of Hot Disch Farm (https://www.hotdischfarm.com/), led by owner Craig Dischinger. You will get to meet yaks up close and personal [...]
Thanks to all the WGM members who contributed swatches for our Birthday Card for Textile Center. Super volunteer Carol Carter assembled the card and we are thrilled it shows so many techniques, textures and structures! Happy 25th Birthday, Textile Center. [...]
This February 1st, there will be an online silent auction benefiting the International Wolf Center of Ely, MN www.wolf.org. Weavers Guild member Chillon Leach has initiated this fiber related portion with full support of the IWC staff (who also obtained [...]
Join us for Under Foot: Rugs from the Weavers Guild of Minnesota at the Hopkins Center for the Arts! View a beautiful selection of rugs handwoven by members of the Weavers Guild. Opening Reception: Thursday, December 6, from 6-8pm [...]
We were thrilled to open the November/December issue of Handwoven and see a letter about the WGM NOW (New and Occasional Weavers) Interest Group. Member Jere Thompson, NOW's leader, writes about how the group started and how they structure their [...]
These rugs were woven by members of the Rag Rug Study Group. (We meet the third Tuesday of every month, 6:30 at WGM.) We wove these rugs in memory of Chuck Benson, a Rag Rug Study Group member who died [...]
Did you know members of WGM’s member interest groups the Banditos helped design, weave, braid and assemble the ribbons awarded by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota at the MN State Fair? WOW! The ribbons in 2018 drew upon the design [...]
Exhibition Opportunity: The Weavers Guild of Minnesota seeks participants for an upcoming group exhibition celebrating the work of WGM members. Artists may each submit up to 3 pieces. Exhibition Location: Hopkins Center for the Arts (HCA) second floor Lobby Gallery [...]
This past weekend Melba Granlund traveled to Moorhead with one of the guild's warp-weighted looms to participate in the Scandinavian Hjemkomst & Midwest Viking Festival in Moorhead, Minnesota. The Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County and Nordic Culture Clubs [...]
What’s Spinning? Spinsters’ 5-card Draw Judy Preckshot In case you didn’t already know, the Whorling Spinsters are a group of spinners who love to get together on the first Tuesday evening of the month to spin, learn new skills, and [...]
