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New Posted October 2009

Nominating Committee:

New Posted Sunday, June 28, 2009 4:46:58 PM

Rising postage costs require us to charge $34.95 in the US for CW Greatest Hits. Costs to foreign locations will depend on postage.

New Posted September 26, 2008 9:53:25 AM

Nominating Committee

Bonnie Inouye, Chair (Colorado and Maryland, USA), [bonnieinouye (at) yahoo.com]; Marguerite Gingras (Quebec, Canada) [lucieg(at) webnet.qc.ca]; and Agnes Hauptli (Northland, New Zealand), [ahauptli (at) orcon.net.nz].
Please send them your suggestions for the following offices: 2nd Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Study Group Coordinator.

New Posted Friday, April 25, 2008 8:23:14 AM EDT

Journal Mailing

New The last two Journal mailings have seen a large increase in the number returned to us. Because Complex Weavers is a non-profit organization and the Journal is bulk mailed in the U.S., forwarding is not handled as for first or second class.
If you relocate for part of the year, the post office will forward ONLY your 1st and 2nd class mail. This results in any such Journals being returned to us. We are charged 1st class postage for the return and when remailed to the member this must be done as 1st class. The cost difference between the bulk mailing and 1st class is over triple the amount. For the last mailing the bulk cost per Journal was 71 cents while 1st class cost $2.50. If you want your Journal on a timely basis, you must let Membership know when you are forwarding your mail and let Membership know when you return home.
The same situation occurs if you move and have not informed us of your new address. Please e-mail the Membership Chair, Frances Alcorn, at alcorn@nwlink.com
Your prompt attention to these situations will help keep our mailing costs down as well as save our volunteers' time and effort.

New Posted October 24, 2007 AM 10:21:02 and October 26, 2007 PM 2:02:52

If you recently received what looks like the February Journal, it is really the October Journal in the wrong cover. The correct cover for the Journal for October is being mailed (at the printer's expense - it was his error) to everyone. Click cover85.pdf to download an advance copy

New Posted October 07, 2007 PM 7:22:22

The nominating committee has been formed.
Offices to be filled are President and First Vice-President.
Send your suggestions to one of the committee members:

New Posted July 17, 2007 PM 4:33:46

The TIME HAS BEEN EXTENDED for the CALL FOR ENTRIES - HAND WEAVING IN THE COMPUTER AGE

Because of problems with Laurie Autio's e-mail, the time limit has been extended to about July 22nd, 2007.
Posted Thursday, July 01, 2007

CALL FOR ENTRIES - HAND WEAVING IN THE COMPUTER AGE

Complex Weavers is delighted to be having a gallery exhibit, entitled "Hand Weaving in the Computer Age," at Convergence 2008 in Tampa, Florida.

Pieces should showcase complex weaving, but do not need to have been designed or woven with computer aid, or on any particular number of shafts. Anything from finger-manipulated weaves on a backstrap loom, kumihimo, and passementerie to drawlooms and jacquard weaving is eligible. Work must be original, have been completed in the past two years, and not been shown at Convergence before. We especially encourage bright, colorful pieces that will show well in the sunny Florida climate, but all colors are welcome.

Unfortunately our deadlines are very tight. In order to reserve space we need the following information by JULY 15th, 2007:

1) Two photos of your piece(s), one of the full piece and one close-up (digital or paper)
2) Dimensions
3) Any Special Hanging Requirements

Send the information to: Laurie Autio lkautio@comcast.net

New Posted Thursday, May 3, 2007

Election Results

Passed: Articles of Incorporation and ByLaws, in pdf format Articles of Incorporation and ByLaws
Elected: Study Group Coordinater: Sara von Treskow
Elected: Seminar Coordinator/HGA Liasion: Inge Dam
Congratulations!

