March 2025

Special Event:   Saturday, Mar 29, at 1 pm over Zoom. Christine Manges will present a program on Knitting and Braiding, specifically looking at the rugs of Elvira Hulett, of Judi Boisson and the Lancaster County rugs she copied.

Zoom Link:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89965182016?pwd=iPb9bqpSd47R5KGba3irHKPVpBhLQw.1

Meeting ID:  899 6518 2016

Passcode:  665926

 

April 2025​

Guild Meeting:  Saturday, April 5, at 1 pm EST over Zoom.  VOTE on bylaw changes and a Name Change!! Hear about upcoming events and classes, and see a "Demo" featuring a Panel of Left-handed and Ambidextrous rug braiders, talking about what the differences are in their braiding and lacing, and how to teach rug braiding to Lefties.  Meeting is followed by Show and Tell!  

​Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83371113492?pwd=sNI9aWu5lYgYO4SzcEbq7S0DhCMK9x.1

Meeting ID: 833 7111 3492

​Passcode: 260563

 

Braid Help:  Sunday, April 6, at 4 pm EST over Zoom.  Bring your problems and questions to Braid Help, and teachers will be available to help you.  Or, just come and hang out with other braiders!  One hour.​​​​

​Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81762631683?pwd=d3N1VWljaDBvZHp0QnZpbW5pL3pvQT09

Meeting ID: 817 6263 1683

Passcode: 534860

 

Braid Help:  Sunday, April 13, at 4 pm EST over Zoom.  Bring your problems and questions to Braid Help, and teachers will be available to help you.  Or, just come and hang out with other braiders!  One hour.

​Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81762631683?pwd=d3N1VWljaDBvZHp0QnZpbW5pL3pvQT09

Meeting ID: 817 6263 1683

Passcode: 534860

 

Braiding Conference!!!  Thursday, April 24 - Sunday, April 27 in Lewiston NY near Niagara Falls.  See more information under the Events --> Conference Tab.  Come braid with us!!

 

May 2025​

Guild Meeting:  Saturday, May 3, at 1 pm EST over Zoom. See a slide show of the recent braiding conference, and see a Demo on LO vs RO Braiding:  Pam Rowan & Christine Manges.   Meeting is followed by Show and Tell!  

​Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83371113492?pwd=sNI9aWu5lYgYO4SzcEbq7S0DhCMK9x.1

Meeting ID: 833 7111 3492

​Passcode: 260563

 

Braid Help:  Sunday, May 4, at 4 pm EST over Zoom.  Bring your problems and questions to Braid Help, and teachers will be available to help you.  Or, just come and hang out with other braiders!  One hour.​​​​

​Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81762631683?pwd=d3N1VWljaDBvZHp0QnZpbW5pL3pvQT09

Meeting ID: 817 6263 1683

Passcode: 534860

 

Braid Help:  Sunday, May 18, at 4 pm EST over Zoom.  Bring your problems and questions to Braid Help, and teachers will be available to help you.  Or, just come and hang out with other braiders!  One hour.

​Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81762631683?pwd=d3N1VWljaDBvZHp0QnZpbW5pL3pvQT09

Meeting ID: 817 6263 1683

Passcode: 534860

 

Special Event:   Saturday, May 31, at 1 pm over Zoom. Janet Fitzgerald will present a program on her mother, Barbara Fisher, who was an innovative and skilled rug braider and teacher.  She developed, "The Perfect Butt"© and her butted patterns have helped thousands create beautiful rugs! ​​

Zoom Link:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89965182016?pwd=iPb9bqpSd47R5KGba3irHKPVpBhLQw.1

Meeting ID:  899 6518 2016

Passcode:  665926

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June 2025​

Guild Meeting:  Saturday, June 7, at 1 pm EST over Zoom.   The final meeting of the year!  Meeting is followed by Show and Tell!  

​Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83371113492?pwd=sNI9aWu5lYgYO4SzcEbq7S0DhCMK9x.1

Meeting ID: 833 7111 3492

​Passcode: 260563

 

Braid Help:  Sunday, June 8, at 4 pm EST over Zoom.  Bring your problems and questions to Braid Help, and teachers will be available to help you.  Or, just come and hang out with other braiders!  One hour.​​​​

​Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81762631683?pwd=d3N1VWljaDBvZHp0QnZpbW5pL3pvQT09

Meeting ID: 817 6263 1683

Passcode: 534860

 

Braid Help:  Sunday, June 22, at 4 pm EST over Zoom.  Bring your problems and questions to Braid Help, and teachers will be available to help you.  Or, just come and hang out with other braiders!  One hour.

​Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81762631683?pwd=d3N1VWljaDBvZHp0QnZpbW5pL3pvQT09

Meeting ID: 817 6263 1683

Passcode: 534860

 

Special Event:   Saturday, June 28, at 1 pm over Zoom. Cookie Washington will present, "What Does 112 Pounds Have to Do with Me?"  --  A Program on Textile Waste.  Hear about the huge problem of discarded fashions and what you can do about it.

​​ Zoom Link:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89965182016?pwd=iPb9bqpSd47R5KGba3irHKPVpBhLQw.1

Meeting ID:  899 6518 2016

Passcode:  665926

 

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Summer Break!   July & August 2025

No programs except Braid Help every two Sundays over Zoom at 4pm with teacher Christine Manges, and many braiders will be traveling to Sauder Village Rug Hooking Week in Archbold, Ohio, where an exhibit of braided rugs will be displayed.

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Braid Help:  Sundays at 4pm over Zoom

Get rug braiding questions answered, problems solved, share your work, and see what everyone else is working on!

     July 6 & 20

     August 3, 17, & 31

​Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81762631683?pwd=d3N1VWljaDBvZHp0QnZpbW5pL3pvQT09

Meeting ID: 817 6263 1683

Passcode: 534860

 

Braid Exhibit at Sauder Village Rug Hooking Week, August 12-16, 2025, Tuesday - Saturday.  Visit https://saudervillage.org/classes-events/special-events/rug-hooking-week-2025 for more details.  Beautiful braided rugs will be on display!!  Also check out the amazing exhibit of hooked rugs.