Double Rainbow Workshop with Jennifer Moore

Shades Of New Mexico
Oct 13 - Nov 24, 2018

October 13 - November 24, 2018
First Unitarian Church
3301 Carlisle NE
Corner of Carlisle & Comanche
Open to Public
MERCADO:
Sunday October 14th 9:30 am -12:30 pm ARTIST RECEPTION:
Sunday October 21st 2 -4 pm (Otherwise accessible during church business hours with a LasArañas escort)
​For more info: martistadesigns@gmail.com

Weaving Classes

Double Rainbow Workshop
by Jennifer Moore
Fri & Sat, Nov. 9-10, 9—4   
In this workshop you will weave 2 layers on 4 or 8-shafts using 6 colors. This is perhaps the ultimate color sampler! You will begin by winding a warp and setting up your loom according to Jennifer’s system for working with multiple colors in a rotational sequence and bringing it to the workshop. A basic two-layered structure will enable us to mix and match our colors, creating an amazing array of color mixtures. As you weave and your warp colors move past each other, you will experience a visual feast of iridescence and moiré patterns. We will also experiment with single layered structures such as warp rep and warp faced twills and the effects that they create on this versatile warp. This sampler will provide a remarkable education in color theory and how optical mixtures work in weaving, as well as a great source of inspiration for future weaving projects.  This is an intermediate workshop. Students must know how to warp a loom.  This is a Las Arañas workshop & the cost is $120 (plus $35 for non-members) plus a $10 material fee. A $25 deposit is required. Please fill in the registration form in newsletter or on the workshop page

Beginning 4-Shaft Weaving
by Cathlena Burr
Wed-Fri, Nov. 7-9 AND Mon-Wed, Nov. 12-14, 9:30-4
  A beginning weaving class for absolute beginners! All equipment and fibers provided! I stress warping (dressing the loom) so you will be comfortable with it and keep weaving long after class is over. We will put on 3 warps: 2 samplers (to learn technique, color play, pattern etc.) and a project of your choice. You will learn how to calculate materials, read drafts, fix mistakes and have fun! Cost is $323.63 (includes tax) plus a $10 materials fee. Contact Cathlena at gingkoweavesbyc@ gmail.com or 264-7969 for info or to sign up.

Felting Classes

Felting Classes
by Judy Chapman

Needle Felt a Turkey
November 6; 10:30—1:30 +, $50. Bring a lunch. 

Needle Felt a Wall Hanging
November 27; 10:30—1:30+, $50. (No water used). Bring a lunch.  

All classes are at Nob Hill Fabrics. All materials included. Call Judy at (540) 661-2748 to schedule.   If you don’t see a class you want or want a different date or time or class in your own home, Contact Judy. Classes can be arranged for a Saturday.
Silk 

The Language OF Tapestry

Las Arañas Tapestry Artists Show
Unitarian Universalist Church in Las Cruces
Nov. 4—28
  The Tapestry artists of Las Arañas will show their work in a show entitled The Language of Tapestry at the Unitarian, Universalist Church of Las Cruces, Tombaugh Gallery. Show dates are November 4-28. Opening reception and gallery talk is Sunday, November 4 at 11:30 at the Tombaugh Gallery.   The church is location at 2000 South Solano Dr., Las Cruces, NM. The show is open Tuesday—Friday between 10-2. For more info on the Gallery go to The church web site at www.uuchurchlc.org. For further information on the exhibit contact Linda Giesen  or Nancy Wohlenberg at nancy@cnw6561.com

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Next meeting

When: Nov 8, 2018 6:30pm
Location: South Valley Multipurpose Senior Center
​What: Textile Adventures In Peru by Jennifer Moore

NOTE:  Due to availability of the speaker and a workshop location by the speaker, the next meeting of the Las Arañas Spinners and Weavers Guild will be Thursday evening, November 8 at 6:30 at the South Valley Multipurpose Senior Center, 2008 Larrazolo Rd. SW. (See map in Newsletter) Jennifer Moore will talk about her Textile Adventures in Peru.  Jennifer holds an MFA in Fibers and specializes in exploring mathematical patterns and musical structures in doubleweave wall hangings. She has exhibited through out the world, receiving numerous awards for her work, and has been featured in many weaving publications. Jennifer was invited to teach doubleweave to indigenous Quechua weavers in Peru in 2013, where they are once again excelling in this technique which had been discontinued after the Spanish conquest. She is the author of The Weaver’s Studio: Doubleweave, several doubleweave videos and numerous articles.  

​Holiday Party
Saturday December 8, 2018
​11am-3pm​

From 11—3 at the home of Ruth Baldwin, 9339 Guadalupe Trail NW. (Directions and a map will be in the December newsletter.)  The party will be a pot luck luncheon with drinks provided.  Bring a wrapped, untagged gift for the "Gift Steal." (cost should be limited to $15—a fiber related gift in nice but not required.) Note: this is optional if you do not want to participate. The rules of the game are: We draw numbers at the party and go in numerical order to choose gifts. The 2nd person can steal the first person's gift or chose a new gift, etc. If a person has their gift stolen, they can steal another gift or pick a new gift. A gift can only be stolen 2 times. 

2018 Las Arañas Schedule

November 8 (p.m.) Jennifer Moore "Textile Adventures in Peru" 2+ day workshop in "Double Rainbow in 4 and 8 shafts"

December 8 - Las Aranas Holiday Party.

2018-2019 Meetings:
Most meetings for Las Aranas through will be at the 
Raymond Sanchez Community Center 9800 Fourth Street NW
It is located on the east side of Fourth Street a little ways north of the intersection with Alameda.

Raymond Sanchez community center

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