Join Handwoven and Little Looms for a Hands-on Weaving Retreat!

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Jennifer B. Williams is a passionate inkle band weaver. She has been a fiber enthusiast since childhood, but, when she was introduced to inkle weaving in 2012, she found her calling. She is committed to passing on inkle weaving and seeks any opportunity to teach inkle weaving to others, in formal and informal settings. Jennifer has been known to weave on airplanes and in waiting rooms to entice someone to ask, “What are you doing.” Jennifer can be found on Instagram @inkledpink and through her blog inkledpink.com.

Tom Knisely has been teaching handweaving for more than forty years. In addition to teaching, Tom weaves professionally and is a frequent contributor to Handwoven magazine. Voted Handwoven Teacher of the Year, Tom is renowned among his weaving students for his kindness, good humor, and seemingly infinite knowledge on the subject of weaving. He teaches at the beautiful Red Stone Glen Fiber Arts Center in York Haven, Pennsylvania.

Angela Tong is a Chinese American fiber artist and ceramicist living in Pennsylvania. A former Boston native, she studied at Massachusetts College of Art and then at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. She designs knitting, crochet and weaving patterns for books and magazine publications and yarn companies. She also teaches workshops across the country and online because she loves to help and encourage people to learn new skills. Her love of small looms is evident in the projects she designs for Little Looms Magazine. She has lost count of how many rigid heddle looms and pin looms she owns. There is always a loom warped up for sampling.

Follow her crafty adventures on IG @AngelaTongDesigns and Facebook. She hasn’t met a craft she didn’t like.

Karen Donde weaves garments, fashion accessories, and home textiles for sale. She also teaches beginning to advanced weaving classes and as-sorted workshops for guilds and conferences around the county, both in-person and online.

Exploring infinite ways to create patterned textiles at the loom drives Karen’s fascination with weaving. She is drawn to intricate structural interlacements, but is thrilled when simple combinations of structure, color and texture yield beautiful, complex-looking woven designs. For Karen, learning is as exciting as creating.

An experienced and award-winning writer, Donde now writes for and about weavers. She is a contributor to Handwoven magazine and other allied publications, Complex Weavers Journal and Heddlecraft. Karen is a member of Cross Country Weavers and is currently President of Complex Weavers.

John Mullarkey is passionate about teaching tablet weaving and exploring new ways to make the art form more contemporary. Tablet weaving is a primitive technique that creates simple weave structures but offers great variation in patterning. John loves to push tablet weaving beyond its customary limits to create original and surprising interpretations of traditional structures and designs. He is a nationally recognized teacher, valued for the patience, clarity, and organization he brings to his classes. After beginning to teach in 2009, John left a software development career to focus on weaving and teaching full-time.

Mary Shackleford is descended from a Mississippi Choctaw ancestor. She is married to a Chickasaw tribal member, and is the mother of five Chickasaw children. She has 23 years of experience in the traditional Native American art of fingerweaving, which she learned from Potawatomie elder and master weaver Wisie Narcomy at the annual Chickasaw Reunions. Mary has taught fingerweaving at Chickasaw festivals and workshops as well as in live online classes reaching Indigenous peoples all over the world. She is passionate about passing on the culture by teaching and connecting with other fingerweavers and learners on YouTube, private Facebook groups, and at tribal events. Follow her on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube @handmadetraditionsok.

Sara C. Bixler is the owner and resident instructor of Red Stone Glen Fiber Arts Center in York, Pennsylvania. She has been teaching spinning and weaving for about 10 years and prides herself on having a broad knowledge spectrum to share with her students. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Art and a Bachelor of Science in K-12 education—although she gives full credit for the depth of her knowledge to her apprenticeship with her father, Tom Knisely. You can find many examples of Sara’s work in issues of Handwoven and Little Looms and see her in person or in one of her many weaving videos.

Angela K. Schneider is both a techie and an artist—but above all, she’s a teacher. As Long Thread Media’s project editor, she checks and double-checks project instructions in an impressive range of fiber arts. Her designs have regularly appeared in Handwoven and Little Looms magazines, and she has created everything from delicate jewelry to massive weaving installations in public spaces. With a background balancing programming, engineering, and art, plus a Master Spinner Certificate from Olds College, she relishes getting down in the details to understand a textile. One of her greatest joys is teaching and watching someone’s eyes light up with understanding.

We are thrilled to sponsor Weave Together as we celebrate our 50th anniversary this year. Our legacy of making high-quality, innovative spinning and weaving equipment continues as owner Paul Vervoorn and the entire Louet team create new products to fuel your passion. You can expect to find our newest looms and weaving tools at Weave Together. We will have many fantastic special offers throughout 2024. Check out our new website at www.louet.nl—you will find our latest 50th anniversary sales and plans here. Remember that our support line is always available with hundreds of support articles so you can find answers to your questions when you need them, or open a ticket by sending an email to support.

Everyone here at Red Stone Glen is looking forward to welcoming you to York County, PA. Our fiber arts center is located 20 minutes from Heritage Hills Resort, and we are so excited to participate as a sponsor of Weave Together. As a fiber arts center, our mission is teaching, kinship, and passion. As a part of the Marketplace, we will bring you an array of products from our shop including fiber, tools, and more. See you next year.

Bluebonnet Crafters, LLC, is the home of “Pin Looms ‘n Things” ™, including the patented hexagon and jewel shaped TURTLE pin looms. Owner Gabi van Tassell offers a variety of comfortable-to-work-with pin looms for all levels of expertise, with plenty of pattern ideas and project support, along with little loom weaving essentials like replacement needles, a variety of weaving tools, and little looms related magazines and patterns. Visit turtleloom.com for news and project ideas.

Long Thread Media serves content for the handspinning, handweaving, and traditional needlework communities online, in person, and in print. The company was founded by Linda Ligon, Anne Merrow, and John Bolton to publish Handwoven, Little Looms, PieceWork, Spin Off, and Farm & Fiber Knits, as well as offer information, education, and community to crafters in those fields.