Weaving Teachers – Peggy Osterkamp

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This episode we celebrate the weaving teacher, those wonderful people who share their talents and knowledge with the rest of us. We have the results of the Teach a Friend to Weave contest, tell some of your stories, take a tour of The Weavers’ School on Whidbey Island, and talk to talented teachers Madelyn van der Hoogt and Peggy Osterkamp.

Syne teaching at a Montessori school

The Weavers' School

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Certificate of Excellence – Sandra Swarbrick

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This episode we take a behind-the-scenes look at the Certificate of Excellence, a self-study program developed and administered by the Handweaver’s Guild of America. We talk to Sandra Swarbrick, a past president of HGA about the origins of the COE. Then relate the story of the recent 2006 COE examination in handweaving from the point of view of an examiner, a scribe, and Level I and Level II applicants.

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  • “The Grand Prize” by amb26

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Rigid-heddle Weaving – Betty Linn Davenport

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Discover just how much you can do with the humble rigid-heddle loom! Our guest, Betty Linn Davenport, shares her techniques for taking the rigid-heddle loom to new heights. We review the new “Flip” folding rigid-heddle loom from Schacht, as well as Betty Davenport’s book, Hands on Rigid Heddle Weaving, answer a listener question about setts for knitting yarns, I share great news from this past week, and we get an update on the “Teach a Friend to Weave” contest.

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Weaving Shibori – Catherine Ellis

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WeaveCast is one year old! Help us celebrate. We’ll discuss woven shibori with Catharine Ellis, review her book, Woven Shibori, describe a swatch of the day, share listener comments, then end things up with a review of how WeaveCast has grown over the past year, and what’s to come in 2007.

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  • “Happy Birthday” by Craymo
  • “Osaka Caravan/Japan Greenhouse” by Ben Reed

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Weaving Resolutions – Anita Luvera Mayer

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Ring in the new year with an interview with amazing weaver and fiber artist Anita Luvera Mayer! She talks about her art garments, the artist’s life, and much, much more. Sharon Schulze shares a “Swatch of the Day” in which she describes the rewards of taking on an ambitious project as a relatively new weaver. I share my weaving resolutions for 2007, and invite you to share yours.

Prayer Flags 911 by Anita Luvera Mayer

Musical Guests

  • “New Year’s Song” by the Schlumpkin Sisters
  • “Raining Colours” by Torchomatic

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Fine Threads – Lillian Whipple

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This episode we have stories of fine threads: some threads are gossamer-fine, like those used by amazing weaver Lillian Whipple who works in silk finer than most of us can see, others are made fine and meaningful by their stories and the fact they were collected from all over the globe to be woven into a project to heal the planet.

Musical Guests

  • “Hyperthread” by Jeff Sheilds from his album, A Compendium of Unfinished Business
  • “Testing…1…2…3” by Stark Effect
  • “The Weaver is Handsome” by Straw Into Gold from their debut album Straw Into Gold

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What’s a Madder You? – Laura Fry

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This episode we hear more listener stories, chat with talented Canadian weaver, Laura Fry, review her book Magic in the Water, enjoy good and humorous music, then I relate my misadventures harvesting madder. See the picture? That’s the total harvest after four years of cultivation.

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Monster Wefts – Bonnie Tarses

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Join us for an ever-so-spooky Halloween WeaveCast. Listeners tell us their tips for sleying a reed and share weaving horror stories. I interview talented weaver Bonnie Tarses about “easy ikat” and “horoscope weaving.” The Green-Room Players (plus Bruce!) bring you Buffy, the Reed Sleyer (with apologies to Joss Whedon). Then we end it all with “Monster Wefts” a blood-curdling tale of weaving mayhem.

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First Warp’s Free – Syne Mitchell

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Ever wonder how your donation dollars are spent? What Syne would do if the tables were turned and she was interviewed? How to get kids hooked on weaving? Why am I wearing a medival gown in public?

The answers to these questions and more will be revealed in this exciting episode…

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  • “If You’ve Got the Money (I’ve Got the Time)” by Merle Haggard from Roots Vol. I
  • “This Hill is Filled With Children” by David Ippolito from The People on the Hill

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Timely Weaving – Jane Patrick

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Finding time to do the things we love is often a challenge. Join us on an exploration of how to do exactly that: we speak with Jane Patrick, author of Time to Weave, a book filled with easy and quick weaving projects that can be done in mere hours, not days; listen to a loom’s lament, and brainstorm ways to get more weaving done. Other highlights: a tribute to Ralph Griswold, dryer balls, blantant bribes, and pleas for help with the upcoming Halloween episode.
Time to Weave

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Download “Braided Candle Wrap” an extra Time To Weave project (Only available on WeaveCast, with permission from Jane Patrick and Interweave Press. Thank you, Jane!)

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