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Las Arãnas Workshops Las Arãnas Spinners and Weavers Guild
sponsors educational workshops each year.
The workshop is complete and all had a wonderful time. The scarves were absolutely gorgeous and the instructions was excellent. We all went home with our heads crammed full of new information.
Judith McKenzie McCuin. Everyone had a great time at the workshop!
Susan Wilson Discover the magic of color-and-weave! Turn plain weave and basic twills into charming repeating patterns by alternating dark and light colors in both warp and weft. In this round-robin workshop, students will learn color-and-weave drafting and designing and explore traditional 4-shaft and 8-shaft color-and-weave effects: gingham and houndstooth checks, log cabin, pinwheel motifs, and Scottish district checks. Block weaves, such as shadow weave, laces, diversified plain weave, and deflected double weave, that create pattern with color-and-weave will also be sampled. The samples that came off the looms were amazing! Everyone went home with a book of wonderful samples and lots of great ideas.
Jennifer Moore. 9:30 am to 4:30 pm at Village Wools. Bring lunch and drinks Jennifer Moore received her MFA in Fibers at the
University of Oregon. A weaver for over 20 Learn the magic of doubleweave! This workshop is for all levels. Beginning students will work on their own four harness looms to produce samplers that explore weaving two independent layers of cloth, double-width cloth, tubular weaving, color-and-weave effects, pique, quilting and doubleweave pick-up. Advanced beginners and intermediate weavers will work in a round robin format that will explore what can be done with multiple layers of cloth on a multi-shaft loom. You will weave samples and study the theory behind a variety of structures including 4-layer weaves, double-width twill cloth, multi-layer color blending, doubleweave checkerboards and windows, and doubleweave twill pick-up. Workshop cost: $200.00. Add $30 for non-members. Please send a $50 deposit (made out to Las Aranas) with registration form to Bethe Orrell, Good Fibrations, #4 George Court, Suite D, Edgewood, NM 87015. No. of Participants: Maximum of 20 students. REGISTRATION FORM Name: ___________________________________________________________ Address: _________________________________________________________ Phone #/ EMAIL: __________________________________________________ Level of Weaving Experience: Beginner: ___ Intermediate:___ Advanced: ___ Level of Doubleweave Experience: Beginner: ___ Intermediate/Advanced: ___ Loom brand: __________________________ Number of Shafts: _______ Type of Loom: _________ Floor _________ Table
Please send a $50 deposit (made out to Las
Aranas) by July 8, 2008 to:
Liesel Orend Learn the basics of using natural dyes to color wool yarns. The properties of well-known dyes such as osage orange, cochineal, cutch, logwood and madder will be introduced, and students will learn a simple indigo recipe. In addition, we will discuss dye plants that students can gather or grow themselves. This class will cover safe mordanting procedures (very low toxicity), dye bath preparation and use, and record keeping. Students will make a rainbow of samples to keep, and will be able to go home and begin dyeing their own yarn! Liesel Orend, BFA, studied weaving and natural dyeing at Northern New Mexico Community College in El Rito, NM. In the past year, her naturally dyed tapestries have captured a silver medallion at the Taos Wool Festival and a first place award at the Albuquerque Fiber Arts Fiesta. She gathers and grows many of the dye materials for her weaving, and makes her naturally dyed yarn available for sale as well. Liesel is passionate about natural dyes! Cost: $150. Add $30 for non-members. Registration Form: Basic Natural Dyeing With Liesel Orend AUGUST 23-24, 2008 Name: ____________________________________________________________ Phone #: _________________________________________________________ Email: __________________________________________________ Please send a $50 deposit (made out to Las Aranas) by July 31, 2008 to: Bethe Orrell, Good Fibrations, #4 George Court, Suite D, Edgewood, NM 87015.
It's easy to weave magical fabrics that change color as the light and orientation change, and you don't have to use gossamer silk threads or just plain weave to do it! Many types of yarn and many weave structures are appropriate for this play of colors, and you'll get good results with a wide range of hues. In hands-on classes, you'll weave a plain-weave color gamp with a limited range of warp colors and (in longer workshops) up to 24 weft colors, then experiment with a variety of weave structures while weaving a second gamp. All sessions give you the opportunity to examine numerous swatches of commercial and handwoven iridescent fabric. 3-color, 4-color, and even 5-color iridescence are some of the amazing possibilities! Workshop Format: You may choose to use at least three and as many as six warp colors (preassigned). Working only at your own loom, you will weave a plain-weave color gamp using a specified range of three warp colors (different warp colors on different looms) and 24 weft colors. After evaluating the results, you choose two effective weft colors and use them in a second gamp to experiment with other variations and weave structures, including 3-color iridescence. In the 3-day class, there is additional time to analyze the effects of value and color intensity on the results, discussion of pastels (opalescence) and “neutral” colors, and planning to achieve desired results in fashion fabrics. Additional Information regarding class: Bobbi will choose the warp colors, and they will be different on different looms. Each warp stripe is 3" wide; each person will have at least 3 analogous (related) colors and may choose to add zero, one, two, or three additional colors in the same range of hues, so their warp can be 9", 12", 15", or 18" wide. The warps will be 4 yards long at a sett of 24 epi. When she gets ready to send the yarn, she will need to know how wide a warp each person plans. A typical 15"-wide warp might be, for example, blue - blue-green - green, with one blue, two different blue-greens, and two greens (5 colors). Bobbi does not let people choose their own colors because in order to insure enough of all colors for both warp and weft, she has to plan an even distribution of warp colors. If someone doesn't like their warp colors, the wefts that will give good results will probably be those that they do like. Each person does get to choose their own two weft colors for their second sampler. Class Size: 4 to 20 Experience Level: all levels; basic weaving knowledge and familiarity with the loom needed (warping, plain weave and simple twills, ability to read a simple threading/treadling) Equipment Needed: examples of commercial or handwoven iridescent fabrics (optional); an inexpensive artist’s color wheel (recommended but optional); For hands-on classes: two index cards; hole punch (optional); prewarped 4-shaft looms and standard weaving tools. Materials Fee: $10 to $20, depending on the width of the warp (host guild pays postage). All yarns supplied by the instructor (warps sent ahead of class). This includes warp and weft. Date: October 24-26, 2008 (Fri. – Sun.) Time: 9:30 – 4:30 each day, bring lunch and drinks Location: Village Wools, Albuquerque, NM Cost: $200. Add $30 for non-members. BIO: Bobbie Irwin Bobbie has been weaving since 1973 and teaching for guilds and conferences since 1985. She loves to play “what-if?” games on her looms and has been experimenting with iridescence for a number of years. Her articles in Handwoven (January 2004 and March 2008) are among very few ever published about iridescence in handwoven fabrics. Bobbie is a Contributing Editor to Handwoven and Spin-Off and is the author of two books, Twined Rag Rugs and The Spinner’s Companion. She lives in Montrose, Colorado. Registration Form, Iridescence Name: ____________________________________________________________ Phone #: _________________________________________________________ Email: __________________________________________________ Level of Weaving Experience: Beginner: ___ Intermediate/Advanced: ___ Loom Brand: ____________________________ # of shafts: ______ Type of Loom: _________ Floor _________ Table Weaving width: 9”_____ 12”_____ 15”_____ 18”_____
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