3-hour Workshop Opportunity in October -- Compliments of your Guild!

 

Funded by the "surplus funds" grants made by the Eugene Weavers' Guild last Spring, we are offering the opportunity for all guild members to attend an in-person, three-hour workshop from 1:00-4:00 on October 26, 2026. Rosalie Neilson will be our morning program speaker at the guild meeting presenting The Power of Block Design. We will then break, re-arrange furniture, give people an opportunity to stretch and have a bite to eat, and then host the following workshop:

 

Learn How to Create 6-block Patterns Using 2-block Motifs

Rosalie Neilson

October 26, 2026 1:00 - 4:00 pm

 

Block designs consist of black and white squares on grid paper, where black is considered the pattern block and white the background block. Through a slide presentation, find out how one weaver used the binary number system and the textures of 4-shaft huck lace to develop the definitive number of two-block motifs, and how these simple motifs become the building blocks of more elaborate patterns.

 

During the 3-hour Design Session, weavers will construct complex patterns using the component 2-block motifs. After creating their own patterns, weavers will receive two Design Pages, two Transparent Overlays, and a transparent Grid from Rosalie's book An Exaltation of Blocks to try out more patterns. With these pages, the number of possible patterns is well over 65,000 – 16 to the 4thpower.

 

You're definitely going to need a bigger stash of yarn!

 

Fee: $5

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Supplies (to be brought by participants):

Graph paper -- 4 squares to the inch

#2 pencils or a few colored pencils

Eraser – pink pearl

Pencil sharpener

 

Registration: Please note there is a $5.00 materials fee that will paid to Rosalie to cover handouts and materials. The guild is paying her speaker fee and transportation but we do ask members to cover the materials fee. Please note that this workshop is only open to guild members. Rosalie very kindly let us exceed her usual cap for number of participants but we need to keep the numbers within a limit.

 

To Register: Email Leslie Conery @ Leslie.s.conery@gmail.com.

 

To Pay the Materials Fee:

* Mail a check to Leslie (made out to the Eugene Weavers' Guild):

     Leslie Conery

     4065 Southpointe Drive

     Eugene. OR 97405

* Send a check to the guild:

     Eugene Weavers' Guild

     c/o Eugene Textile Center

     2750 Roosevelt BlvdEugene, OR. 97402

* Or...hand Leslie a check at the September 26 guild meeting. (Please don't pay with cash unless you have it in an envelope with your name on it.)