Students 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. Students will use instructor-provided hand-painted warps.
In class we will design personal projects at the reed which create options for a variety of weave structures (plain weave, rib, rep, turned taqueté, twills, double weave, etc) with each single setup. They will learn to cleanly split warp chains to use threads that their current project requires while saving extra warp threads for future projects.
Each class design will be unique so class members learn from their own projects as well as from the others. In this workshop we 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.
Experience Level
Intermediate
Maximum Class Size
10
Materials Fee
$75-$95 covers three 4.5 yard, 100 thread hand-dyed warp chains – a total of 300 threads. This is a discount from warps sold on my website.
Student Supplies
* 4 to 8 Shaft loom with 300 thread dummy warp (Dummy into will be sent to students before the conference.)
* Personal weaving tools: decent full-size scissors, tape measure, sley/threading hooks, two shuttles (boat for fine weft and stick/ski/rag for heavy weft).
* Appropriate sticks or paper for winding 4.5-yard warp. Make sure before class that you definitely have enough paper/sticks for a full 4.5-yard warp.
* Calculator
* 2 spring clamps big enough to clip onto your back beam
* Roll of 1″ (no wider than 1″) painters tape. Light colors preferred. If those are unavailable blue painters masking tape will work.
* Notebooks, pens for notes and handouts
* Enough weft thread to begin project (Weft info will be sent to students before the conference.)
* Cookies
Homework
Students will prepare their looms with 300 thread dummy warps before class. Clear instructions on this will be provided well before the conference.
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Instructor
Kathrin Weber
Instructor Bio
Kathrin is a hand-dyer, weaver, and teacher since 1980. She began as a self-employed dyer/weaver and sells her work through galleries, shops, craft shows, catalogues, personal studios, classes, and through her website, Blazing Shuttles. Kathrin's classes revolve around the use of color, designs that flow, and efficient weaving techniques. The goal is for students to have a greater understanding of how these things work. She helps students see the connection of color – the whimsical and serious nature of how colors interact and how to use them in effectively in fiber work.
