Melissa has created a Sample Binder complete with the NOBO Logo. This is a link to the pdf version. NOBO Sample Binder and this is the link to the .doc version NOBO Sample Binder
Reserve one of these dates! The Ikat Dye Workshop is being offered on Friday June 20 and Saturday June 21 at the Universalist Unitarian Parish Hall at 26 Pleasant St. Newburyport. The same content is covered in each workshop but…
Handwoven items by Guild members will be on display at the Georgetown Peabody Library during the months of April and May. The library is located at 2 Maple Street in Georgetown, MA. Library hours can be found on the Library’s…
Oh oh, one of our library books is on someone’s bookshelf and we don’t know whose! The book is The Silent Weaver: The Extraordinary Life and Work of Angus MacPhee by Roger Hutchinson. It was returned by a member on December 5th…
Today’s New York Times Magazine has “a behind-the-scenes look at the nearly lost art of American textile manufacturing”. If you don’t have access to the magazine, visit – There are actually more photos online than in the magazine. Ironically no…
The next NOBO meeting is Thursday, January 23rd, 7:00 pm, (6:30 social hour and refreshments) at the Byfield library. Our Ladies of the Draft have planned to present an informal panel discussion on the topic of Starting a Business. The…
Hi everyone, Convergence 2014 is in Providence, RI. July 14-19, 2014. Registration starts this Monday, the 16th of December. The list of workshops, seminars, etc. is in the latest issue of Shuttle, Spindle, and Dyepot or HGA website: http://www.weavespindye.org/ Hotel…
Posting this for a customer who has a loom for sale. This is actually a table loom with a floor stand, not a floor loom, no treadles. “I have a beautiful Iris floor model loom…..made in Canada….excellent condition. It has…
It seems there are term limits to being a NEWS rep and my two-cycle term has run out. I enjoyed my position as the NOBO NEWS rep and working with Melissa was such a bonus. Meeting fellow weavers from guilds…
Hi, I’ve been ‘harvesting’ my dyer’s broom (Genista tinctoria) seed pods. I handed out a bunch at the last NOBO meeting. However, if anyone else wants any let me know and I will save some out for you. It gives…