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TOPSHAM — Maine Fiberarts will host a Weave-In during May and June,  with The Red Studio turned into a working weaver’s studio and woven work, looms and weavers’ tools displayed throughout the gallery.

Maine weavers Emi Ito of Bath, Susan Perrine of Woolwich, Sheila Shanti of Westbrook and Sybil Shiland of Standish will be on hand different days to weave on looms and answer questions. They will be joined by guest weavers from all over the state.

Visitors will be able to watch a warp being made, a floor loom being warped and the weaving of cloth. Among the floor looms on display will be a 36-inch Harrisville and a Japanese Saori.

Weavers will demonstrate the use of table, rigid heddle, tapestry and inkle looms. They will also show visitors how to construct a simple loom with heddles and treadles, and how to create a card loom that uses only tapestry needles and cardboard to create small woven purses, belts or fabric.

Demonstrations  include “Weaving with Twigs,” (May 1-2); “Make a Warp and Start Warping,” (May 8); “Threading a Floor Loom,” (May 15); “Kitchen Table Garment Design,” (May 24 and June 7); “Cutting and Sewing Handwoven Fabrics,” (June 14); and “Making a Simple Loom with Treadles and Heddles,” (June 21).

Members of two large spinning groups, Saco Valley Fiber Artists from the Standish area and Salt Bay Treadlers from Damariscotta, will give a demonstration from 11 a. m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 16.

Admission is free for all demonstrations and the exhibition. To learn more about the Weave-In, visit www.mainefiberarts.org or call 721-0678.

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