Swedish Classics
Builds on the techniques taught in Vävstuga Basics and has a similar format.
Instructors: Becky Ashenden & Eva Gaultney
Dates offered 2024: Jul 22–26, Jul 29 – Aug 2
An in-depth study of several classic weave structures commonly found in traditional Swedish handwoven textiles makes this class the logical next step after Vävstuga Basics. Students will go home with a greatly enhanced feeling of confidence in all aspects of their weaving, as well as gaining new experience with a wide variety of our beautiful cotton, linen, and wool yarns, and even the opportunity to weave on a drawloom.
5 packed days, 5 projects
Tablecloth in tow linen – Your warp will be wound and pre-sleyed ahead in your color choices, and we will start by beaming all the linen tablecloth warps as a group, followed by a review of threading, sleying and tying up the loom.
Monksbelt runner – Two pattern blocks on a plain weave linen ground, set up and ready to go using wool or linen weft
Rosepath bag or belt – Ornate patterning with so many color possibilities. Once the tablecloths are woven, those looms will be magically set up to weave rosepath.
8-shaft twill – Explore multiple treadling variations. Loom will be set up and ready. Cotton and linen.
Drawloom optional – We will have our new Julia drawloom set up and ready for you to explore.
Mon
Setup day
In this five-day class, each student spends the first day dressing their own loom, starting with beaming all the warps as a group. We will send instruction on choosing your personal warp colors.
Topics include:
- Beaming review
- Special tips for linen
- Comfort while threading the heddles and sleying the reed
- Efficiency and accuracy of the Vävstuga tie-up system in review
Tue–Thu
Weaving days
We will focus on the tablecloth projects to start with, and then move onto the other projects as time allows.
Topics include:
- Handling multiple shuttles
- Weaving on a single ply linen warp
- Gaining confidence with multiple treadles and blocks
- Noting the differences between tie-up systems
- Review of using a temple
- Weaving on a drawloom
- Hemming your linens
ALL WEEK
Classroom learning
A review of drafting as it relates to all of our projects, and other valuable information that can’t fit in our Basics week.
Classroom topics include:
- Record-keeping, in the form of a detailed project sheet for each of our five projects
- Drafting of monksbelt, rosepath, twill and satin structures
- Drafting with blocks
- Yarn sample cards, with multitudinous woven pieces to show how each of our many yarns are used
- Sett theory, including a very detailed sett chart
- Pre-sley calculation
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Swedish Classics
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Prerequisites: Vävstuga Basics (Why does everyone need Basics?)
Max enrollment: 4
Location: Barn Studio
Course fee: $975 (includes all instruction and studio time, course handouts, lunch Mon–Fri, dinner Thu)
Materials fee: $100
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.