{"id":20819,"date":"2024-09-10T09:07:07","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T16:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/block-party\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T15:48:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T22:48:28","slug":"block-party","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/workshops\/block-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Block Party\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"389\" height=\"500\" data-src=\"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/block-copy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21799 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/block-copy.jpeg 389w, https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/block-copy-233x300.jpeg 233w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 389px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 389\/500;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Do the terms \u201cblock design\u201d and \u201cprofile draft\u201d bewilder you?\u00a0Are you interested in developing new patterns and pushing your loom to new limits?\u00a0 Whether you have a four-shaft loom and want to expand its potential or want to better understand what to do with all those shafts, then this workshop is for you!\u00a0Through presentation, discussion, and exercises, you will develop a practical understanding of blocks, profile drafts, and how to use them to create new exciting drafts.\u00a0You will also examine the fundamental building blocks of many weave structures, including tied weaves, lace weaves, overshot, and Crackle, and how they can be manipulated into new designs and open up an unlimited number of new possibilities.\u00a0You will even explore how to build your own block.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Instructor:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/robyn-spady\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"20686\">Robyn Spady<\/a><br><strong>Duration:<\/strong> 1 day<br><strong>When:<\/strong> Thursday<br><strong>Level: <\/strong>Intermediate to Advanced (and adventure-seeking beginners)<br><strong>Categories:<\/strong> Weaving<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Supplies that students will bring: <\/strong>Note taking materials<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Material Fee:<\/strong> $10<br><strong>Materials Included:<\/strong> The materials fee covers a 90+ page spiral-bound notebook printed in color.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do the terms \u201cblock design\u201d and \u201cprofile draft\u201d bewilder you?\u00a0Are you interested in developing new patterns and pushing your loom to new limits?\u00a0 Whether you have a four-shaft loom and want to expand its potential or want to better understand what to do with all those shafts, then this workshop is for you!\u00a0Through presentation, discussion,&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/workshops\/block-party\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Block Party\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21799,"parent":21341,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20819","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-workshops"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20819"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26817,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20819\/revisions\/26817"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21341"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}