(115) Exploring Profile Drafting

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Profile drafts are a wonderful design tool for weavers! This class explores what profile drafts are, what weave structures can be used, creating a profile draft, and converting it into a woven sample. This will be a round robin class so everyone will weave a small sample of each weave structure explored to take home.

Instructor will provide: handouts with terms, tie-ups and threading keys, pre-workshop prep email will be sent to students about a month before the class.

Instructor:

Deb Essen

Experience Level:

Intermediate

Maximum Class Size:

18

Equipment required

4-shaft Loom, 8-shaft Loom, Pre-warped

Student Supplies:

  • 4 or 8 shaft floor or table loom.
  • Two shuttles.
  • 1/4″ graph paper, pencil and eraser.
  • Optional: tablet or computer with weaving software.
  • Wound warp and supply of weft specified in pre-class instructions sent about 30 days before class.

Homework:

Instructor will send an email with detailed pre-class instructions, including: warp prep, weft requirements, loom information, etc.