Cranberryweavers

Cranberry Country Weavers' Guild is an organization of handweavers dedicated to the exploration and educational aspects of preserving the art of handweaving and other fiber arts and their relationship to weaving.

We welcome all interested in handweaving to join us!

Our meeting place is the West Bridgewater Public Library, 80 Howard Street, in West Bridgewater , Massachusetts . We meet the 3rd Wednesday of each month except for the months July, August and December.

The meetings consist of a business meeting and an educational program or hands-on workshop

about a technique of handweaving or project. We meet from 10:30am- 2:00 ,sometimes, 3:00PM.

Driving Directions to the West Bridgewater Public Library

Directions to West Bridgewater Library:

From the North:

Take route 24 south to exit 16A.

Follow route 106 east for approximately 1.6 miles.

At blinking yellow light past High School, (middle/senior high school)

turn left onto Howard St. Follow curve to right, pass two houses and WBPL, #80 Howard St.,

is brick building on right.

Park in front lot or left side lot of building.

From the South:

Take route 24 north to exit 16A Follow route 106 east for approximately 1.6 miles.

At blinking yellow light past High School, (middle/senior high school)

Turn left on to Howard Street Follow curve to right, pass two houses

and WBPL, #80 Howard St., is brick building on right.

Park in front lot or left side lot of building.

or...From the South:

Rte. 495 to Exit 7 for Rte. 24 North. Take Exit 16A for Rte. 106 East into West Bridgewater. Pass through 1 set of traffic lights (at Hockomock Ctr.). Pass West Bridgewater High School on left. At blinking yellow light past High School, turn left onto Howard St.

Follow curve to right, pass two houses and WBPL is brick building on right. Park in front lot or side lot of building.

From the West:

Follow route 106 east.

Turn left on to Howard Street (right after the Middle / Senior High).

Follow Howard Street to 80 Howard St. Follow curve to right, pass two houses and WBPL is brick building on right.

Park in front lot or side lot of building.

From the East:

Take route 28 north from Bridgewater to route 106 west.

Follow route 106 west through the center of West Bridgewater.

Turn right on to Howard Street (right after the Police and Fire Station).

Follow Howard Street to 80 Howard St.

From the East Bridgewater/Whitman area:

Take Rte.18 South to Rte. 106 West. Continue past intersection of Rtes. 106 and 28 at lights

and proceed past WB Police station to blinking yellow light on 106 (before WBHS).

Take a right on Howard St. The WBPL is around the curve on the right.

This page was last updated on: September 17, 2019

The Cranberry Country Weavers Guild is a contributing guild member of the New England Weavers Seminar held every two years. The New England Weavers Seminar will be held in July 2019 at Smith College in Northampton MA. Photos of the guild's exhibits at the conferences are below. For more information about the New England Weavers Seminar Click the link button for N.E.W.S. The next NEWS will take place July 2021

Cranberry Weavers Guild exhibit of the jackets woven by members . These photos were taken by C. Wooten at the New England Weavers Seminar held in July 2003

Programs

and meeting dates-September-May 2020

Carol and her First Place award winning shawl

Nancy and Florrie at NEWS 2005

Key note speaker, Anita Meyer and Nancy R. discussing dye techniques at the Pro Chem booth 2005 at Merrimack College

Kathy helping Betty

take her fabric off

the loom

Betty passed away of ALS.

We miss her.

Carol with her "BEST IN SHOW" award jacket

Maureen Chapman's award winning tablecloth

Becky from Becky's Vav Stuga, Shelburn Falls, MA

visiting the guild to give a program

Ro and Joia during the 3-day

60 mile walk for breast cancer research, THE #-DAY , SUSAN KOMEN , Walk for the Cure

The New England Weavers Seminar 2009

A section of the Gallery Exhibit, Handpainted warp scarf- (red Ribbon award) Woven by Carol

More MEMBER PHOTOS

Meetings begin at 10:30 AM

sharp in the Meeting Room at the

West Bridgewater Public Library, 80 Howard Street, West Bridgewater,MA.

Please park on the left-hand side of the building.

Associate members are reminded

to pay $5 per meeting

attended. Attendance is included in yearly dues

for regular members.(see "join us" button for details of membership.

Cranberry Country Weavers will meet

at the West Bridgewater, MA, Public Library on Wednesday

September 18, 2019

10:30 am.

