Colorado Weaving Connection

Welcome to the Colorado Weaving Connection. Contact the web monitor to report any problems with this page, or to identify additional information that you would like listed on this page. Updated September 2009.

Browse for information about:

• Colorado Weaving and Basketry Guilds
• Fiber Events in Colorado
• Fiber and Fiber Animal Resources in Colorado
• Fiber Events Elsewhere in the US
• Colorado Quilting Guilds
• Other Colorado Guilds
• Colorado Museums and Galleries with Fiber-Related Exhibits and Events
• Fiber Resources

Colorado Weaving and Basketry Guilds

• Heart of Colorado Fiberarts Guild, Salida and Buena Vista
• Colorado Basketmakers Guild, Colorado Springs
• Estes Park Area Weavers Guild, Estes Park
• Florissant Friday Fibers Group
• Four Corners Weavers Guild
• Handweavers Guild of Boulder**, Boulder
• Handweavers Guild of Pueblo**, Pueblo
• High Plains Spinners and Weavers, Brush and Yuma
• Mesa Fiber Arts Guild, Grand Junction
• Northern Colorado Weavers Guild, Loveland
• Pikes Peak Weavers Guild, Colorado Springs
• Rocky Mountain Weavers Guild**, Denver
• San Juan Weavers Guild**, Montrose
• Western Rivers Weaving Guild, Glenwood Springs

  ** These guilds have annual fiber sales -- check their websites for details.

Fiber Events in Colorado

• Artwear, Lincoln Center for the Arts, Ft. Collins
• Boulder County Fair, Longmont
• Boulder Open Studios, Boulder
• Cherry Creek Art Festival, Denver
• Colorado State Fair, Pueblo
• Colorado Weavers Day -- sponsored by Rocky Mountain Weavers Guild in 2012
• East Boulder County Artists Studio Tour, Boulder County
• Elbert County Fair, Kiowa
• Estes Park Alpaca Market, Estes Park
• Estes Park Wool Market, Estes Park
• Firehouse Quilt Show, Highlands Ranch
• Handweavers of Boulder Guild Annual Sale, Longmont
• Interfaith Quilters Show and Sale, Longmont
• Intermountain Weavers Conference, Fort Lewis College, Durango
• Knitwear, Lincoln Center for the Arts, Ft. Collins
• La Plate County Fair, Durango
• Larimer County Fair, Ft. Collins
• Longmont Quilt Guild Show, Longmont
• Longmont Studio Tours, Longmont
• Morgan County Fair, Ft. Morgan
• Pagosa Fiber Festival, Pagosa Springs
• Quilt Colorado
• Rocky Mountain Creative Quilters Show, Loveland
• Rocky Mountain Weavers Guild Annual Fiber Arts Sale, Englewood
• Salida Fiber Festival, Salida
• San Luis Valley Folk Arts and Fiber Festival, Monte Vista
• Weld County Fair, Greeley

Fiber and Fiber Animal Resources in Colorado

• Alpaca Breeders of the Rockies
• Bridle Valley Alpaca Ranch
• Rocky Mountain Llama Fiber Association
• Alpaca Breeders Alliance of Northern Colorado

Fiber Events Elsewhere in the US

• Convergence
• Madrona Fiber Arts Winter Retreat, Tacoma WA
• Midwest Weavers Conference, Lakeland College, Sheboygan WI
• Taos Wool Festival, Taos NM

Colorado Quilting Guilds

• Arapahoe County Quilters, Englewood
• Quaking Aspen Quilt Guild, Boulder
• Colorado Quilt Council, state-wide
• Columbine Quilt Guild, Arvada
• Front Range Contemporary Quilters, Westminster
• Interfaith Quilters, Longmont
• League of Northern Colorado Quilters, Ft. Collins
• Longmont Quilt Guild, Longmont
• Rocky Mountain Creative Quilters, Ft. Collins

Other Colorado Guilds

• Rocky Mountain Bead Society, Denver
• Rocky Mountain Lace Guild, Denver

Colorado Museums and Galleries with Fiber-Related Exhibits and Events

• Art Students League of Denver, Denver
• Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum, Colorado Springs
• Colorado State University Art Museum, Ft. Collins
• Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder
• Denver Art Museum (Neusteter Textile Gallery), Denver
• Foothills Art Center, Golden
• Hagnauer Gallery, Manitou Springs
• Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Golden
• TACtile Textile Arts Center, Denver
• University of Colorado Museum, Boulder

Fiber Resources

General Fiber Arts

• charitable groups: Friendship Bridge; Mayan Hands; Weave A Real Peace; The Wool Project
• organizations: Mid-Atlantic Fiber Association; The Taos Institute; The Textile Society of America
• magazines: PieceWork
• marketplace: Wool Festival.com; Etsy
• virtual exhibits: Textile Museum of Canada; The Textile Museum; Thread Project

Beading

• information: Bead and Fiber Junction
• magazine: Beadwork and Bead and Button

Crocheting

• magazine: Interweave Crochet
• organizations: Crochet Guild of America; Ravelry

Dyeing

• information:
  • A Simple Method of One-Pot, Multi-Color Dyeing;
  • Cochineal

Felting

Hooking

Knitting

• information: Wool Works ; Wise Needle
• magazines: Interweave Knits; Knitter's Magazine; Vogue Knitting
• organizations: The Knitting Guild of America; Ravelry

Quilting and Sewing

• events:
  • Firehouse Quilt Show, Highlands Ranch
  • Longmont Quilt Guild Show, Longmont
  • Quilt-A-Fair, Longmont
  • Rocky Mountain Creative Quilters Shows, Loveland
• information: Lily's Sewing Resource Guide, Quilt Index
• magazine: Threads Magazine
• museum: Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Golden
• organizations:
  • Arapahoe County Quilters, Englewood
  • Colorado Quilt Council, state-wide
  • Columbine Quilt Guild, Arvada
  • Inter Faith Quilters, Longmont
  • League of Northern Colorado Quilters, Ft. Collins
  • Longmont Quilt Guild, Longmont
  • Quaking Aspen Quilt Guild, Boulder
  • Rocky Mountain Creative Quilters, Ft. Collins

Spinning

• information: Spinning to Match the Crimp Worksheet
• magazine: Spin-Off

Sheep

• information: Sheep Breeds; Wool Judging for the Beginner

Weaving

• information:
  • Handweaving.net
  • On-Line Digital Archive of Documents on Weaving and Related Topics
  • TWIST - Table Weavers International Studies and Techniques
  • WeaveZine
• magazine: Handwoven; Weavers Craft
• organizations:
  • American Tapestry Alliance (ATA)
  • Association of Northwest Weavers' Guilds
  • Complex Weavers
  • Handweavers Guild of America
  • Weave A Real Peace
  • Weavers Guild of Boston
  • Weavolution

Miscellany

• Fiber-related electronic resources