Posted Monday, September 11, 2006

Nominating committee now full strength

The three members are:
Kay Faulkner (in Australia), magthrds@optusnet.com.au
Nadine Purcell (in Oregon) jpurcell2629@charter.net and
Sara von Trescow (in Wisconsin) sarav@powercom.net

They are seeking nominations for Study Group Coordinator and HGA Liaison. Please send them your suggestions.

New Updated Thursday, September 21, 2006
Revised Monday, September 04, 2006.
Originally Posted Thursday, August 03, 2006

Call for proposals

The Complex Weavers 2008 Seminars committee is seeking proposals from potential instructors for the conference. The conference will be held June 28-July 2 at Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida. Proposals are sought both from those who have taught at Seminars previously and those who would be new presenters. The focus should be on topics of interest to intermediate and advanced hand-, dobby-, and jacquard-weavers, and could include current trends and techniques, historical perspectives, possible future directions in the art and craft of weaving, etc. The material to be presented should fit comfortably into a two-hour time slot. Complex Weavers Seminars generally has an academic, pencil-and-paper focus rather than hands-on classes and workshops. The deadline for submissions is January 15, 2007.

Click to download proposal information.pdf for further details about submitting a proposal to teach at the CW2008 Seminars.
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New Posted Thursday, August 03, 2006

Nominating committee needs another member

Jim Stovall has had to leave the Nominating Committee. The two remaining members are:
Kay Faulkner (in Australia), magthrds@optusnet.com.au and
Sara von Trescow (in Wisconsin) sarav@powercom.net

NewPosted Saturday, December 3, 2005

Nominations have been extended to December 8, 2005

Marty Benson, dallasweavers@sbcglobal.net
Jo Anne Ryeburn, ryeburn@sfu.ca
Jim Stovall, jimstovall1@juno.com

NewPosted Wednesday, October 05, 2005

New Publication Dates for the Journal

With the retirement of longtime Journal Editor, Wanda Shelp, the publication of the Journal will move from Wyoming to Utah, the home of new Editor Judie Eatough. The new publisher is part of Brigham Young University, so we are changing the dates of the Journal publication slightly to avoid the hectic publication times of the University. The new dates will be one month later, October, February, and June. Your membership will be extended a month so you will not lose any issues because of the date changes. We expect the new dates to work better than the old because of less interaction with holiday and vacation times. Journal deadlines will remain the same (July 15, November 15, and March 15) to allow the Journal staff more time to work with incoming materials in a sane manner.

NewPosted Saturday, September 17, 2005

Nominating Committee

Marty Benson, dallasweavers@sbcglobal.net
Jo Anne Ryeburn, ryeburn@sfu.ca
Jim Stovall, jimstovall1@juno.com

NewPosted July 22, 2005

LeClerc would like to offer members of Complex Weavers a special opportunity to promote complex weaving to the greater weaving community.

Interested weavers are asked to submit an *original* draft for 16-24 shafts, and plans for a project using the draft in any LeClerc yarn http://www.mbrassard.com/

Six submissions will be chosen to be featured (one every other month) on the LeClerc website http://www.leclerclooms.com/

The featured weavers will receive their choice of LeClerc yarns to weave their project and a sample for LeClerc. Projects may be woven on any make of loom.

When they have enough, LeClerc may publish a book of drafts and projects. The featured weavers need to give their permission for this publication and use on the LeClerc website.

Two anonymous members of CW who are not employed by LeClerc will decide which projects will best promote complex weaving. Wanda Shelp, a CW member, will collect the projects, remove identifying marks, and forward them to the anonymous jurors. For information on submitting projects please email Wanda wjshelp@yahoo.com

NewPosted June 26, 2005

The ByLaws Committee has been formed. E-mail them with your questions, comments, and suggestions. The 2005 Constitution and ByLaws are no longer available. The members of the committee are:

NewPosted April 4, 2005

The CW Annual Meeting will be held on Saturday, July 23, 2005 at Noon in the Warrior Room of Sakewich Hall at Merrimack College during NEWS, at Andover, MA. There will be a formal meeting until about 12:30 and then an informal gathering until 1:30. We will have study group notebooks and show and tell on display during that time and Marjie has also gotten us a table in with the guild displays for information and display articles (open 8:30 am to 10 pm July 22 and 23). Marjie, Judie, Trudy, and Laurie will be there, plus a number of other very active members. NEWS is filled to overflowing but people don't need to register to attend the meeting.

