Teachers
Several of our members are interested in teaching outside the regular guild classes and workshops. Please contact them directly for more information.
Need just a bit of help getting started?  Have a burning fiber question?  We can connect you with a mentor to help you out.

Contact Lori Rhodes by email.
Helen Bower Jones
  • Website: www.bowerweaving.com   
  • Instagram: @bowerweaving  
  • Helen offers individual coaching for beginner weavers in her private studio at the Eno Arts Mill, Hillsborough, NC. Students may bring their own loom or work on the rigid heddle, table or floor looms available at the studio, where a range of fibers is provided for use. Helen would be happy to guide you through warping and weaving techniques, and can help you gain a basic understanding of pattern drafting and design. If you have any questions, or would like to visit her studio-gallery, she would love to hear from you via the contact page on her website.
Leslie Fesperman
  • ​[email protected] 919-260-9725
  • Focus: Instruction in Beginning weaving. I love to share and see others experience weaving. My beginning class focuses on a sound foundation of the basics of weaving.  I teach  "Over and Under"  a class for learning on four harness floor looms  and "Up and Down" on the rigid heddle loom.  
  • You may register for my classes through The Yadkin Valley Fiber Center  https://yadkinvalleyfibercenter.org
Marion Flint
  • [email protected]. 919-301-8778
  • Focus: Get Your Warp On , A Beginners Weaver Course, emphasizes mastering warping techniques and loom mechanics.  It can also serve as a refresher for the weaver returning to weaving or moving from rigid heddle to greater numbers of harnesses.  Back to front warping of loom is practiced over three quick simple projects.  Each project requires winding a warp of its own and each warp uses a different size yarn and fiber.  The final lesson includes reading drafts and planning a project for independent use of techniques learned.
  • Individual instruction in my studio is available for beginning weavers who either have their own loom or can rent a loom and desire weekday scheduling or a slower pace to complete projects, or just need a short refresher on processes.
Janice French 
  • [email protected] 919-973-9937

  • Focus : teaching children to weave on and off the loom in small group classes, woven group and community projects .
  • See HandwovenHarmony for offerings, Carolina Friends Summer Programs, Artspace Summer Camps.
Dawn Hummer
  • www.saorisong.com  (512) 924-1136
  • Focus: Saori Song Weaving Studio (one of a handful of certified Saori teaching studios in the U.S.) welcomes you! Located in Chapel Hill, NC, individual and small group classes are taught M-F by appointment (10-4). Looms are set up and ready for weaving, with adaptive devices for persons of all ages, abilities, and levels of mobility. A full line of Saori looms, yarns and equipment are available for purchase or for ordering.
  • Check the TWG Classes & Workshops pages for upcoming classes that she may be teaching 
Mary Kircher 
  • [email protected] 919-427-4680
  • Website: www.woventranslations.com
  • Mary is available to teach classes at your location and offers private lessons in her studio in Wake Forest, NC.  She offers warp/weft dyeing, tapestry, weaving, ikat, woven shibori and weaving journal classes. To see samples of Mary’s work, check out the gallery on her website.  
  • Check the TWG ​Classes & Workshops pages for upcoming classes that she may be teaching 
Pattie Lamb 
Kelly Walsh
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Website: www.kellywoveit.com   Instagram: kellywoveit
  • Check the TWG ​Classes & Workshops page for any classes Kelly is teaching at the Triangle Fiber Arts Center.
  • Kelly specializes in teaching beginning weaving classes on floor loom and rigid heddle loom. She is available for private tutoring in your own home, or in her studio space in Durham near 9th St.
  • Kelly is always happy to talk weaving, dyeing, and all things fiber arts, and give tours of her studio space. Feel free to contact her with any questions you have.
 Rose Warner
  • [email protected]  919-619-3031
  • Website:  www.RoseWarnerArt.com    
  • Focus:  Color Studies for Weavers.  Teaching with a concentration on weaving with color, making decisions about your color choices and experimenting with color.
  • Check the TWG ​Classes & Workshops pages for upcoming classes that she may be teaching