Teaching and Touring in Oregon and California

Deflected double weave scarf by Robin Korybski, on the loom at the weaving studio in the Multnomah (Oregon) Arts Center If you love to weave, you need to travel -- because you can gain so much inspiration from extraordinarily gifted weavers the world over. The techniques, colors, textures, and uses may vary widely, but there's a high level of fiber talent to be found almost anywhere, provided you know where to look. Let's start with Portland, OR, where I taught a workshop on Echo threadings to the Portland Handweavers Guild , thanks to the efforts (and beer, bread, and coffee) of program chair Lynne Fitzsimmons. It would take up way too much space to post all of the photos of all of the beautiful samples we wove, but here are a few highlights. Echo sample on 8 shafts woven on two hand-painted warps (beamed together as one) by Bertha Kao Another 8-shaft Echo pattern woven on two hand-painted warps by Kathy Goetz Two 8-shaft samples woven on two hand-painted warps by Lynne Fitz