The web of our life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
William Shakespeare
Upcoming Guild Events:
Monthly Guild Meeting:
The next monthly meeting of the Overmountain Weavers Guild is Wednesday, November 18th starting at 10:00 am at the Exchange Place, 4812 Orebank Rd., Kingsport, TN. The program will be delivered by Constance Schuyler, a regional occupational therapist with experience in fiber arts.
Please visit our CALENDAR page for details regarding other upcoming events.
The Overmountain Weavers Guild’s Fall Fiber Festival will be held at Exchange Place Saturday, Nov. 14 (10-5) and Sunday, Nov. 15 (noon-5). This free event features local fiber producers and artists who will be selling their fleeces, yarns, rovings, and hand-crafted fiber products as well as demonstrating fiber crafts, including spinning, weaving and felting. The Burow Museum will be open and will include antique looms and an exhibit of antique toys. The Museum Gift Shop will also be open with items for sale featuring the wool from EP’s Cotswold sheep.
The Overmountain Weavers Guild (OMWG) was established to teach, stimulate, and furnish inspiration, information, and mutual assistance in the growth and development of handweaving, spinning, dyeing, felting, basketry, and related fiber arts. Anyone interested in learning, and expanding their knowledge and skills in these areas is welcome to join.