Twill Double Weave Blankets
If you have enjoyed making plain weave double width blankets, this class is a logical next step. With an eight-shaft loom, students can weave a number of different twill patterns in double weave, i…
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Color and Weave for the Rigid Heddle
This workshop highlights some of the amazing visual effects one can achieve using two contrasting colors in plain weave on the rigid heddle loom. Students have the opportunity to weave samples in a…
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Marbling Fabric
Like the graining within the interior of a tree, marbled fabrics have the appeal that no two pieces will ever be the same. This course will introduce students into the spontaneity of putting pigmen…
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Synthetic Dyeing
If you have never tried to dye your own yarn but are intrigued by the idea of creating your own unique skeins, here is the workshop for you. We will explain the basics of home dyeing. Although you …
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Hem Stitching Variations for Floor loom
Most weavers think of the hem stitch solely for beginning and ending our handwoven piece to secure weft, but there are so many more applications! Looms will be pre-warped with Perle cotton ready to…
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Spinning Novelty Yarns
Have you ever wondered how to spin those wonderful yarns that have interesting textures and visual appeal? This workshop will take you beyond the typical yarn. Students will learn how to spin sever…
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No Fear Cotton Spinning
You will thank Joan Ruane for teaching you how to properly spin and yes, enjoy spinning cotton. Spinning cotton yarn can be enjoyable once you have learned the tricks of the trade. You will also le…
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Ice Dyeing
Forget the rubber bands, the 60’s tie-dye we all love has a new look. This course will introduce students into the wild and wonderful world of ice dyeing. Using an extreme cold water or ice proce…
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Dyeing Gradient Yarns
We all have had that “ah ha” moment as we stand in front of a display of gradient yarns which provide us with many yards of one color that gradually shift into another creating this exciting an…
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Beginning Rag Rugs
This workshop is for the intermediate weaver who wishes to try their hand at making Rag Rugs. We will discuss the variety of materials recommended for warp. As an added new twist to the Rag Rug cla…
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Triaxial and Hex Weaves
Challenge yourself as a weaver to take your weaving from 2 axis intersections to the next level. This introductory class will give students a basic understand of 3 axis weaving, referred to as hex …
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Color Theory for Weavers
Come on board for an amazing few days of color in weaving! Students will be given an overview of how to navigate the tricky road of color theory specifically relating to woven fabric, and how it br…
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Two Heddle Rigid Heddle
Did you say 2 heddles… no problem! Students will literally “double” their weaving knowledge. Students will warp looms with pre-wound warps, tackling the largest hurdle of two heddle weaving, …
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Clasped Weft for Floor Loom
This course has been designed for those weavers who are looking for a more organic approach to adding visual texture to their woven fabrics. In this class students will be introduced to a technique…
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Clasped Weft for the Rigid Heddle
This course has been designed for those weavers who are looking for a more organic approach to adding visual texture to their woven fabrics. In this class students will be introduced to a technique…
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Shawls with Supplemental Warps
We have had many requests for a class that would help an individual better understand how supplementary warps work and if a double back beam is needed to weave them. Well, here is the class for you…
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Lesser Known Weave Structures
This workshop is designed to give you an opportunity to weave samples of structures that are not commonly used but are brought up from time to time in conversations or read about in older books an…
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V-Shaped Scarves on the Rigid Heddle
This stunning scarf is a variation of the traditional scarf, with a twist. The “V” in the back of the scarf is the result of weaving the warp ends of one section into the wa…
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Surface Embellishments on the Floor Loom
How do you take a simple one-color scarf, table runner, or curtain and make it something special and unique? This class helps to answer that question. Students will weave a sampler on a pre-warped …
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Surface Embellishments on the Rigid Heddle
How do you take a simple one-color scarf, table runner, or curtain and make it something special and unique? This class helps to answer that question. Students will weave a sampler on a pre-warped …
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Collapsed and Pleated Weaves
If you are anything like me than you love to explore different weave structures and knowing how they work. This is the case of Collapsed Weaves. By sampling many warps and observing my successes a…
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Summer and Winter
Summer & Winter is a weave structure often associated with coverlets. Weavers are attracted to its unique threading system that creates bold geometric patterns with short surface floats. These shor…
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Spinning Flax Hemp and Bamboo
Special note: Tom will not be offering this year due to lack of supply. No fret, we will be offering a similar course with Joan Ruane, AZ in the fall spinning cotton and hemp fibers!
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Complimentary Plain Weave
This weave structure is also sometimes known as double weave overshot. The reason is because overshot threadings can be can be easily arranged to this weave structure. For that matter, any twill o…
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Fiberworks 101 Designing with Pattern
This is an introductory class for designing with patterns using weaving software as a tool. You will learn how to enter a simple threading draft, tie-up and treadling draft into a weaving software…
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Fiberworks 201 for 8 Shafts or more
This is for the weaver who has acquired an eight shaft loom and wants to weave pattern designs in weave structures such as summer and winter, turned twill, double weave, point twill or star work we…
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Tartan Throws
The timeless beauty of traditional Scottish tartans are so appealing, and weaving tartan patterns is great fun. Each student will weave a small blanket/lap robe in wool on a pre-warped loom, to be…
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History of Tartans
Special Evening Lecture:
This informative and entertaining slide lecture begins with the earliest references and images relating to tartan cloth and moves through the heart…
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Checked Wool Rugs
Favored and admired for it’s classic appearance, Tom’s interpretation of a checked wool rug has been popular among weavers both new and experienced in rug making. In this course student…
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Krokbragd
Boundweave has led us to another weft faced twill weave known throughout Scandinavia as Krokbragd. Boundweave is typically woven as a four shaft twill. The treadling sequence is a balanced 2/2 tw…
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Warp & Weave for the Rigid Heddle
Already taken a basic weaving class, but having problems when it comes time to warp the loom and planning projects? Warping the loom is not as difficult as it sometimes seems, and we’ll let y…
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TUBULAR WOVEN BANDS AND OTHER ANDEAN DECORATIVE FINISHES