Due to COVID-19, FTWG cancelled its 2022 Conference two months before it was scheduled to start. As a result, this workshop was not taught in 2022.

Huck with Color and Weave Effects

Skill Level

Intermediate

Required Skills:

  • Must be able to warp loom prior to class, read a draft, and handle more than one shuttle.

Class Length

  • 2.5 Days
  • Friday: 9 am to 12 pm, 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm
  • Saturday: 9 am to 12 pm, 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm
  • Sunday: 9 am to 12 pm

Description

This workshop is based on Knisely's study and book on Huck Lace with Color and Weave Effects.

Huck Lace is normally woven with natural or white colored threads and rely on the texture of the warp and weft floats to create the pattern. When you add Color and Weave theory to the mix, you are able to elevate this weave structure to a whole new level of beautifully patterned fabric.

This workshop is designed to be woven as a pattern gamp or sampler. Different Color and Weave arrangement are threaded across the warp and as you weave through the treadling orders, dozens of attractive patterns develop.

Warping directions and a materal list will be sent out several weeks prior to the workshop.

Fees

Registration Fee $290 for FTWG members and $320 for all others.
Materials Fee $0

Materials Fee includes: handouts

Students to Bring

  • A loom warped per instructions sent before class
  • Three boat shuttles
  • Bobbins
  • Bobbin winder
  • Scissors
  • Tape measure
  • Pins and weights for broken warp ends or floating selvedges
  • Remaining warp thread to use as weft
  • Any additional colors of thread that you might want to try during class
  • Notebook with pen or pencil
  • Graph paper with 4 or 5 to the inch graph
  • Colored pencils

Instructor Bio

Tom Knisely

Tom has been weaving, teaching and writing about weaving and spinning for more than 40 years. He is currently teaching at Red Stone Glen Fiber Arts Studio in York Haven, PA. Besides weaving examples for teaching and articles, Tom loves collecting and studying antique textiles and ethnic textiles from different parts of the World. His studies inspire much of what he loves to weave.

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