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Sessions by Level

Looking for something that matches your experience level? This list of sessions by level will help point you in the right direction.

Workshops

New Weavers
Learn to Weave!

All
Blending Board Magic
Block Party 
Braiding with Bling – Kumihimo With Beads
Breaking All the Rules: Tablet Woven Uzbek Jiyak
Diagonal Twill Basics
Handmade vs Homemade
Oshie-E and Kiribame 
Pine Needle Basketry
Seamless Garment with Marble Design
Tapestry Weaving Immersion – Fundamentals and Beyond 
Weft Pile Techniques

Beginner
Punch a Rug!
Tablets from Zero to Sulawesi

Advanced Beginner and Beyond
Tāniko – 2 and 3 Color Twining

Beginner, Intermediate
Angles & Unduls
Twill Tie-ups: Where the Magic Happens

Intermediate
A Parallel Threading is the Weaver’s Playground
Beyond Braids: Spinning Magic
Beyond Thick and Thin
Controlling Creative Chaos: Focus on the Warp
Corespinning Plus
Deflected Double Weave – An Investigation Into the Structure and Yarns That Make the Deflections
Designing and Drafting Tessellations
Exploring Double Two-Tie
Paper Patches
Peripheral
Plaid Clinic for Rigid Heddle Weavers
Shadow Weave: The Multifaceted Structure
Southern Handwoven Counterpanes
Spinning 201 – Beyond the Basics
Swedish Towels
Tailoring Handwovens
Textured Yarns for Weaving

Intermediate, Advanced
Advanced Inkle Weaving–Use of Supplementary Heddles
Felted Ruffled Scarf
Less Than Four: Vacant-Hole Tablet Weaving Techniques

Advanced
Advanced Inkle Weaving–Stellar Weave
Multi-Heddles for Rigid Heddle Looms 

Seminars

All
Achieving Texture in Weaving
Archaeological Textiles
Beginning Inkle Weaving
Color Theory for Fiber Artists
Creating Color Palettes for Weavers
Deflected Double Weave Structures
Designing in the Halftones
Ethnic Textiles 101
Finishing Techniques for Weavers
Getting Unstuck with Tablet Weaving
Interlacements: Threads & Lives
It’s Not Magic, Its Mechanics: How Tablet Weaving Works
Japanese Fashion and Textiles through the Ages 
L’Amour de Maman – Acadian Weaving
Looms of Iron Age Europe
Name drafting: Not just for overshot!
Needle Felt Spring Eggs
Overshot Departures
Profile Drafting 101
Shaker Weaving and Textiles
Special Fabrics – Special Techniques
Spinning the New Fibers
Stained Glass Coasters Needle Felting Tapestry Style
The Colorful History of Tartan
The Many Faces of Dimity and Historic Drafting
Uzbek Ikat: The Personal Saga of an Exceptional Cloth
Would Scarlett O’Hara Have Woven a Counterpane?

All, ability to read a draft is helpful
Bateman Weaves as Inspiration for Planning Your Own Innovative Weaving Journey

Beginner
Beginner Punch Needle
Paper Weaving
Pin Loom Sampler (Table Runner)
Trichinopoly (a.k.a. wire weaving, Viking knitting) 4 Petal Bracelet

Beginner, Intermediate
ABC’s of Drop Spindling
Supported Spindling

Intermediate
Adventures in Double Two-Tie
Bottle Brush / Caterpillar Yarn
Button Yarn
Designing Plaited Twills on Double Two-Tie Threadings
Drafting New Structures for Parallel Weaves
Hissy Fits: Altering Clothing Patterns
Illuminating Shadow Weave
Jumbo Boucle Yarn
Overshot – Much Ado About Something
Stacks
Tessellations are Cool!
The Beauty of Lace Weaves
Wicked Good Weaving

Intermediate – Diagonal plaiting experience is helpful.
Diagonal Lanterns
Magic Diagonal Pouch

Intermediate, Advanced
Felted Floral Jewelry Part 1
Felted Floral Jewelry Part 2
Weaving the Goldfinch Cardigan: An Adventure in Designing a Palindrome Cardigan