Weaving 101: Weave A Twills Scarf
This class includes getting to know a loom, how to prepare/dress a loom, understanding the terminology and weaving a twill sample scarf on your own loom....
This class includes getting to know a loom, how to prepare/dress a loom, understanding the terminology and weaving a twill sample scarf on your own loom....
Learn techniques for working with multiple warp chains while designing at the reed....
Network drafting is a method for creating designs with curves. It may not look intuitive; however, there is a method-to-the-madness....
Do you have yarn in various colors, textures, weights, yarn types that you are not sure what to do with? Sponsored by Handweavers Guild of America....
Why should fiber artists be interested in this amazing plant? Sponsored by Lancaster Spinners and Weavers Guild....
This class has been canceled. Find the joy and fun in learning that we each have the ability to design our own unique wearables, regardless of sewing experience....
This class has been canceled. Find the joy and fun in learning that we each have the ability to design our own unique wearables, regardless of sewing experience....
Piece together all those handwoven scraps, knitted swatches and leftovers into something wonderful....
Join us for a talk and discussion about Blue Light Junction, the Indigo Shade Map project, and the Baltimore Dye Initiative by Kenya Miles and Rosa Chang. Sponsored by TATTER....
Learn to save time and explore many more variables using weaving design software....
Learn techniques for working with multiple warp chains while designing at the reed....
A visual and historical overview of the ikat technique as it has been practiced in different cultural and global textile centers over the ages....
This class will provide a basic template and teach the first set of skills required for creating a warp ikat scarf....
This class, the third of four beginning ikat sessions, covers the virtuoso of the ikat orchestra, dyeing....
Instruction will be given in four different warp shifting techniques that you can easily implement at home on any loom to create both subtle and smashing visual ikat effects....
Experience the art of early-American coverlet pattern weaving, while learning about the simplicity of planning with weaving software....
Learn to add a unique touch to your rag project—whether it is a rug, wall hanging, table runner, or placemats....
This is Part 2 of a 1-day, 2-session class. See Weaving 124, Unlocking the Mysteries, for full details....
Learn the basics of weaving the New England Porch Weave on a stool....
This overview documents both the design process and practical details of the weave structure known as warp-faced rep....
This workshop will explore inlay, overlay, pickup,and unblocking the block as ways to create free form woven design....
Fun multimedia exploration to exercise your imagination. Ten steps to expand your creative ideas and tips to get them down on paper....
Sakiori is a form of Japanese rag-weaving used by peasants from the mid-18th to the mid-20th centuries to make durable, warm cloth for work garments and other utilitarian textiles....
Split-shed weaving allows one to break out of blocks, create freeform designs and blend colors, using only 4 shafts....
Network drafting is a method for creating designs with curves. It may not look intuitive; however, there is a method-to-the-madness....
Robyn Spady will share some of Dr. Bateman’s most innovative work and how he took some weave structures to new heights....
Lace weaves are some of the most beautiful fabrics in the world but have you ever wondered what the difference is between Atwater-Bronson lace, Swedish lace, and huck lace is and why you would choose one over the other?...
Students will discover their path and chart a course on the incredible journey of weaving guided by a weaver who has been traveling for 60 years....
This is Part 2 of a 1-day, 2-session class. See Weaving 136 for full details....
Students will learn how to create their own original parallel threaded designs, including both computer and manual drafting methods. Part 1....
Be amazed as the complex ancient dyeing/weaving technique (ikat) is transformed into spontaneous designing directly on the warping board....
Early southern counterpanes, woven with fine weight cotton, provided a lightweight bedcovering for hot summer months....
After mastering plain weave on the rigid heddle loom, let's explore color and textures. Weave along or watch and listen....
Good cloth starts with a good warp and step one is knowing how to wind a warp so it goes onto the loom smoothly and evenly....
This class will help you get your wound warp onto the loom and ready to go....
This class will focus on establishing good weaving habits....
In this class we’ll talk about cutting the fabric from the loom, finishing techniques, hemstitching, fringe-twisting, record keeping, and continue our discussion on drafts in more depth....
Learn to integrate two or more weave structure or pattern drafts to create a blended draft....
Expand the possibilities of 8-shaft straight twill—learn to weave many variations on a single warp by varying the tie-up and/or the treadling....
Turning a beiderwand draft on 8 shafts creates clean pattern blocks, better drape and faster, one-shuttle weaving than its traditional supplementary weft method....
18th Century domestic handweavers produced a wide variety of fabric from their rustic looms for clothing, bed coverings, toweling and table linens....
Many of us carry a smartphone everywhere and we take lots of photos that inspire us. But how can we turn those images into tapestries?...
How can we take the inspiration we find in nature, in photographs, in cityscape, in fashion and design or in our emotions—and turn it into a color scheme with big impact?...
Working with a variety of yarns, tie-ups, treadlings and setts, you’ll weave a series of designs in Echo and Jin (Turned Taqueté)....
Magically combine structures and different yarns to create inspiring and truly unique fabrics....