Saturday Morning

Sampling is NOT a dirty word - Ruby Leslie

Skill Level: Beginner to Advanced. Everyone may glean information useful for their own weaving projects.

Class Limit: 20

Materials Fee: none

Student supplies: Notebook and pen/pencil

Sampling is NOT a dirty word - Ruby Leslie Skill Level: Beginner to Advanced. Everyone may glean information useful for their own weaving projects. Class Limit: 20 Materials Fee: none Student supplies: Notebook and pen/pencil

Ruby is an inveterate sampler, always trying to extract as much information as possible from each warp. It’s time to dismantle the negative ideas that the word “sampling” invokes and turn it into an easy habit to embrace. Sampling is more than weaving or not weaving a sample at the loom before embarking on a project. It is a design tool – an easily acquired way of thinking about how to weave and create cloth. There are techniques and strategies for how to extract a maximum amount of information from a surprisingly small investment of time, money and/or yarn. This lecture covers techniques for sampling color, fiber, and/or pattern in both weft AND warp. 

An Overview of 4-shaft Overshot - Susan Conover

Skill Level: Beginner to Advanced

Class Limit: 20 Materials fee: none

Student supplies: Notebook and pen/pencil

This lecture includes an explanation of the overshot weave structure; what it is and how to execute it to perfection. Susan Conover will focus on the treadling sequences that are most popular … Star and Rose fashion. Susan will share quite a few videos highlighting the placement of the wooden temple, advancing the warp, two (and more) shuttle management solutions, treadling tips and tricks, selvedge do's and don'ts, etc. This is a must for anyone wanting to understand this old-timey weave.

Once Upon a Warp: From Loom to Runway - Denise Kovnat

Skill Level: All

Class Limit: 20

Materials fee: none

Student supplies: Notebook and pen/pencil

This lecture traces my weaving journey from concept to completion of a garment, followed by a fashion show of the garments themselves. Every year since 2008 I have set myself a challenge: weave a garment (or two) that will be juried into the Convergence fashion show, part of the biennial conference of the Handweavers Guild of America. To date, I have been able to meet the challenge – but there is more to the story, with some ups and downs along the way! Anyone who weaves or creates fabric or designs garments will relate. Many tips will be shared and there will be ample time for Q & A.

Book Making: Easy Travel Journal - Judy Dominic

Skill Level: All levels of bookmakers welcome.

Class Limit: 15

Materials Fee: $3

Student supplies: List will be sent upon registration.

Travel is such a wonderful way to expand the mind and journaling is a great asset to remembering all that you experience. Learn some easy ways to make a travel journal to fit your needs from simple, everyday around-the-house supplies. Be as creative as you wish in personalizing your journal. Ideas sufficient for more than one journal.