Description: Are you a member of that illustrious “full-size sample” club, feeling guilty that you should have sampled first… but there wasn’t enough time, yarn, or money available, and you were sure your weaving software would figure out everything for you? Listen up! The aim of sampling is to acquire information, not cause guilt or pain! Stop treating sampling as a dreaded disease – sampling IS weaving and can significantly improve your textiles.
An inveterate sampler, Ruby has always tried to extract as much information as possible from each warp. After years of being a closet sampler, she wants to dismantle the negative ideas that the word “sampling” invokes and turn it into an easy habit to embrace. Sampling is more than weaving or not weaving a sample at the loom before embarking on a project. It is a design tool – an easily acquired way of thinking about how to weave and create cloth. There are techniques and strategies for how to extract a maximum amount of information from a surprisingly small investment of time, money and/or yarn. The lecture covers techniques for sampling color, fiber, and/or pattern in both weft AND warp.
Instructor: Ruby Leslie
Duration: 1/2 Day
When: June 18 – Morning
Level: All
Supplies that students will bring: Note taking supplies
Fee: $0
Materials Included: None