​The earliest European settlers arrived in Maritime Canada beginning in 1632 and were known as Acadians. 250 years later, Cajun weavers were following the same weaving traditions as their Acadian foremothers. Come and hear about this remarkable story and see the beautiful fabrics they created on their two harness looms! 
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Thursday - Mud Is For Pies Not Yarn:  Like a moth to the light we were drawn to the kaleidoscope. Don’t get burned when spinning only to
have your dancing colors bog down into ho-hum. We’ll explore several ways to preserve those lusciously colored rovings that we’ve all purchased instead of losing their lovely distinctiveness.
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Friday - Artisan Yarns:  Spinning is painting a picture with the texture, crimp, luster, and colors of fiber. This workshop goes beyond an introduction to a variety of artisan spinning techniques to exploring the ways a yarn’s elements interact. We will explore how color is used in creating a yarn, as we paint with fiber.

Saturday - Keep Your Scales to Yourself! The “Unfelting” Workshop: Let’s sort out how to dye, heat set, and wash feltable wool and end up being able to spin it! We will practice dyeing on several fiber types so you can take home samples to play with.

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A Parallel Threading is the Weaver's Playground
A parallel threading can provide a weaver with a multitude of options and patterns – from echo weaves and corkscrew twills to turned taqueté and network-drafted twills. Then add weft variations in color and texture and a weaver will find themselves in a playground of possibilities.
Workshop participants will pre-warp their loom from a selection of threadings and during the workshop enter into a journey of discovery and exploration of how to transform a parallel threading into a myriad of patterns. The workshop is a combination of presentation/discussion, weaving, and hands-on exercises. Emphasis will be on understanding the design and drafting processes to empower workshop participants to create their own patterns.
(Note: Participants weave on their own looms, four-shafts minimum; eight-shafts highly recommended.)