November 16, 2024 STATE MEETING
Open: Margo Selby’s Workshop: Five Days of Immersion into Color and Design, Jill Staubitz
Jill was fortunate to take a weaving workshop with Margo Selby in Whitstable, England this past May. Margo's five-day workshop is designed for complete beginners to advanced weavers who want to look at their work with a fresh approach to color and texture, as well as learning new techniques. Jill will have samples to share with you from her experience, as well as photos of what the workshop weavers produced during their five days together in Whitstable. Join Jill for a peek into Margo's studio and the many things that Jill learned and observed during this workshop
Mini #1: Handmade Books to Showcase Fiber Arts, Christine Wilkinson
In this workshop, students will create an accordion book, including covers and pages for mounting their own weaving/knitting/dyeing etc.. Each set of pages will also include space for a description of your original fiber work, including technique, pattern, fiber, date, and other important information. We will also discuss other book structures that can be used by fiber artists.
Participants should bring:
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4-8 samples of original weaving, knitting, etc., cut to 4 ½ by 5 ½ inches
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Scissors for both paper and fabric, ruler, 2H pencil with eraser or pen
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Decorative paper for covers cut to 6 ¾ by 7 ¾ inches
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Bone folder (a book arts tool) or expired credit card for scoring and folding paper.
Details about materials will be sent to students after registration
Materials Fee: $20 (for paper for pages, cover boards, glues, additional materials and handouts)
Class Size: 12
Mini #2: IWeaveIt, an app to use at your loom, Louise Gould
This mini-workshop will show you how to make effective use of the app IWeaveIt on your iPad and/or iPhone. We will cover entering a simple draft including entering warp, treadling and tie-up. We will talk about tools for copy and pasting, inverting and reversing threadings or treadlings. We will talk about tools for turning a draft and adding tabby.
However, the most important features of iWeaveIt are the tools for preparing to warp your loom and the actual threading and treadling at the loom. If you have a long repeat of treadlings with multiple color changes (true in the warp too), iWeaveIt will follow your draft with a tap of the screen. Best of all, if you are using other software that can produce wif files such as FiberWorks PCW, you can take advantage of the powerful design tools and then pass the file over to iWeaveIt at the loom.
Participants can bring their own devices with iWeaveIt installed to play along or watch on the projected screen.
Materials Fee: $2 for handouts Class Size: 20
Mini #3: Getting Started with Hand-manipulated Lace, Jen Rogers
Some interesting laces are made by hand-manipulating the warp and the weft on the loom. In this mini workshop, the steps involved in making some of the most common types of these laces will be demonstrated, i.e. Leno, Brooks Bouquet, Danish Medallion, Spanish Lace. Participants will try out these laces for themselves. More advanced hand-manipulated laces may be introduced if there is time. The instructor will bring a loom for demonstrating, but students are encouraged to bring their own loom set up to weave plain weave to try the techniques demonstrated. The instructor will share her samples, and students are encouraged to bring examples of hand-manipulated laces they may have.
This class is especially for those who have had very limited or no experience weaving hand-manipulated lace. This type of weaving is a requirement for the Journeyman rating. The instructor would like to start up a study group for further exploration, so this class would be a good jumping off point. Anyone interested in exploring this topic can join the study group, however, and those with lots or experience are encouraged to join to share their insight.
This is intended to be a hands-on class for maximum learning. Participants should bring: A dressed rigid heddle or table loom pre-warped for plain weave with 72 ends of 10/2 linen or 8/4 cotton warp (whites preferable), same yarn wrapped onto a stick shuttle, a pick-up stick, small crochet hook, scissors, and notebook/pencil recommended.
Class participants will receive detailed instructions for dressing their looms for the class in advance, so please sign up early.
Materials Fee: $15 for hand-outs and some extra weft thread. Class Size: 10
Afternoon Program - Via Zoom
So, What is Krokbragd?, Debby Greenlaw
Krokbragd is a delightful Scandinavian weaving technique. In this presentation, Debby gives an overview of the origins, structure, examples, and tips for weaving Krokbragd. Debby Greenlaw is the author of “Krokbragd: How to Design & Weave” and “Krokbragd Patterns”.