Summer 2013

For the first time since we opened our shop in Saratoga, we offered weaving lessons. Students were able to choose their own projects and materials, based on previous experience. They produced scarves, table runners and mats, a small throw, and fabric yardage- impressive! We taught students each process from warping to dressing a loom, weaving and finishing. As one of our students exclaimed at the end of her session, " I will never look at fabric the same way again!"

Fall production for our retail shows and our wholesale accounts is in full swing. Here is a listing of the shows we will be exhibiting at this fall. We will keep our shop open normal hours as well. Hope to see you this fall in our booth at a show near you or at the shop wrapping up in our handwoven clothing!

Show Schedule Fall 2013

August 9-11 Berkshire Craft Fair

 Monument Mt H’School,  Route 7

Great Barrington MA

www.berkshirecraftsfair.org

August 17-20 New York Now

(To the Trade Only- NY Gift Fair)

Jacob Javits Center,  NYC NY

www.nynow.com

October 4-6  Hudson Valley  Arts Festival

Dutchess County Fairgrounds, Route 9

Rhinebeck NY

www.artrider.com

October 25-27 Smithsonian Craft 2 Wear

National Building Museum

401 F St NW, Washington DC

www.craft2wear.smithsonian.org

November 1-3  Fine Craft Show

Memorial Art Gallery, 500 Univ.  Ave

Univ of Rochester  Rochester NY

mag.rochester.edu/events/fine-craft-show

November 21-24 Hudson Mohawk Weavers Guild

Pruyn House, 207 Old Niskayuna Road 

Newtonville NY

www.hudsonmohawkweaversguild.com/showandsale

December 6-8 Craft Boston

Hynes Convention Center

900 Boylston St,  Boston MA
www.societyofcrafts.org/cbholiday/holidayinfo.asp

December 13-15 Crafts at Morristown

Western Ave Armory

Morristown NJ

http://www.artrider.com

Laundry Day

July is the month we usually get serious about fall scarf production. We've collected orders from shops and galleries since February, entered the data in our computer system, and printed out inventory reports specifying how many of each style is needed by each account and by when. In the "old" days (80's and very early 90's) I would chart the orders on huge pieces of graph paper.... I'm so glad the computer compiles all this data for us effortlessly now...so we can concentrate on designing and weaving!

After the warps come off the loom, we launder them to give them a lived-in softness. Here they're drying on our railing on a breezy July day. When dry, the long warps will be cut into individual scarves, steam-pressed, sewn, unfringed, labeled, then boxed up and sent to specialty shops around the country.

Show Schedule Dec 2011 - April 2012

Hope to see you soon at a show near you!  Click on the show for more info on show's website.

WINTER 2011

December 2-4   Craft Morristown, Western Ave Armory, Morristown NJ

December 9-11 Craft Boston, Cyclorama Art Center, Tremont St. Boston, MA 

WINTER/SPRING 2012

Feb 22,23  American Craft Council, Baltimore Conv Ctr, Pratt Street, wholesale to the trade only

Feb 24-26  American Craft Council, Baltimore Conv Ctr, Pratt  Street, retail open to the public 

March 23-25 CraftBoston, World Trade Center, Seaport Blvd. Boston, MA retail open to the public

April 18-22 Smithsonian, Nat'l Building Museum, 401 F St NW, Washington DC, retail open to the public

We are pleased to be featured in the current issue of Ornament Magazine, an international publication focusing on the "art of personal adornment" including jewelry, costume, and art to wear.  Click here to see the online article.

Happy Summer!

Getting ready for the summer crowds in Saratoga who spend alot of time outdoors in the evening at our fabulous SPAC outdoor ampitheatre or on the patios of our fabulous restaurants. We have the perfect accessory for cool summer evenings- a lacy shawl handwoven of bamboo fiber in a luscious pink and taupe combination.  I was pressing it and realized the reason we all love this color so-  it reminds us of neapolitan ice cream, where the strawberry and chocolate and vanilla all melt together soft and creamy.  Happy Summer everyone!

Happy New Year 2010!

Upcoming Events:

Feb 6, 10am - 1pm Felt Workshop with Linda Van Alstyne. Learn how to make felted soaps, using wool roving to form a built-in washcloth... Naturally exfoliating, and good clean felting fun!

Feb 23-24 Booth 900 American Craft Council Show, Baltimore Convention Center,

Baltimore MD wholesale to the trade (2 days) www.craftcouncil.org

Feb 25-28 Booth 900 American Craft Council Show, Baltimore Convention Center,

Baltimore MD retail/ general admission (4 days) www.craftcouncil.org

March 5-7 Germantown Friends Show, Friends School, 31 Coulter St, Philadelphia PA

www.germantownfriends.org 215-951-2300

April 21-25 Smithsonian Craft Show, National Building Museum, 401 F St NW,

Washington DC www.smithsoniancraftshow.org

We got the Building Permit!

October 24, 2008. After months of waiting, we are finally issued our building permit. Work may now begin on our building. First step is to button it up for the winter. We are eager to join the vibrant arts community that is the Arts District on Beekman in Saratoga Springs, NY.