Spinning and Weaving Week
The crafts of spinning, weaving, dyeing, and basket weaving are as ancient as our history; they are the threads that bind us to our ancestors and to each other. Our crafts know no national boundary. They are a part of the heritage of the world. The Spinning and Weaving Week celebration reflects the truly international membership of the Handweavers Guild of America, Inc., and the international traditions of our crafts. We invite fiber artists around the world to join together in celebration of our common heritage.
Spinning and Weaving Week is celebrated every October during the first full week of the month (Monday-Sunday)
October 6-12, 2025
We're thrilled to offer activities and events for seven days devoted to celebrating spinning and weaving. Our programming will educate, inspire, and support the fiber art community. The registration fee includes access to all 7-days of programming including Marketplace LIVE, Thread Talks, Studio Tours, Panel Discussions, an Informal Fiber Art Show, and Virtual Exhibit Hall. Arts Sparks are available for an additional fee.
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The registration fee includes access to all 7-days of programming, including Marketplace LIVE, Thread Talks, Studio Tours, Panel Discussions, Fashion Show, Virtual Exhibit Hall, and Networking Opportunities.
Art Sparks Sessions are sample classes or mini workshops covering a hyper-specific topic and are often used to introduce participants to a new art form, technique, or equipment. They might be repurposed content or a unit from a larger online course. Art Sparks Sessions will be offered in 30-minute and 1-hour segments. To register for an Art Sparks Session you must first register to attend Spinning & Weaving Week.
All sessions will be recorded and available on-demand to registered attendees for 90 days. Not a member? Join Today
$0 - HGA Student Members
$30 - HGA Members
$60 - Non-Members
$10 - $20 - HGA Members
$20 - $40 - Non-Members
Attendees: Join the Online Event
Art Sparks Webinars
Art Sparks Sessions are sample classes or mini workshops covering a hyper-specific topic and are often used to introduce participants to a new art form, technique, or equipment. They might be repurposed content or a unit from a larger online course. Art Sparks Sessions are offered in 30-minute and 1-hour segments.
To register for an Art Sparks Session, you must first register to attend Spinning & Weaving Week. All sessions will be recorded and available on-demand to registered attendees for 90 days following the event. Not a member? Join Today
Art Sparks 2025 Schedule
All session times are Eastern Standard. Click the session name for more information.
Monday, October 6, 2025
| 10:00 AM - | 11:00 AM | ▪ | 1W-M01 | Secrets of Shibori - Gradation Dyeing Tricks |
| 11:00 AM - | 11:30 AM | ▪ | 30W-M02 | Intro to Color Blankets/Gamps with Tips for dyeing your Own |
| 1:00 PM - | 2:00 PM | ▪ | 1W-M03 | From Fashion Windows to your Garments: An Assortment of Creative Sewing Techniques |
| 2:00 PM - | 3:00 PM | ▪ | 1M-M04 | Weave it, Knot it, Wear it!: Make Your Own Jewelry with Tubular Inkle Bands |
| 3:00 PM - | 3:30 PM | ▪ | 30W-M05 | The Shoe Box Farm - Raising Silk Worms |
| 7:00 PM - | 8:00 PM | ▪ | 1W-M06 | The Math of Twist |
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
| 10:00 AM - | 11:00 AM | ▪ | 1W-T07 | Paper Weaving |
| 11:00 AM - | 11:30 AM | ▪ | 30W-T08 | Beginning Sewing with Handwoven Fabric, Tips and Tricks |
| 1:00 PM - | 1:30 PM | ▪ | 30W-T09 | Fixing Warp and Weft Floats off of the Loom |
| 1:30 PM - | 2:00 PM | ▪ | 30W-T10 | Calligraphy on Silk, an Overview |
| 2:00 PM - | 3:00 PM | ▪ | 1W-T11 | Yarn Windings as a Cool Design Tool |
| 7:00 PM - | 8:00 PM | ▪ | 1W-T12 | Introduction to Pin Weaving |
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
| 10:00 AM - | 11:00 AM | ▪ | 1W-W13 | The Sustainable Studio - Tips! Tricks! People! And Places! |
| 11:00 AM - | 11:30 AM | ▪ | 30W-W14 | Quilting on Handwoven Cloth |
| 1:00 PM - | 2:00 PM | ▪ | 1W-W15 | Wooden Basket Bases |
| 2:00 PM - | 3:00 PM | ▪ | 1W-W16 | Photo Tweaks |
| 7:00 PM - | 8:00 PM | ▪ | 1W-W17 | Finishing your Pin Weaving |
Thursday, October 9, 2025
| 10:00 AM - | 11:00 AM | ▪ | 1W-R18 | Spinning Paper |
| 11:00 AM - | 11:30 AM | ▪ | 30W-R19 | Working in a Series |
| 1:00 PM - | 2:00 PM | ▪ | 1W-R20 | Introduction To Right Angle Bead Weaving |
| 2:00 PM - | 3:00 PM | ▪ | 1W-R21 | Swatching on a Pin Loom |
| 7:00 PM - | 8:00 PM | ▪ | 1W-R22 | Frame Loom Weaving Stitches for Beginners |
Friday, October 10, 2025
