Links

Yearbook Advertisers
The following is a list of those companies that chose to advertise in our Yearbook. Please shop at their stores and show them how much we appreciate them. If you find a link is not working, please send an email to info@olympiaweaversguild.org so that we can get it fixed.


AVL Looms

Located in Chico CA, AVL Looms manufactures innovative hand loom designs chosen to reduce time and effort and maximize professional results.


Damascus Fiber Arts School

In Clackamas OR, near Portland, Damascus Fiber Arts School offers classes at all levels, as well as intensive workshops by nationally and internationally known classes.


Dawn’s Custom Carding

Located in Yelm WA, Dawn’s Custom Carding is a full-service fiber processing facility, specializing in washing, picking, blending, and carding fleeces with care.


Eugene Textile Center

Fiber arts classes, weaving looms, dyeing, felting, spinning wheels, yarns, books, dye studio, new and pre-loved equipment, fiber arts gallery. Located in Eugene OR.


Ewe and I Yarns

Supporting weavers since 1977 in Chehalis WA. Your partner in weaving: looms, workshops, equipment, and live demonstrations. Fibers and classes for weaving, spinning, felting, knitting, and crochet.


Handweavers Guild of America

A membership organization based in Atlanta GA. HGA’s mission is to educate, support, and inspire the fiber art community. Home of Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot and the Convergence biennial conference, and many more opportunities for artists.


Halcyon Yarn

Great service, enormous selection, and quality supplies for weavers worldwide since 1971. Located in Bath ME. Many of their custom yarns are dyed and spun in businesses in the Northeast.


Harrisville Designs

Operating from original mill buildings in Harrisville NH, the only 19th century textile village in America. Online store for looms, weaving accessories, classes, yarns, knitting patterns, educational toys and curriculum for children, tutorials and more.


Heavenly Quilts and Fabrics Redeemed

Great selection of quality fabrics, quilting tools, books, notions, and classes on-line and in Onalaska WA.


Jane Stafford Textiles

Over 40 years of experience inspiring weavers to design and create the best possible cloth they can, from beginners wondering where on earth to start, to experienced weavers. Top-quality yarns, looms, kits, tools, and instruction. Located on Salt Spring Island in British Columbia.


Orchard Fiber Mill (email link)

Offering local processing for wool and alpaca; small batches welcome. Roving, batts, clouds (washed and picked). Located in Roy WA. Website coming soon!


Our Local Yarn Shop

This local shop in Olympia WA is focused on knitting, crocheting, and felting supplies along with classes and community knitting. Join the crafting community in a group, class, or event. Stop in or shop online.


Paradise Fibers

Spokane WA is home to Paradise Fibers, a hidden gem with a vast selection of fibers, fiber arts equipment, and a friendly, knowledgeable staff. Specializing since 1997 the on-line store offers over 20,000 products.


Royalwood, Ltd.

Basket weaving materials, seat weaving supplies, waxed linen thread, beading supplies and much more. Located in Mansfield OH and offering books, supplies, kits, and finished items on-line.


Soundview Fiber Mill

Processing your fibers into rovings, Lopi yarns, and rug yarns. Soundview Fiber Mill also offers custom rug weaving services at their location in Shelton WA. Serving fiber artists and “hobby farmers” with batches too small to be accepted by many fiber mills.


Tahoma Vista Fiber Mill

Tahoma Vista Fiber Mill is a small fiber processing mill in Yelm WA, offering fiber processing to produce roving, batts, and yarn all the way to finished and felted goods. Farm tours and lessons are offered. The store has luxury yarns, knitting supplies, gifts, and more.


White Oak Alpacas

White Oak Alpacas offers tours of their Woodland WA ranch with over 30 alpacas and has an onsite and online shop, Sheared Delights. The boutique shop features a range of products from yarn to finished products developed from alpaca fiber.


The Woolery

The Woolery in Frankfort KY offers a huge range of fiber art supplies, kits, books, and quality yarns and fibers. They feature equipment and supplies for spinning, weaving, fiber prep, felting, hook & punch, knitting, crocheting, and dyeing. To support our guild, use this URL which associates your purchase with our guild (more details at bottom of this page).


Yarn Barn of Kansas

Located in Lawrence KS, the Yarn Barn of Kansas offers equipment, supplies, and yarn for weaving and crochet, spinning and felting, and dyeing on-line. Classes are offered onsite.


Yarnia

Yarnia (aka customyarn.com), in Portland OR, is a “make-your-own-yarn-store” – a creative and affordable way for knitters and crocheters to achieve exactly the yarn they want for a project. Design your own yarn, or choose from store creations.


Additional Links of Interest to Members

OWG Facebook Page

Timberland Regional Library

The Timberland Regional Library, with branches in Thurston, Mason, Lewis, and Pacific Counties, has an extensive collection of fiber arts titles.  Browse, search, and reserve on-line for delivery to your local branch library.  Electronic versions of some titles are available for loan, downloadable to your e-reader device or computer. This includes some magazines such as Handwoven!

Weaving Today

Weaving Today is an on-line resource from Interweave Press, providing downloadable patterns and information.  This link is for a woven bag pattern and e-book instructions.  Registration is required for additional downloads

OWG is affiliated with the:

Association of Northwest Weavers’ Guilds

Handweavers Guild of America

 

Vendor Rewards Programs

Woolery Guild Reward Program (WGRP)

Guild members can support their guild just by shopping at the Woolery. You must click on the WGRP link below in order for your order to count towards our Olympia Weavers Guild which our guild has signed up with them to participate. Through this link given to us by the Woolery, The Woolery can track sales from our Guild members. This link will take members to the Woolery website. After getting to the website via this link, members just place their order as usual. 

Commissions are paid each September to those guilds that have reached at least $100 in rebates.  Payments are made by either check or electronically via PayPal. 

Here is the Woolery link.