TFAC Events

Information for various TFAC events is listed below:
  • Regular events include Drop-ins, Study Groups, Classes & Workshops, Illoominations 
  • Check out the Calendar page for dates, times, and special events
  • ​To schedule an event, please contact Lori Rhodes ( ​purplerhodes@hotmail.com or 919-656-8179.)
Special events
​Drop-ins: a great time to come by the TFAC, check out materials and socialize with other weavers!
  • ​In-person:  Tuesdays and Saturdays from 1-3 pm.  N95 or KN95 masks required. TWG Covid Guidelines     
  • Zoom: Tuesdays from 1-2 pm may not be hosted) 
September In-person Drop-ins
  • Tuesday, October 4, 1-3 pm Hosted by Lori Rhodes
  • Saturday, October 8, 1-3 pm Hosted by Elaina Kenyon
  • Tuesday, October 11, 1-3 pm Hosted by Shula Bernard
  • Saturday, October 15, 1-3 pm Hosted by Sandy Lyles
  • Tuesday, October 18, 1-3 pm Hosted by Cheryl Jaglowski-Ho
  • Saturday, October 22, 1-3 pm Hosted by TBA
  • Tuesday, October 25, 1-3 pm Hosted by Paula Baumann
  • Saturday, October 29, 1-3 pm Hosted by Deborah Amaral
Study Groups:   Check the Google Calendar for times and dates.​​​​
Most of the guild's study groups will be meeting during the next month.  Check the Google Calendar for times and dates.​​​   
​​In light of the current concerns for public health due to the coronavirus, please use your best judgement regarding participation in the study groups. To read the our detailed Covid guidelines, please click here.
Classes & Workshops
​Classes are taught by our talented guild members.  These classes include beginning and specialty weaving classes, and classes in dyeing and other fiber arts, Workshops are usually offered in a multi-day format and are taught by nationally recognized instructors.  

​For more details, visit the Classes & Workshops page 
Illoominations 

​Illoominations are member-led activities  which may may have a nominal fee.  These educational opportunities are open to guild members only and require pre-registration.

​For more details and to register online, visit the Illoominations page.

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Come & Weave at TFAC: Twill Gamp Sampling Project
​The 4 shaft Harrisville has been set up for a small twill gamp, threaded for blocks of straight twill, broken twill, Rosepath and Bird’s eye.  The sample was woven using a straight twill treadling but there are so many other possibilities!  
  • Try treadling tromp as writ ("Tromp as writ means to “treadle as written,” and the assumption is that the “written” part is the threading draft. ... Then, you use the treadle with the number that corresponds to the shaft number in the threading” - from Ask Madelyn) or any number of treadling combinations.
  • An example of an extended  4 shaft twill gamp is in the classroom - a sample woven by an early member of the guild which was threaded in eleven different configurations and woven using fourteen different treadling sequences - 154 different blocks
  • Please be sure to weave about an inch at the end of your sample so there will be room to cut and zigzag and place a tag with your name on the side of your work.  Make notes of what you  are weaving as you change the treadling and take that with you to go with the sample when it is returned to you.​
Enjoy!  And let us know if you have suggestions for the next Come and Weave structure !