Kick off our 2025-2026 program year as we gather together in community to knit, spin, weave, crochet, etc. Bring lunch along to enjoy with the group and take in the surrounding scenery at Spring Hollow Lodge. In the afternoon we will have a small business meeting with show and tell to follow. Bring a finished …
Main Library - Meeting Room 2B Char Norman, a COWFG member and local artist, will be sharing about her artistic practice in preparation for her upcoming workshop offered the following weekend at Spring Hollow Lodge. Char is an accomplished fiber artist who specializes in papermaking and fiber sculpture, she also has extensive experience working in …
10:00 am- 4:00pm (with lunch break) Participants will learn how to create a three-dimensional woven form using tapestry, pulled warp, and coiling. After engineering the form on a simple frame loom, weavers will learn to further define the shape by pulling up loose warps, securing ends and coiling the edges. Although this can be done …
CML Main Library-Meeting Room 1A 1:00pm- 4:00pm Join us as we examine the work of Central Ohio fiber arts businesses: The Sewing Hive, Dye Mad Yarns and KMR Handwoven. Throughout this program members will hear from local experts about their experience as business owners and creatives. The discussion will be facilitated by guild members through …
Ring in the New Year with the Guild and your current project as we gather together for our Winter Retreat. Bring lunch along to enjoy with the group and take in the surrounding scenery at Spring Hollow Lodge. In the afternoon we will have a small business meeting with show and tell to follow. Bring …
In this half-day workshop Amy will facilitate a learning environment which focuses on better understanding cashmere; touching on its rich history, properties, production and care. Throughout the morning participants will have the opportunity to work with cashmere using a variety of fiber arts processes. This includes applications like knitting, spinning and weaving; making the class …
A hands-on tasting workshop for knitters, weavers, and spinners Amy Swanson, Director June Cashmere $75 Saturday February 14, 2026 9am – 12pm In this 3-hour workshop, participants will learn about cashmere and camel fiber and yarn. The workshop will be divided into three parts: Lecture, Hands-on Tasting, quick Wrap-up
COWFG will be joined by Amy Swanson to help us learn more about Cashmere. During her presentation we will hear about the production of this luxury fiber in Kyrgyzstan. There she works with producers as the owner of June Cashmere to provide a product as ethical, sustainable, and as transparent as possible. Furthermore, Amy will …
Main Library - Meeting Room 3B 96 S Grant Ave, Columbus, OH 43215 Join the Guild in viewing the documentary, The Nettle Dress. This film takes viewers on a seven year endeavour with textile artist Allen Brown who weaves a hand-spun dress from stinging nettles that he foraged locally. His story is also one of …
Grandview Heights Public Library Meeting Room 1685 W 1st Ave, Columbus, OH 43212 Come learn about Ability Weavers, a business in Lowell, Michigan which primarily focuses on offering an integrated work setting in which those with and without special needs work side by side. Many of their employees have autism or other special needs, Ability …
