Here’s the list of seminars being offered:
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Creating Color Palettes for Weavers
For weavers – yarn colours selected for weaving do not always produce the expected or anticipated results. How can weavers be more certain about their colour choices? We…
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Deflected Double Weave Structures
Participants will learn about the basic elements of Deflected Double Weave (DDW), how the combination of threading and treadling can be used to make different layers. Hopefully, they…
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Designing in the Halftones
The overshot most weavers are familiar with has four blocks on four shafts, which offers lots of design potential in the blocks but zero design options in the…
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Designing Plaited Twills on Double Two-Tie Threadings
Double two-tie (D2T) threadings*, which require only two shafts for each twill block, instead of the four shafts per block used in traditional twill threadings, are an attractive…
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Diagonal Lanterns
Sweet diagonal tubes lanterns made with artist painted paper*. Add mini battery-operated lights to make them sparkle or display several in a glass bowl. Class kit includes tool…
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Drafting New Structures for Parallel Weaves
Typically, parallel threadings have been used with a narrow range of weave structures – echo weave, double weave, warp-faced compound tabby (aka Jin or turned taqueté), shadow and…
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Ethnic Textiles 101
Show-and-Tell, Feel-and-Photograph. This presentation allows you to get up-close and personal with the top selected pieces of Marilyn’s extensive textile collection. Spend a morning wallowing in color, structure,…
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Felted Floral Jewelry Part 1
In this class I will guide you to create complex floral jewelry shapes inspired by nature. You will learn how to work with extremely fine, 16 micron merino…
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Felted Floral Jewelry Part 2
See Felted Floral Jewelry Part 1. This is a 2 part class. You must register for both Part 1 and Part 2. Instructor: Flóra Carlile-KovácsWhen: Saturday PM (Note: Part…
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Finishing Techniques for Weavers
Learn a variety of ways to put the finishing touches on your weaving project including on-loom and off-loom techniques. Explore a variety of ways to hem stitch, twist…