| 10:00 AM - | 11:00 AM | ▪ | 1W-F23 | Rep Weaving on a Rigid Heddle Loom |
| 11:00 AM - | 11:30 AM | ▪ | 30W-F24 | Street Art: Weaving with "crap off the street" |
| 1:00 PM - | 2:00 PM | ▪ | 1W-F25 | Try A Little Chaos (Theory) In Your Studio |
| 2:00 PM - | 3:00 PM | ▪ | 1W-F26 | Color without a Wheel |
| 7:00 PM - | 8:00 PM | ▪ | 1W-F27 | Crafting Stronger Hands: Techniques for Fiber Artists |
Saturday, October 11, 2025
| 10:00 AM - | 11:00 AM | ▪ | 1W-S28 | Here Comes The Sun - Cyanotype Printing for Fiber Artists |
| 11:00 AM - | 12:00 PM | ▪ | 1W-S29 | Making a Textile Brooch by Hand |
| 1:00 PM - | 2:00 PM | ▪ | 1W-S30 | The Digital Thread: Fiber Arts Reimagined |
| 2:00 PM - | 3:00 PM | ▪ | 1W-S31 | Branch Weaving with a Burnt Twist |
| 3:00 PM - | 3:30 PM | ▪ | 30W-S32 | Armatures for Fiber Art Sculptures |
Sunday, October 12, 2025
| 10:00 AM - | 11:00 AM | ▪ | 1W-U33 | Log Cabin Weaving: A Journey Through Traditional and Modern Variations |
| 11:00 AM - | 12:00 PM | ▪ | 1W-U34 | Twisted Shibori - Exploring Procyon Dyes and Discharge Techniques |
Pando Speer and Dain Daller are The Warp Zone. They live and work in their completely handmade off-grid Earthship home and studio in Northern New Mexico. 
Hope Wang is an artist and creative entrepreneur based in Chicago, IL. Her practice explores memory, loss, and longing in the ever-shifting architectural landscape. She is interested in capturing what always feels out of reach: the last seconds of the sun setting against the factory wall, or the transient space between an open storefront and a shuttered one. 
Born and raised in Indiana, Suzi Ballenger, MFA, is a Rhode Island handweaver, fiber artist, and educator known for 
Karen Donde weaves wearables and home textiles for exhibit and teaches beginning-advanced weaving, in-person and online. Conference teaching includes HGA’
Alice Seeger has been creating and teaching Textile Arts for nearly 50 years. 
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per 25-min presentation
$75 - HGA Professional Members
$100 - Non-Members
Free for HGA Professional Members
$25 - Vendor Page
$75 - Vendor Page & Interactive Virtual Exhibit Booth
Opportunities ranging from:
$200 - $9,000
Free for HGA Professional Members
Sponsorship Opportunities
Be part of HGA's 7-day celebration. This digital extravaganza showcases the fiber arts with vendor demonstrations and product talks, virtual studio tours, speakers, panels, and a fun fashion show bringing together fiber enthusiasts from across the world while providing opportunities to connect online and in the days following. All events are presented over digitally through Cvent with the ability to host an unlimited number of attendees. The 2020 inaugural event included more than 40 hours of programming over 7 days. We anticipate 650 fiber enthusiasts will attend HGA’s Spinning & Weaving Week either in real time or by viewing recordings.
Contributions help extend HGA’s programming to more than 10,000 fiber artists and art enthusiasts through our various programs and sustains our programs at their highest level of artistic and educational excellence.
We understand that the dollars you spend need to bring the maximum benefit to your company. Corporate sponsors are offered exclusive benefits and services based on their level of contribution. Our packages are carefully structured at each level to provide the maximum visibility and the greatest mutual benefit but can be tailored to meet your organization’s philanthropic or marketing objectives. For more information, please call (678) 730-0010 or email HGA@WeaveSpinDye.org.
All Spinning & Weaving Week Sponsors will receive the following recognition in addition to the items listed in the packages:
- Name recognition on HGA’s webpage as Sponsor and logo and link to your website
- Logo and name recognition in approximately *8,000 copies of Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot magazine
- E-Blast sent to HGA’s mailing list of approximately 10,000 promoting your sponsorship
- Post recognizing your sponsorship on HGA’s Facebook page (11,000+ followers)
- Post recognizing your sponsorship on HGA’s Instagram account (6,000+ followers)
- Continued publicity for 90 days after the week is over through recorded viewing of each event
Spinning & Weaving Week is supported by generous contributions to HGA and the donation of our presenters' time, energy, and expertise. HGA is an exempt organization as described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; EIN #06-08661organization. In honor of this event, please consider a donation.