You will learn non-traditional techniques in setting up and designing at the reed while working effectively and efficiently with multiple warps and diverse warp elements. You will use instructor provided (for purchase) hand-painted warps.
In class you will design personal projects at the reed which create options for a variety of weave structures (plain weave, ribb, repp, turned taqueté, twills, double weave, etc.) with each single setup. She will work you through the process of setting up the loom and weaving. You will learn to cleanly split warp chains to use threads that your current project requires while saving extra warp threads for future projects.
Each class design will be unique so you will learn from your own projects as well as from the others. In this workshop you start the designing process by tying on to a dummy warp that students have threaded before class. Tying on is an essential step in our designing process. This workshop is not suitable for rigid heddle looms.
