April 2026
Spring mud season
It’s been a dramatic mud season at Vävstuga. Luckily, we’re between classes and setting up for our next offerings.
Starting on April 27, we’re hosting a Vävstuga Projects class and a 9-day Smalandsväv class. Spaces are still available in both classes; act quickly so that we may prepare your project.
Smålandsväv class has April openings
Smålandsväv, known as skillbragd in Norway, is a fascinating structure, achieving intricate looking patterns on extremely simple equipment using two sets of shafts and long-eye heddles. Even though every student starts with the same size warp, vastly different projects can take shape, from runners to coverlets. We even have an irresistible new design tool for refrigerator magnets. Don’t miss out on learning how to weave this stunning structure.
- Apr 27 – May 5 (9 days) — Smålandsväv class still has room for you
Inspiration with colored heddles by Texsolv
These are an underappreciated gem among our store offerings. Texsolv has created colored heddles in six vivid colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and black. We have been having a wonderful time this March using our colored heddles. Many set-ups in our Drawloom DEF class are triple-harness, and colored heddles make for foolproof threading as the colors set them visually apart from the white long-eye heddles.
There are many other uses for these colored heddles in regular weaving as well. For instance, you might find it useful to use a different color on each shaft, alternate dark and light heddles for alternating dark and light warp ends, or thread white warp ends into contrasting colored heddles.
We enjoyed making these entertaining videos for our friends at Texsolv and their social media sites — take a look and see how much fun Tonya is having.
- Texsolv colored heddles make life easier
- Putting new Texsolv heddles onto your loom
- Texsolv colored heddles – good for many situations
Here are some examples that we tried this week at our drawlooms with great success. For each, we used regular heddles in a single color for plain weave, and long-eye heddles in white for patterning.
Closeout items
Updated list for this month. These items are being discontinued, or we are no longer carrying them. Browse the list for great deals on some remaining inventory of yarns and 160cm loom parts.
Class openings
Our 2026 weaving classes are filling up. View our current openings, and pick a class that’s right for you.
- Apr 27 – May 5 (9 days) — Smålandsväv, complicated patterning on a simple two-harness setup
- Apr 27 – May 1 — Vävstuga Projects, a class customized to your desires
- May 18–22 — Drawloom ABC, single-unit project available
- Aug 17–21 — Straw & Friends, explore various natural plant materials as weft
- Oct 5–9 — Sword Smörgåsbord, expand your horizons on a simple 4-shaft loom
- Nov 2–6 — Drawloom ABC, single-unit and opphämta projects available
Monthly Palmgren video: upholstery
For April we have Palmgren Project #4: Upholstery in twill and plain weave. This fascinating upholstery combines plain weave stripes with 3/1 twill stripes and long wiggly outlines. The 16/1 linen weft dominates the 16/2 cotton warp to make this a silky and linen-y upholstery fabric that can be woven in numerous creative ways. Put on one warp, then weave it with every color under the sun to create your own beautiful array of fabrics.
- Vävstuga Video Classes (VVC)
- Palmgren Projects on VVC
- Palmgren Project #4: Upholstery in twill and plain weave
Recent class activity
