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CALENDAR

2026 MAWS PRE-CONFERENCE
& CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

DATE
TIME
EVENT
INSTRUCTOR
DAYS
TYPE
TUES - THUR JUNE 16-18
PRE-CONFERENCE 2 1/2 DAYS
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm, 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
The Straight 8
TOM KNISELY
2 1/2
W
WED - THUR JUNE 17-18
PRE-CONFERENCE 2 DAYS
9:00 am - 4:30 pm
Diagonal Twill Basics
ANNETTA KRAAYEVELD
2
B
Blend & Spin with Wild Silk
HEAVENLY BRESSER
2
S
Pattern Logic: Ms & Os
SUZI BALLENGER
2
W
THURSDAY JUNE 18
PRE-CONFERENCE 1 DAY
9:00 am - 4:30 pm
Wheel Maintenance & Beginning Spinning
MARY BACKSTROM
1
S
Introduction to Experiences in Weaving
MOLLY MCKINNON
1
W
THURSDAY EVENING
5:00 pm -7:00 pm
No Host Bar, Hors d'oeuvres Social - Meet your Instructors and Vendors
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Spin-In - Meet your Instructors and Vendors
HOSTED by ALPINE
FRIDAY, JUNE 19
CONFERENCE
8:00 am - 9:00 pm
Vendors Open
9:00 am - 4:30 pm
Swedish Art Weaves -Halv Krabba and Rolakan Tapestry
JOANNE HALL
1
W
Weaving with Clasped Weft
TOM KNISELY
1
W
Elevate Plain Weave with Warp Pickup
DAWN AHLERT
1
W
Blending Board: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly
HEAVENLY BRESSER
1
S
Lace Knitting
DENISE JACKSON
1
K
Indigo Shibori for Sakiori (Offsite - Hamilton)
MELISSA ARNOLD
1
D
9:00 am-12:00 noon
Using Color to Create Pattern with Turned Taquete
SUZI BALLENGER
1/2
W
Continuous Strand Weaving
CINDY KNISELY
1/2
W
Fiber Prep
SYLVIA SMITH
1/2
S
Paper Japanese Leaf Scoop
ANNETTA KRAAYEVELD
1/2
B
Felting a Shawl Pin
JUDITH COLVIN
1/2
Felt
FRIDAY LUNCH
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
LIVING TREASURES
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Renegade Treadlings
SUZI BALLENGER
1/2
W
Sprang
KAREN GRIFFING
1/2
W
Spinning Fun Yarns
SYLVIA SMITH
1/2
S
Buttons and Beads
ANNETTE SCHIPF
1/2
WK
Magic Folded Pouch
ANNETTA KRAAYEVELD
1/2
B
FRIDAY EVENING
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Downtown Galleries - Fiber Art Tour
BONNIE TARSES
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Spin-In with the Vendors
HOSTED by ALPINE
SATURDAY, JUNE 20
CONFERENCE
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
Vendors Open
9:00 am - 4:30 pm
Swedish Art Weaves - 5 Swedish Weaves
JOANNE HALL
1
W
Krokbragd or Summer & Winter Basket
ANNETTE SCHIPF
1
W
Taniko - Weft Twining Inspired by Indigenous People
DAWN AHLERT
1
W
Learning to Weave on a Rigid Heddle Loom
BARBARA FRENCH
1
W
Papyrus-Paper Business Card Basket
ANNETTA KRAAYEVELD
1
B
Felting a Necklace/Collar
JUDITH COLVIN
1
Felt
Indigo Shibori for Sakiori (Offsite - Hamilton)
MELISSA ARNOLD
1
D
9:00 am-12:00 noon
Finishing Techniques
TOM KNISELY
1/2
W
Kami-ito: Making Yarn from Paper
SUZI BALLENGER
1/2
S
Slow to Quick: Ease Your Way into Longdraw
HEAVENLY BRESSER
1/2
S
Double Knitting
LARIE SMOYER
1/2
K
Colorwork Knitting - Stranded, Mosaic, Double
DENISE JACKSON
1/2
K
SATURDAY LUNCH
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Inspiration from the Montana Bateman Collection And 66 Years of Weaving, but Who's Counting?
RAPHAEL CHACON, BONNIE TARSES
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Finishing Techniques
TOM KNISELY
1/2
W
Transforming Tools & Weaving Wonders
SUZI BALLENGER
1/2
W
Intermediate Spinning Techniques
SYLVIA SMITH
1/2
S
Think Outside the Braid
HEAVENLY BESSER
1/2
S
Techniques in Knitting - Trapping Colors/Steeking
DENISE JACKSON
1/2
K
SATURDAY EVENING
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Bateman Weave Collection at Montana Museum of Art & Culture; No Host Bar, Hors d'oeuvres, Public Reception
SUNDAY, JUNE 21
CONFERENCE
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Breakfast & Business Meeting
Fashion Show
Notes from the Fell
TOM KNISELY
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