Why, you may ask, should we bother using a computer for 4 and 8-shaft designs? Isn’t it a tool for those who weave on 16 shafts? 32 shafts? Maybe even more?
The focus of 4-8 . . . Weave! is not on what a program “does” but what we can do with it —“how” computers enable us to design in a way we could never have envisioned in the past.
This workshop presents methods for creating exciting designs: 4 block double weave on 4 shafts, interleaving, polychrome, the many ways to make use of parallel thread- ings, turned taquete, turned S2T (summer & winter). . . .
Weave design programs come with perfectly good manuals, manuals that explain the features of the programs, but not how to implement them. Just as a car’s manual tells you the car’s features, but it doesn’t teach you to drive!
4–8 . . . Weave! fills that gap.
Despite the title, the methods are appropriate for weavers with any number of shafts.
Note: This is the description for the 2 day workshop. Click here for the seminar.
Leader: Marg Coe
Duration: 2 days
Level: Beginners to Advanced. Participants should have a rudimentary knowledge of both basic weaving terminology and computer use.
Student supplies to bring: Laptop computer with Fiberworks Silver installed (demo mode is sufficient), note taking supplies.
Materials Fee: $18