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Collingwood DVD's The 2-disk set is available from Marjie Thompson, email marjie@maine.rr.com. The price, including postage, is $18 within the US, $18.75 to Canada, $21 to Australia, and $20 to Europe. Prices for other countries will be according to shipping costs.
Weavers in the UK can obtain a copy directly from Wendy Morris for £10, including shipping. Email her at wendy@wendymorris.co.uk

Color Photos from the June CWJ : CW Journal # 87 Color Pictures

Temporary Address? When you relocate, even if only for part of the year, please e-mail the Membership Chair, Frances Alcorn, at alcorn@nwlink.com and she will update your information. Your prompt attention to these situations will help keep our CW Journal mailing costs down. For details, see Bulletin Board

Library All of the CW Library is now listed in LibraryThing. You can search from here without leaving the CW Web site

Journal Index The index for CW Newsletter/Journal for issues 1-85 (through October 2007) is available in pdf format! Download your copy here.

This month's showcase

Shadow Weave and Log Cabin
	Eva Stossel, whose work, Shadow Weave and Log Cabin, is featured in the Showcase this month, has been studying a combination of shadow weave and log cabin. She writes: "I have always been intrigued by weaving patterns that appear complex but structurally are very simple. Shadow weave, a color-and-weave effect and mostly plain weave structure, has amazing possibilities... "Using Microsoft Excel [CWJ, June 2008, page 20], I started designing profle drafts using 8 threading blocks and 8 treadling blocks, pushing the limits of my faithful 16-shaft Macomber loom. After I fnally chose the profle draft that I thought would look nice when woven using fine threads, I derived the threading and tie-up through weave analysis and entered the information into my WinWeave program for the complete drawdown and different pattern views. "As you can see in the drawdown[CWJ, June 2008 page 21], each block is threaded twice with an extra thread added at the turning points - the even-numbered shafts with a dark colored thread and the odd-numbered shafts with a light colored thread. Treadling is tromp as writ (rising shed). "I used 20/2 pearl cotton for both the warp and the weft at 38 e.p.i. I washed the sample by hand and steam ironed it while still damp to minimize wrinkles. Shrinkage was about 3 percent. "This study inspired me to continue experimenting with shadow weave because I know there's a lot more to discover!" This work was done in the Complex Weavers Study Group: Fine Threads. It was published in the CW Journal of June, 2008
Used by permission. This is the seventy-fourth item in our showcase of what members are doing. Watch this space - something else will be here around the first week of September, 2008.
To see the items previously showcased, click Showcase

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Is it for .... You?

If you want to learn more about weaving that is exciting, challenging, and complex, this is the group for you. Complex Weavers is open to anyone with a curiosity to know and a willingness to share.

Journal, published three times a year, allows members to share their ideas and studies.
A Membership Directory, published every other year, lists members' addresses, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, equipment and areas of interest. This allows for easy contact and exchange of ideas.
The Library has an extensive collection of books, manuscripts, and samples which members may borrow by mail. A Library List is sent to members every two years.
Study groups and Sample Exchanges are an ongoing and vital part of Complex Weavers. They are self organized and financed and produce samples, newsletters or other materials for exchange among members. More groups are formed as demand arises. A Study Group Guide is published every two years, with updates between. See our Study Group List for a listing of all study groups and a description of each.

It is for .... Us:

Promoting complex weaving through education, information, and technology related to complex weave structures.
Inspiring through research, documentation, and innovative ideas.
Encouraging members to discover and develop their own unique and creative ideas.
Supporting the continuous exchange and sharing of ideas.
Asking why it works and finding other ways to make it work.
Being committed to enthusiasm, excellence and expertise
Challenging and stimulating through an extensive library, numerous study groups, swatch exchanges and informative seminars.

"Complex. The word can be scary. Many weavers shy away from weaving when associated with this word. Why? In weaving, complex does not have to be defined as difficult. I consider complexity better defined as a degree of depth as opposed to a degree of difficulty."
---Su Butler, Understanding Rayon Chenille. Butlerdidit! Press, Woodstock, IL (2002); p 73.
For more quotes on what "complex" means to various members, go to Complex Weavers Thoughts about Complexity

Other Activities

Regional Meetings are held throughout the world through the efforts of the Regional Representatives. These Representatives are just a few of the people who volunteer to make the organization work for you.
Awards Program is designed to recognize excellence in complex weaving at juried shows.
Complex Weavers Seminar is a three-day conference held in even numbered years that further encourages exchange of information and formation of many friendships. The next Seminar will be held in the summer, 2010, somewhere in thestern USA.

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