05/04/2026
JOIN US AT ONE OR BOTH OF OUR MEETINGS THIS MONTH
EVENING MEETING Tuesday, May 5, 2026
The meeting will be 6:30 – 8:30 pm
at Christ Lutheran Church,
7809 Woodman Rd,
Henrico, VA 23228
Finishing Techniques
We will look at various techniques to finish off your weaving projects. Please bring some of your finished pieces that have been finished in different ways. We will have the opportunity to practice some ideas.
DAYTIME MEETING Wednesday, May 13, 2026
The meeting will start at 10:00 am at Christ Lutheran Church,
7809 Woodman Rd,
Henrico, VA 23228.
Bronson Lace.
BRONSON AND ATWATER, WHAT A TEAM
Mary Meigs Atwater discovered the threading and treadling of what we call “Spot Bronson” in J.&R. Bronson’s 1817 book, Domestic Manufacturers’ Assistant and Family Directory in the Arts of Weaving and Dyeing. She thought it was unique to the Bronsons’ book and thus named it Bronson weave. The structure was called speck in England, Droppdrall in Sweden, Gerstenkornbindung in Germany and Barleycorn by Marguerite Porter Davison. Atwater called the structure Bronson Weave and popularized it in the 20th century weaving community. Atwater combined Swedish lace with Spot Bronson and also popularized what we now call Atwater-Bronson lace. Understand how these two weave structures work and learn how to design with them in this lecture.
