2023 Comprehensive Basic Weaving $575

$75.00

COMPREHENSIVE BASIC WEAVING - 4 & 8-SHAFTS

Your confidence level will soar with all the new-found knowledge gained in this workshop!

Instructor: Susan Conover

Prerequisites: None

Max Enrollment: 4

Price: $575 (includes all instruction time, materials & use of equipment) Students to supply their own lunch. A non-refundable deposit of $75 is required to secure a spot in this course with the balance due two weeks prior to the course beginning.

Dates Offered: Monday through Friday; April 24-28, 2023 and September 25-29, 2023

Course Times: 8:30am-5pm daily.

If you desire a solid foundation course in floor loom weaving - this is the course for you. If you have been away from weaving for a bit and need to "refresh" your memory - this also is the course for you. We have enjoyed enrollment in this course from folks throughout North America!

Following are highlights of this comprehensive curriculum:
Anatomy of the loom: jack, counterbalance and countermarch

Use of the warping board & warping mill

Dressing the loom from back to front with the aid of a warping trapeze

Calculations of warp warp and weft

Reed and sett choices

Reading drafts (to include drawdowns)

Tie-Ups for jack, 4-shaft counterbalance and 8-shaft countermarch looms (students will have an opportunity to weave on all of these looms).

Shuttle considerations

Use of the wooden temple

Finishing techniques for your handwovens; including hemstitching on the loom

How to fix mistakes

Calculating the rate of shrinkage after wet finishing

Loom ergonomics
Students will have an opportunity to weave the following projects during our five days together:
Two plain weave napkins in 8/2 Egyptian cotton, measuring 18" wide on the loom, 4-shaft

8-shaft Cottolin warp towel with linen weft, measuring 18" wide on the loom

Two color gamps; one woven in twill and the other in plain weave in Borgs 6/2 Tuna Wool, measuring 14" on the loom, 4-shaft

Please note our cancellation policy: A non-refundable deposit of $75 is required to secure a spot in this class. The balance is due two weeks prior to the course beginning.All in-person class participants must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and properly wear a face mask while in our studio.