Karen Donde weaves wearables and home textiles for exhibit and teaches beginning-advanced weaving, in-person and online. Conference teaching includes HGA’s Convergence, Northern California Handweavers, Mid-Atlantic Fiber Association, Midwest Weavers, Intermountain Weavers, New England Weavers Seminar, Contemporary Handweavers of Texas, Florida Tropical Weavers, and Weave Together with Handwoven. She shared a weaving/teaching studio in Asheville, NC, for five years, and now teaches privately at her home studio.
Karen is a past president of Complex Weavers, a member of Cross Country Weavers and the Southern Highland Craft Guild, and a graduate of Haywood Community College’s fiber program. With a journalism degree from the University of Missouri, she now writes for and about weavers, including articles in Handwoven, Little Looms, Complex Weavers Journal and Heddlecraft®.
Website: https://karendondehandwovens.com/home.html
Workshops
- Weave a Twill Gamp with Color-and-Weave Effects
Seminars
- My Twills Are in a Twist: Braided, Plaited, Turned, and Corkscrew