Guatemalan Workshop Weaving Workshop Going Wild with Guatemalan Color Workshop with Deborah Chandler Offered by Pinellas Weavers Guild         January 17-19, 2007 At Clearwater Library New Rigid Heddle Loom Deborah lectured a little Then offered a riot of color Guatemalan Cotton And samples The weave structure in black, white, & gray and colors Lots of color combinations We wound balls and made our warps and made our warps and reels in various colors Then we warped our looms Helping one another And overcoming problems Thursday night we visited the Purple Moon To see Mayan Hands products and admire the workmanship The colors are amazing The variety fascinating Cute hats too! Finally on Friday Things came together We had our warps on the looms Figured out what we were doing Got the tension right And got down to weaving Experienced Weavers And newer weavers All got encouragement and Affirmation from one another A final warping demonstration Taught each of us a little more All in all We got it right and learned a lot We made beautiful samples Some like the Guatemalan samples And some very different A variety of experiences All from Guatemalan Cotton!