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The Handweavers Guild of America (HGA) was founded in 1969. The well-known New York weaver Berta Frey was one of the founders and served on the guild's first board of directors. [1] HGA's mission is to educate, support and inspire the fiber art community. The organization is non-profit and has an international membership.
Eugene Weavers' Guild is a non-profit organization of weavers, spinners, and other fiber artists in Eugene, Oregon, in the U.S. It was founded in 1946 [ 1 ] and has been meeting monthly for more than seventy years. [ 2 ]
Though both made of wool, worsted and woollens undergo different manufacturing steps resulting in significantly different cloths. In worsteds, which undergo more spinning steps, the natural crimp of the wool fiber is removed in the process of spinning the yarn while it is retained in woolens, [7] and woollens are produced with short-staple yarns while worsted cloths need longer staple length.
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The Ontario Handweavers & Spinners (OHS) is a non-profit organization based in Ontario, Canada that helps individuals interested in the fiber crafts to communicate and develop their skills, including weaving, spinning and dying, basket makers, braiders, tablet weavers and paper makers.
The Irish Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers traditionally held a major annual exhibition in Dublin. [12] The Guild hold events for all levels, including introductory classes. [13] Locally, the IGWSD is a network of regional groups. [14] It runs workshops across the country.
Churchill Weavers was a handweaving company that operated from 1922 to 2007 in Berea, Kentucky, an area of Appalachia long associated with handcrafts. Color postcard showing the Churchill Weavers building, ca. 1950. It was the first company to mass-produce handwoven products for a national market. [1]: 9 [2]: 9 [3]: unnumbered [4]: 1
Worstead / ˈ w ʊ s t ɪ d / is a village and civil parish in the North Norfolk district of Norfolk, England. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 862 in 365 households; [ 1 ] the population increased to 922 at the 2011 census.