{"id":2390,"date":"2022-06-05T22:07:52","date_gmt":"2022-06-05T22:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anwgconference2023.com\/?page_id=2390"},"modified":"2022-08-21T21:50:24","modified_gmt":"2022-08-21T21:50:24","slug":"color-and-design-in-huck-lace","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2023\/color-and-design-in-huck-lace\/","title":{"rendered":"Color and Design in Huck Lace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The structure of Huck Lace provides a treasure trove of design for weavers. It is a shaft-efficient weave structure where an 8-shaft loom can produce six blocks of design; and a 4-shaft loom can produce a myriad of different ways to combine textures of warp\/weft floats with plain weave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The workshop begins with a Power Point presentation where weavers will learn how \u201cblocks\u201d or units of huck lace are threaded on four and eight shafts, and how they can be combined to expand design possibilities. Discussions will focus on converting a profile draft into a threading and treadling, and how literally thousands of designs can be created within a single threading by changing the tie-up. The tie-ups will be determined by using a transparent Huck Lace Template.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Participants will use printed Design Pages, Transparent Overlays, and the Huck Lace Template from Neilson\u2019s recently published book An Exaltation of Blocks <\/em>to explore thousands of design possibilities for 6-block Huck Lace. Weavers with 4-shaft looms will learn the sixteen different textures of 2-block Huck Lace and how to combine them in various ways to create more textures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The designs will be translated into woven towels. The Towel Project will consist of three 4 1\u20442\u201d sections of Huck Lace, each a different color, separated by a one inch stripe of plain weave. The overall width of the project is 16 1\u20444\u201d suitable for looms 18\u201d or wider. For looms that are less than 18\u201d wide, the stripes of plain weave are narrower, yielding an overall width of 15 1\/3\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upon registration, weavers will receive via email warping instructions for 4- and 8-shaft looms, and ideas for color selection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leader<\/strong>: Rosalie Neilson<\/a><\/strong>
Duration:<\/strong>\u00a03 days
Level:<\/strong>\u00a0Advanced Beginner to Intermediate and Advanced Weavers \u2013 must know how to warp a loom, trouble shoot loom problems, and repair crossed warp threads.
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