2027 Class – Handwoven Lace Techniques

Handwoven Lace Techniques
with Karen Donde

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Huck Lace, Swedish Lace and Atwater-Bronson Lace are all loom-controlled woven laces created by inserting carefully planned floats into a plain weave structure.

In this 2-1/2 day round-robin workshop, participants will learn the differences between these three different techniques for weaving lacy, open fabrics. Three different drafts for each style of lace, with four-and eight-shaft options, will be spread evenly among participants to illustrate different ways to design with lace weaves. Some drafts will be assigned to two looms to help keep the round-robin moving. Participants will take home a collection of lace weave drafts and their woven samples.

If time permits, the instructor will discuss other techniques such as hand-worked laces like leno and Brooks Bouquet, as well as bead leno and canvas weaves.

Skill/Experience Level

Advanced Beginner

Class Day and Time

Friday – All Day
Saturday – All Day
Sunday -Half Day Morning

Material Fees

$0.00

Equipment and Supplies to be brought by Student

• pre-warped 4 or 8-shaft loom with a minimum 8-inch weaving width
• warp and weft materials: 10/2 pearl (mercerized) cotton OR 8/2 unmercerized cotton – about a half pound total
• the color should be a light color (white, off white, light gray or tan, pale pastel, etc.) s
• some drafts may use small amounts of other colors, and all weavers may bring a few other colors for weft experiments if desired
• reed: 10 is preferred but an 8 or 12 would work
• 2 shuttles with 4-6 bobbins
• pen and pencil with eraser
• ruler
• graph paper
• tags for marking samples (recycled Tyvek envelopes cut into strips hold up better in wash than string/paper tags)
• laundry marker
• scissors
• T-pins
• weights for warp repairs
• measuring tape
• threading hook
• items to be shared by the class: Bobbin winders; Iron & ironing board or pad (2 each would be handy)

Meet the Instructor

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Karen Donde