Woven Winter Scarf - Beginner Hand Loom Weaving One Day Workshop 12/8/2024
SKU:
BegWeave - Winter Scarf 102
$285.00
$285.00
per item
Make it and take it with you, all in a day! Learn the basics of loom weaving on a 4 shaft floor or table loom in this Beginner workshop and create a Handmade Woven Winter Scarf. Focus will be on introduction to loom weaving techniques with seasonal colors, textured yarns, and simple patterns. Make a Gift to Give this Holiday Season!
Date & Time
Saturday, December 8, 2024 ยท 11am - 4pm EST
Location:
88 Hatch Street, Studio 211 (second floor)
New Bedford, MA 02745
Details:
In this Studio Workshop, you will learn the basics of weaving on a 4 shaft floor or table loom to create a Woven Winter Scarf. Focus will be on introduction to loom weaving techniques with seasonal colors, textured yarns, and simple patterns.
No experience necessary. Studio Floor and Table Looms are pre-threaded for weaving, additional materials are provided. Looms are pre-threaded. The size and length of each student piece may vary depending on the yarns they choose to work with and individual skills. See photos of student work shown as examples. Work is finished to take home at the end of the session.
This is teen, young adult or adult workshop, limited to 4-6 students.
5 hour Session, Date & Time noted above
Classes are small with 4 floor looms and 2 table looms, allowing for individual attention. Spaces and equipment are reserved and prepped ahead of time, no rescheduling, refunds or cancellations, unless due to weather or illness. Costs cover materials, equipment maintenance, and instruction.
Students should arrive on time and be prepared for controlled physical activity, to sit for periods of time and move arms and legs to operate the looms, with breaks, as needed.
Bring a snack or bag lunch, a microwave is available.
Wear comfortable clothes. The studio is in an old mill, which can be warm in summer, drafty in winter. Jewelry and loose clothing, such as draped sleeves, are not recommended and will catch on threads and in equipment. Shoes are often removed for operating loom pedals, so bring socks.
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In this Studio Workshop, you will learn the basics of weaving on a 4 shaft floor or table loom to create a Woven Winter Scarf. Focus will be on introduction to loom weaving techniques with seasonal colors, textured yarns, and simple patterns.
No experience necessary. Studio Floor and Table Looms are pre-threaded for weaving, additional materials are provided. Looms are pre-threaded. The size and length of each student piece may vary depending on the yarns they choose to work with and individual skills. See photos of student work shown as examples. Work is finished to take home at the end of the session.
This is teen, young adult or adult workshop, limited to 4-6 students.
5 hour Session, Date & Time noted above
Classes are small with 4 floor looms and 2 table looms, allowing for individual attention. Spaces and equipment are reserved and prepped ahead of time, no rescheduling, refunds or cancellations, unless due to weather or illness. Costs cover materials, equipment maintenance, and instruction.
Students should arrive on time and be prepared for controlled physical activity, to sit for periods of time and move arms and legs to operate the looms, with breaks, as needed.
Bring a snack or bag lunch, a microwave is available.
Wear comfortable clothes. The studio is in an old mill, which can be warm in summer, drafty in winter. Jewelry and loose clothing, such as draped sleeves, are not recommended and will catch on threads and in equipment. Shoes are often removed for operating loom pedals, so bring socks.
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Your Instructor:
Amy C. Lund has been working with textiles most of her life, beginning with handspinning yarn to knitting, weaving and other aspects of the fiber arts, in history and art museums both demonstrating and in collections management. She completed a Masters in Science in Textiles and Related Art from the University of Rhode Island in 1993, eventually starting a weaving studio and gallery for teaching and creating artisan handspun yarns from sheep's wool, alpaca, cotton, linen and other fibers; hand knit and hand woven accessories including scarves, handbags and clothing; home decor table linens, blankets, rugs, tapestries; and mixed media fiber art collage assemblages. She also repairs and restores textiles. |