Vävstuga Bandloom
Experience the versatility of our own band loom with innovative design features
Instructors: Becky Ashenden & Eva Gaultney
Dates offered 2024: Aug 12–16 (concurrent with BandFest)
Designing your own fabrics takes time and concentration. Imagine what you can accomplish in a full week dedicated to exploring patterns, colors, and textures in a group setting. We’ll present specific designing techniques for several weave structures and materials, along with the calculations required to write up your project sheet. Winding warps on our warping mills will be explored in greater detail than we are able to offer in other programs, Students will go home with a treasure trove of designing tools and projects, ready to hit the loom.
Structures & styles
- Plain weave
- Simple pattern pick-up
- Plain weave with treadle device
- Mora style pick-up
- Classic pattern pick-up
Theory & hands-on
- Analyzing plain weave bands
- Analyzing patterned bands
- Three warping methods
- Two beaming methods
- Threading with comfort and ease
- Three pick-up structures
- Storing your project for later
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Prerequisites: none
Max enrollment: 4
Location: Barn Studio
Course fee: $975 (includes all instruction and studio time, course handouts, lunch Mon–Fri, dinner Thu)
Materials fee: $40
Days offered: Five-day session, Mon–Fri
Schedule: Instruction time 9:00–noon and 1:30–4:00. Once a session begins, the Barn studio is available at all hours. Exception: on the last day, instruction ends at noon, and checkout must be completed by noon.