Curtains

Plain weave, lace weaves, mixed setts, yarn combinations, treadled leno, and more

Special one-time opportunity — join us as we weave these beautiful gamps to display in our store

Instructors: Becky Ashenden, Eva Gaultney, and special guest Jenna Smith

Dates offered 2025: May 5–13

Curtains give any home that cozy welcoming feeling. Weaving your own presents a rewarding challenge. The sheer quality of the fabrics presents unusual obstacles, giving us the opportunity to introduce you to many techniques to assure your success. Special sessions with our in-house seamstress Jenna will give insight on turning your fabric into actual curtains.

Projects

On your own loom:

Choose your personal 6-meter curtain warp from our tantalizing offerings:

One shared loom:

Treadled leno (beams two warps onto one beam)
Mixed denting
Inlay patterns

Extra projects

As time and energy permit, we will set up some intriguing curtain patterns that we choose from the 1923 Sigrid Palmgren weaving book.

Theory & drafting

Lace weaves
Uneven denting
Pre-sley calculation
Materials
Setts

Finishing

with Jenna

Washing and pressing
Planning and measuring
Cutting and sewing
Style choices
Hanging options
Tie-back bands

Schedule

Mon – Everyone will settle in at their own loom and start threading their warps. Students will take turns setting up the treadled leno.

Tue – we will continue setting up the looms and start to weave.

Wed – We will start rotating on the extra warps, which will be all set to go.

Daily – Classroom sessions will
build on each other through the week, providing a thorough
exposure to many examples,
techniques, materials, and
designs.