(119) A Little Something Extra: Supplementary Warps and Wefts
Enhance your handwoven textiles with the addition of supplementary warp or weft yarns (or both!)
Supplementary warp and weft fabrics are compound structures, which means they have a foundation weave structure (usually plain weave) plus additional pattern threads in the warp, weft, or both.
Explore the possibilities for decorative warp stripe motifs, weft pattern embellishment, deflected surface interest, eyelash and other pile weaves, and simple passementerie decorations. Participants will learn technical tips and tricks for achieving optimal pattern and design effects.
This Round Robin workshop offers weavers an opportunity to try a variety of weave structures, and leave with an assortment of weave samples to use for planning future projects.
The weave structures will include:
- Supplemental warp stripes (for 4-shaft and/or 8 shaft looms)
- Supplementary weft (overshot and related weaves) on 4 shafts
- Spider weave on 4 shafts (sometimes called Canelé weave)
- Simple passementerie with supplementary warp and wefts)
- Pile weaves (warp and weft)
- Pique
- Bedford Cord
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Instructor:
Experience Level:
Intermediate
Maximum Class Size:
12
Materials fee:
$12 covers weft yarns and novelty wefts
Equipment required
4-shaft Loom, 8-shaft Loom, Pre-warped
Student Supplies:
- 4 shaft or 8 shaft loom (floor loom or table loom).
- Shuttles, scissors, heddle hook, tape measure
- Pre-made warps threaded on their looms in the specified yarn and the pattern provided by the instructor
- Weft yarns for their pattern.
Homework:
Students will need to wind a warp, beam it onto their loom, thread the heddles in a specified threading pattern, sley the reed in a specified arrangement, and tie on to the front apron bar.