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W10 FABRICS THAT GO BUMP
S122 HUCK LACE
S320 MORE FOR LESS
S418 FABRICS THAT GO BUMP!
Madelyn first learned to weave
on a backstrap loom in Guatemala. From that introduction grew a passion
for textiles, weaving and looms. Madelyn is managing editor of Weavers
magazine and author of The Complete Book of Drafting. She has operated
the Weavers’ School since 1984, and travels throughout the U.S. and Canada
to explain weave structures in words we can all understand.
W10 FABRICS THAT GO BUMP
Pre-Conference Workshops, July 13-15
Weave fantastic fabrics that are not flat-on purpose! Includes pleated weaves, waffle weaves, cords, seersuckers, cell weaves, double-woven waves and circles, and more. Each student chooses a weave to explore and produces enough fabric in class for a scarf, pillow top, towel or vest. After the fabrics are removed from the loom, washed and critiqued, participants exchange looms for a small library of samples.
Supplies:4-shaft or 8-shaft loom. Instructions will be sent to students in advance; all normal weaving supplies.
Fee:$3.00.
Level: All.
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S122 HUCK LACE
Saturday Morning Mini-Session, 9:00 – 11:30
Explore the joys of light and lovely huck lace. Learn to draft original designs for clothing, curtains, table linens, and more. Handouts include design steps and special design paper, directions for weaving 4- and 8- shaft samplers, and pick-up instructions for fancy lace patterns on four shafts.
Supplies: None.
Fee: None.
Level: All.
S320 MORE FOR LESS
Sunday Morning Mini-Session, 9:00 – 11:30
Get more pattern out of fewer shafts with some special techniques: double two-tie unit weave, network drafting, blended drafts and combined threadings, advancing twills, and turned drafts. With this lecture, slide presentation, and written exercises, you can add these techniques to your weaver’s bag of tricks.
Supplies: A ruler; pencil; colored
pencils.
Fee: None.
Level: Intermediate and Advanced.
S418 FABRICS THAT GO BUMP!
Sunday Afternoon Mini-Session, 2:00
– 4:30
Discover how to weave fabrics that are not flat—on purpose! Lecture, slides and handouts cover the differential shrinkage to produce seersuckers and other bumps; the drafting and weaving techniques that cause pleating, waffling and bending of threads; and the drafting theory for a special form of double weave that produces circular and wavy motifs on as few as eight shafts.
Supplies: Note-taking materials.
Fee: None.
Level: All.
