Gamp Camp
Explore our yarns and colors
Weave eight gamps in different yarns to learn how colors, structures, and materials interact on the loom.
Instructors: Becky Ashenden, Eva Gaultney, and Lisa Hill
Dates offered 2025: Oct 27–31
Gain experience working with a wide variety of materials and structures that will broaden the scope of your future projects. If you are mystified by how colors blend together on the loom, and intrigued by unfamiliar yarns, our Gamp Camp class is just what you need. You will have the opportunity to weave with several of our luxurious yarns, each in our own chosen arrangement of colors, as you hone your skills to square your squares. These gamps will be valuable design tools for many years to come.
Warp materials
- 6/2 wool
- 22/2 cottolin
- 33/2 cottolin
- 8/2 cotton
- 35/2 lace linen
- 8/2 Möbelåtta wool
Structures
- Plain weave
- Basket weave
- 2/2 twill
- Multi shaft twills
- Halvdräll blocks
Classroom sessions
- Color theory with Lisa Hill
- Yarn sample cards
- Fabric samples galore
- Designing your own gamps
- Uses of gamps
Design your own
You choose the colors, we wind the warp
Take advantage of our Yarn-in-a-Jars to aid designing your own gamp warps to take home. Picking your own color palette in a favorite yarn will make a resource you will use to plan your future projects for many years to come.
When we wind your warp here, no need to buy a full skein or tube of each color.
Schedule
Mon – Threading and tying up our 4 main looms. Color theory with Lisa Hill.
Tue – Start weaving, rotate to new projects as needed. With 4 students and 6 looms, you will not feel rushed to move on. Some projects will take more time than others.
Mon–Thu – Classroom sessions build on each other through the week. A thorough exposure to numerous samples in a variety of structures and materials will facilitate and inspire designing your own personalized color gamps.
Fri – Finishing and discussion. Comparisons of all the different materials. Using gamps with Lisa Hill.
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Prerequisites: Vävstuga Basics (Why does everyone need Basics?)
Max enrollment: 4
Location: Farmhouse
Course fee: $1100 (includes all instruction and studio time, course handouts, lunch Mon–Fri, dinner Thu)
Materials fee: $95
Days offered: Five-day session, Mon–Fri
Schedule: Instruction time 9:00–noon and 1:30–4:00. Exception: on the last day, instruction ends at noon, and checkout must be completed by 3:00.