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2021
 
January 16, 23 and 30
"One Warp, Many Structures: Explorations in Extended Parallel Threading" Zoom workshop, Triangle Weavers Guild, Chapel Hill, NC

January 18 
"Dorset Buttons" Zoom workshop, Eastside Handweavers Guild, Saint Clair Shores, MI

February 2
"Echo and Jin" Zoom lecture, Weavers' Guild of Greater Baltimore, Baltimore, MD

February 1, 8 and 15 
"One Warp, Many Structures: Explorations in Extended Parallel Threading" Zoom workshop, Manasota Weavers Guild, Sarasota, FL

February 4
"Once Upon a Warp" Zoom lecture, Jacksonville Weavers Guild, Jacksonville, FL

February 4, 6 and 7 
"One Warp, Many Structures: Explorations in Extended Parallel Threading" Zoom workshop, Jacksonville Weavers Guild, Jacksonville, FL

February 13 (morning)
"Echo and Jin" Zoom lecture, Manasota Weavers Guild, Sarasota, FL

February 13 (afternoon), 20 and 27
"One Warp, Many Structures: Explorations in Extended Parallel Threading" Zoom workshop, Manasota Weavers Guild, Sarasota, FL

February 10, 17 and 24
"One Warp, Many Structures: Explorations in Extended Parallel Threading" Zoom workshop, Weavers of Char-Lee, Fort Myers, FL

March 2
"Tuesday Textiles and Tea" Zoom interview sponsored by Handweavers Guild of America

March 5
"Dorset Buttons: A Heritage Craft" Zoom lecture and "How to Make Dorset Buttons" half-day Zoom workshop, Textile Study Guild of San Diego, San Diego, CA

March 6
"Paint Two, Beam One: Painting Two Warps and Weaving Them as One" lecture, Loom and Shuttle Guild, San Francisco, CA

March 10
"Once Upon a Warp" Zoom lecture and "Dorset Buttons" Zoom mini-workshop, Weavers Guild of Boston, Boston, MA

March 14, 20 and 27
"Echo and Jin: Variations on a Theme" Zoom workshop, Southern Nevada Handweavers and Spinners Guild, Las Vegas, NV

April 15 
Zoom lecture TBD, Contemporary Handweavers of Houston, Houston, TX

April 16-18
"Echo and Jin: Variations on a Theme" Zoom workshop, Contemporary Handweavers of Houston, Houston, TX

April 22
"Paint Two, Beam One" Zoom lecture, Weavers' Guild of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

April 23, 24 and 29
"Paint Two, Beam One" Zoom workshop, Weavers' Guild of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

May 3, 5 and 7
"Designing with Deflected Double Weave" Zoom workshop, Wisconsin Handweavers, Milwaukee, WI

May 8
Zoom presentation subject TBA, Wisconsin Handweavers, Milwaukee, WI

May 22 and 29 and June 5
"One Warp, Many Structures: Explorations in Extended Parallel Threading" Zoom workshop, Seattle Weavers' Guild, Seattle, WA

May 27
"Echo and Jin" lecture and "Dorset Buttons" Zoom lecture, Seattle Weavers' Guild, Seattle, WA

June 24-27
"Designing with Deflected Double Weave" online workshop, Mid-Atlantic Fiber Association (MAFA) Conference, Millersville, PA

July 15-18
New England Weavers' Seminar, on-site conference postponed until 2023, virtual speakers and events TBA 

2022

January 15, 22 and 29
"Echo and Jin: Variations on a Theme" Zoom workshop, Huronia Handweavers Guild, Minesing, ON

January or February (dates to be determined)
"Deflected Double Weave for Collapse Fabrics" Zoom workshop, Reno Fiber Guild, Reno, NV

February (dates to be determined)
Zoom workshop and lecture (topics TBA), Handweavers Guild of New River Valley, Shawsville, VA

February 25, March 4 and 11
"One Warp, Many Structures: Explorations in Extended Parallel Threading" Zoom workshop, Greater Vancouver Weavers and Spinners Guild, Vancouver, BC

March 5
"Dorset Buttons: Their History and How to Make Them," mini-workshop and lecture, Reno Fiber Guild, Reno, NV

March 26
"Once Upon a Warp: From the Loom to the Runway" Zoom lecture, Greater Vancouver Weavers and Spinners Guild, Vancouver, BC

May 7-10
"Paint Two, Beam One: Maximizing Color in Your Weaving" workshop, North Olympic Shuttle and Spindle Guild, Sequim, WA

July 15-22
"Echo and Jin: Variations on a Theme for 4, 8, 12 and 16 Shafts" workshop, Convergence, Knoxville, TN

2023

July, dates TBA
"One Warp, Many Structures: Explorations in Extended Parallel Threading," New England Weavers' Seminar, Northampton, MA


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