September 18, 2019

Creativity Game Challenge with Beth Guertin

This workshop will introduce the Cranberry Country Weavers Challenge. The challenge

will be a “Creativity Game.” Each participant will choose four cards representing four

different categories: Technique /Weave Structure, Design, Color, and Fiber.

The challenge is to weave any household item, piece of clothing or tapestry based on the parameters given on the four cards.

Each participant will have different parameters and each piece will be unique.

The workshop will be choosing the cards (playing the game) and then discussing the possibilities of the parameters given.

At the May Grand Show and Tell, each participant will show and discuss her piece.If you would like to participate and play the game, Beth will provide an 84 page booklet to explain the many ways you can use the four cards you are dealt. If you would like to participate, there will be a $5.00 handout fee. Please contact Diane Nunes, to RSVP for your game book and playing cards, especially if you will not be at the September meeting. See newsletter for Dianes contact email.

October 16, 2019

Catalognes: Coverlets of Quebec with Manon Pelletier

Through a lecture and PowerPoint presentation, Manon will discuss the history of weaving from the Quebec area, particularly the history of rag coverlets known as “catalognes.” She will cover topics such as the origins of the coverlets’ name to what fibers were used in warp and weft, and her own involvement in the making of these traditional coverlets as a child. The presentation will end with pictures of today’s catalogne weavers from Quebec and the tools used.

November 20, 2019

Holiday Celebration and Handmade Gift Share

and Small Woven Pouches with Christine Anderson

Come celebrate with us at our annual Holiday Meeting! Please bring your own lunch and enjoy some special des- sert treats. In the morning, we will have our traditional gift share. If you'd like to participate, please bring a wrapped hand-made gift to exchange.

After the gift exchange, Christine Anderson will guide us in making a small handwoven pouch done on a cardboard loom . This loom will be provided to everyone who would like to participate. Please bring the following materials:

• Soft yarns, worsted weight -Novelty yarns, boucle yarns • Blunt tapestry needle, small comb or beater, and scissors.

The details of the 2020 programs will be updated for January, 2020. More details and what to bring to each meeting will be updated forJanuary.Program details can change with the winter weather and CCW meetings will be cancelled if public school closings are listed for WEST BRIDGEWATER PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

s of the 2020 programs will be updated for January, 2020. More details and what to bring to each meeting will be updated forJanuary.Program details can change with the winter weather and CCW meetings will be cancelled if public school closings are listed for WEST BRIDGWATER programs will be updated for January, 2020. More details and what to bring to each meeting will be updated forJanuary.Program details can change with the winter weather and CCW meetings will be cancelled if public school closings are listed for WEST BRIDGWATER

For details , now, please refer to your member NEWSLETTER program descriptions . Updates to program details and changes will be listed here, and also in the CCW program "email Blasts" to members, as they happen.

January 15, 2020

Tapestry- A Further Exploration

with Linda Rynard

This presentation will explore those variations of style based on several leading tapestry artists, hopefully encouraging further exploration of this art form.

February 19, 2020

Weaving Your Own Linen Bedsheets

with Suzi Ballenger

Indulge for a moment, in the idea of sleeping in bedsheets that you have woven. That fantasy is achievable! This presentation is how to handle a wide linen warp and how to finish it, with a few other special stories about the history and importance of handweaving your own bedsheets.This is an opportunity for first person research – historical and contemporary samples will be available for study.

March 18, 2020

Snowflake Canadian Boutonné (Computer workshop)

Sara Bixler

Sara Bixler says the decision to immerse herself into rigid heddle weaving “ forced my creativity to realms I never dreamed of. With the equivalent of only two shafts available to me, I began researching surface embellishments, warp manipulation, and historic textiles, including the study of pile weaves through the centuries.”

April 15, 2020— Designing Krokbragd on Paper

with Norma Smayda

Krokbragd is a thick weft-faced twill-based weave structure. It is usually threaded as a 3 shaft point twill, with one shaft treadled at a time. This struc- ture was popular throughout Norway in the 18th and 19th centuries. It was used for anything requiring thickness and warmth. Krokbragd designing can be quite colorful. Norma will talk to us about the im- portance of planning out a design before starting.

May 20, 2020— Annual Meeting and Grand Show and Tell of our Creativity Game Guild Challenge

More details for this meeting will be posted closer to the date.