Weaving Demonstrations
by Members of the Weavers’ Guild

FREE with Museum admission, No registration required

What images do “castles” and “sheds” conjure up for you? They are both parts of a loom. Do you know your “warp” from your “weft”? Come to the museum to see “jack looms” and watch experts practice the craft of handweaving. Listen to their stories, and talk with them about their works in progress.

FREE Kids Activity: Circle Ornament Workshop

10 am – 12 noon

Ages 9 and up

FREE: Register HERE

Space is limited

Visit HERE for our current COVID-19 policies

SOLD OUT—Youth Activity: MAKE CARDS using HANDWOVEN FABRICS

10 am – 12 noon

Ages: 5 years old and older

THIS EVENT HAS SOLD OUT

Space is limited

Visit HERE for our current COVID-19 policies

Instructor: Sue Hackney

Weaving Demonstrations
by Members of the Weavers’ Guild

FREE with Museum admission, No registration required

What images do “castles” and “sheds” conjure up for you? They are both parts of a loom. Do you know your “warp” from your “weft”? Come to the museum to see “jack looms” and watch experts practice the craft of handweaving. Listen to their stories, and talk with them about their works in progress.

Weaving Demonstrations
by Members of the Weavers’ Guild

FREE with Museum admission, No registration required

What images do “castles” and “sheds” conjure up for you? They are both parts of a loom. Do you know your “warp” from your “weft”? Come to the museum to see “jack looms” and watch experts practice the craft of handweaving. Listen to their stories, and talk with them about their works in progress.

Weaving Demonstrations
by Members of the Weavers’ Guild

FREE with Museum admission, No registration required

What images do “castles” and “sheds” conjure up for you? They are both parts of a loom. Do you know your “warp” from your “weft”? Come to the museum to see “jack looms” and watch experts practice the craft of handweaving. Listen to their stories, and talk with them about their works in progress.

Potholder Workshop
with a Member of the Weavers’ Guild

For youth ages 8 and older

Limited to 15 people
REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
Space is limited. Register via Eventbrite HERE
Activity is FREE to the public

Face masks required to participate.

This event accompanies the exhibit Woven Together: Weavers' Guild of Boston Celebrates a Century of Makers, running April 6 – December 31, 2022.

Weaving Demonstrations
by Members of the Weavers’ Guild

FREE with Museum admission, No registration required

What images do “castles” and “sheds” conjure up for you? They are both parts of a loom. Do you know your “warp” from your “weft”? Come to the museum to see “jack looms” and watch experts practice the craft of handweaving. Listen to their stories, and talk with them about their works in progress.

WOVEN MAGNETS for Kids 8 and older $20.00 per child

Event Space Limit: 12 kids

REGISTER HERE

Face masks required.

Woven magnets are a fun way to learn to weave and to try out different patterns. Kids will warp the 2” square “loom” in a stripe pattern, then using a needle weave the weft. Stripe patterns will be discussed. Many designs can be woven. When the weaving is completed, a magnet will be glued to the back.

This event accompanies the exhibit Woven Together: Weavers' Guild of Boston Celebrates a Century of Makers, running April 6 – December 31, 2022.

MILL TALK: Spinning as “Industry” presented by Zoë Lawson

If you would like to attend this Mill Talk, REGISTER HERE
Space is limited.
Proof of vaccination and face masks required.

A technical writer by day, Zoë Lawson is a spinster and public historian by vocation. She has been spinning for more than 35 years and has given numerous demonstrations at historic sites in the Boston area. An active 18th-century re-enactor, Lawson recently began to explore Medieval textile and fiber production. She enjoys experimenting with historical tools and methods and teaching spinning to anyone who wants to learn by doing.

“Spinning as ‘Industry’” is based on Lawson’s research on textiles and textile production prior to the Industrial Revolution. Even though mills as we think of them did not exist, the many stages of fabric production were organized and industrialized, within the parameters of the time period. Lawson will also discuss fiber preparation as well as the spinning process and will demonstrate spindle spinning, to remind us why the Industrial Revolution was so revolutionary.

Weaving Demonstrations
by Members of the Weavers’ Guild

FREE with Museum admission, No registration required

What images do “castles” and “sheds” conjure up for you? They are both parts of a loom. Do you know your “warp” from your “weft”? Come to the museum to see “jack looms” and watch experts practice the craft of handweaving. Listen to their stories, and talk with them about their works in progress.

Inkle/Band Loom Weaving
with a Member of the Weavers’ Guild

For youth ages 8 and older

Children must be accompanied by Adults

Limited to 15 people
REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
Space is limited. Register via Eventbrite HERE
This activity is free, but Museum admission required

Proof of vaccination and face masks required.

DUE TO THE ADVANCE PREPARATION INVOLVED FOR THIS EVENT, REGISTRATIONS WILL CLOSE at 5 PM on 5/13

MILL TALK: What Came Before, with weaver Marjie Thompson

If you would like to attend this Mill Talk, REGISTER HERE
Space is limited.
Proof of vaccination and face masks required.

Weaver Marjie Thompson of Maine has studied the handcraft of weaving as it was practiced over the millennia and around the globe. Here, she discusses New England and Mid-Atlantic weaving traditions before the era of water and steam powered textile mills. The fibers, fabrics, and patterns of labor represent a fascinating story of both continuity and change.

Weaving Demonstrations
by Members of the Weavers’ Guild

FREE with Museum admission, No registration required

Proof of vaccination and face masks required.

What images do “castles” and “sheds” conjure up for you? They are both parts of a loom. Do you know your “warp” from your “weft”? Come to the museum to see “jack looms” and watch experts practice the craft of handweaving. Listen to their stories, and talk with them about their works in progress.

Potholder Workshop
with a Member of the Weavers’ Guild

For youth ages 8 and older

Limited to 15 people
REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
Space is limited. Register via Eventbrite HERE
Activity is FREE to the public

Proof of vaccination and face masks required.

Family Weaving
with a Member of the Weavers’ Guild

Limited to 12 families

Children must be accompanied by adults.

REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Register via Eventbrite HERE
Activity is FREE to the public

Proof of vaccination and face masks required.

Weaving Demonstrations
by Members of the Weavers’ Guild

FREE with Museum admission, No registration required

Proof of vaccination and face masks required.

What images do “castles” and “sheds” conjure up for you? They are both parts of a loom. Do you know your “warp” from your “weft”? Come to the museum to see “jack looms” and watch experts practice the craft of handweaving. Listen to their stories, and talk with them about their works in progress.