New England Weavers' Seminar: 2025 Events

2025 Programs

Wednesday Welcome Dinner - Italian Theme

Followed by open social time - bring some knitting or other

handwork if you want and meet fellow weavers in a relaxed atmosphere

Thursday Morning Meet and Greet

Location TBD

8:30 am - 11:30 am

Open social time - bring some knitting or other

handwork if you want and meet fellow weavers in a relaxed atmosphere

Fashion Show and Gallery Show Awards

Speaker: Laurie Carlson Steger

Location: Wilson Hall Lecture Hall, Room 130

7:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Friday Wool, Wine, and Chocolate!

Dessert Reception

Shop Til You Drop

Wear Your Handwovens! Informal Fashion Show

Location: Scanlon Hall Ballroom

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Enjoy light refreshments and a cash bar. Vendors will be open

until 9:00 pm. All exhibits will also be open. Register for the informal

handwoven fashion event at the conference check-in. A photographer

will be circulating to take pictures.

Saturday Annual Meeting and Keynote Speaker

Keynote Speaker: Mary Lou Shultz

Location: Wilson Hall Lecture Hall, Room 130

7:00 pm Annual Meeting

7:30 pm Keynote Speaker

All evening programs, exhibits, and the marketplace are open to the public. No registration is required.

Historic Deerfield:

Textiles and Flax Processing

with Lunch

NEWS offers four different weaving exhibits for your enjoyment. All are open to the public during the conference.

Classrooms for some multi-day workshops will be open and the teachers available to answer questions or just chat on Friday afternoon.

Complex Weavers, Cross Country Weavers, and TWIST will hold meetings during NEWS.