New Standing Notices

New Reimbursement Form Available for Download

The reimbursement form is available for download at
Complex Weavers Representatives. You can get it in DOC format or in pdf format

New CW Handout in Color
Here is a color version of the handout which is available for distribution at conferences this summer. It is a pdf file.
Color Handout. Note that you may have to right-click, then choose "Save Target As" (in IE or Opera) or "Save Link As" (in Netscape)
.
It includes a demo by Ingrid Boesel of the record sheet for the CW 25th anniversary Sample CD (see below).
Note: this file requires Acrobat Reader which may be downloaded from
Get Acrobat http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

New CW Early Weaving Books on CD
This is your opportunity to have weaving rare book library on your computer.
CW is making available CD-ROMs [Windows, Max, and Linux compatible] conatining a number of early printed weaving books including Franz Donat's 9015 patterns, John Murphy's Treatise on the Art of Weaving, the 18th century pattern books of J M Frickinger and J M Kirschbaum, and 21 other difficult to obtain books. These may be downloaded from Ralph Griswold's web site but it is much easier to pop a CD into your computer and access them in that fashion. Ralph has kindly provided CW with CD-ROMs of the materials. The proceeds above costs will go to help fund future CW publications.
A complete list of the titles available on all five CD's is available here. Or, you may download this pdf file to get a list of all the titles on all five CW CD's of historical works provided by Ralph Griswold.
Titles on Complex Weavers' CD's
Note: this file requires Acrobat Reader which may be downloaded from
Get Acrobat http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html The cost for each CD-ROM is $15 plus $1 postage for the US and Canada and $2 for overseas. Checks in US funds, payable to CW, are to be sent to Marjie Thompson. E-mail her for the address marjie@maine.rr.com

New Membership Fees
The membership fees are now:

Check the label on the mailing envelope to see your renewal date.
OR
Contact Francie Alcorn, Membership Chair, to check on your membership status.

New Greatest Hits Book
The CW Greatest Hits book is a great hit. Everyone is talking about it. Get yours today.
Contact Marjie Thompson

New Help Preserve our Weaving Heritage

The Early Weaving Books and Manuscript Study Group sees first hand the ravages of time on paper used by early weaver to record their drafts. The inked in portions of some drafts fall like star and rose shaped confetti as the pages are gently turned. Other manuscripts have entire sections that are holes eight to 10 drawdowns deep. Frequently all that a museum or historical society can do with a manuscript in this condition is to put it aside and hope that someday funds will be available. All the while, more parts of the drafts disintegrate.

We would like to do something positive to help preserve the Beyer manuscript at Winterthur, and John Long's Coverlid Book at the Clark Art Institute as well as several others

CW members are invited to help raise funds. Any contribution is welcome [and tax deductible]. Funds raised will be donated to the institutions in the name of Complex Weavers. An appraisal of what needs to be done to preserve the manuscript is about $150.00 and the preservation itself runs over $1000.00.

For more information or to make a donation, contact Marjie Thompson

New Awards:
Complex Weavers will be presenting awards for excellence in craftsmanship and complex weaving at juried shows. See Awards page for details.

Members are invited to submit designs and volunteer to weave the next series of ribbons for the Awards. Contact the CW Vice President at

New Slides of CW in Action:

The board would love to borrow your slides, photos, or negatives of CW Seminars, regional meetings, etc. in order to make duplicates to use in promoting CW at regional meetings. Contact Chris Spangler.

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