Portable Frame Loom Weaving: Plaid Mug Rug Workshop
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Portable Frame Loom Weaving: Plaid Mug Rug Workshop
Sunday, October 18th, 1pm-2:30pm
at the Littlefield Celtic Center
1124 Cleveland Ave. Mount Vernon, WA
Weave a Wee Plaid: Weaving a Mug Rug on a Frame Loom!
Description
Learn the basics of handweaving while making a small plaid mug rug on a notched frame loom. You will begin by learning how to warp your loom, then learn about three basic weaving structures that can be used for your project: tabby/plain weave, basketweave, and twill. Along the way, you will learn how to read a simple weaving draft, the basic vocabulary used by weavers, and practice the techniques needed to weave your mug rug.
As you weave, Echo will also share some of the history of weaving in Scotland, including the development of plaid and tartan, and the role woven cloth has played in Scottish culture. She will show you how simple combinations of warp and weft create beautiful plaid patterns and share a bit about how woven plaid developed into some of the textiles now most closely associated with Scotland. You will leave with a well-on-its-way, or finished, wool mug rug and the skills needed to warp a small frame loom and continue experimenting with weaving at home.
Who Is This Workshop For?
Complete beginners, fiber artists curious about weaving, history enthusiasts, and anyone interested in Scottish textile traditions. No previous weaving experience is required.
Students Will Learn
Basic loom and weaving vocabulary
How to warp a notched frame loom
How to weave a header at the beginning of a project and a footer at the end
How to read a basic weaving draft
About three weaving structures: tabby/plain weave, basketweave, and twill
How to weave your mug rug
How to remove and finish your mug rug
Materials
You may bring your own supplies or purchase a kit from the instructor for $40. The instructor-supplied kit includes:
A notched frame loom and shed stick
A cardboard spacer
A weaving needle
Enough worsted-weight wool yarn to complete one mug rug
If you would like to use particular colors in your plaid, you are welcome to bring additional yarn. Please bring worsted-weight, 100% wool, non-superwash yarn.
If you are bringing your own loom, you should bring a notched frame loom with a weaving area of at least 7 x 7 inches. A weaving needle, a cardboard spacer, and suitable worsted-weight wool yarn will also be needed.
Instructor Bio
Echo Mae [she/hers] is one of the owners of Northwest Yarns & Mercantile in Bellingham, WA and a dedicated fan of fiber arts history and culture. When not encouraging anyone and everyone to learn a fiber art, dreaming up knitting patterns, or writing for her shop blog, Know Your Fiber, Echo can be found exploring fiber arts trends, culture, and history to share with her fiber arts community and with almost any person who will stand still long enough to listen to her talk about them.
Upcoming workshops at CAF from Echo Mae!
-Beginning Drop Spindle Spinning, 9/12 at 1pm
-Portable Frame Loom Weaving: Plaid Mug Rug, 10/18 at 1pm
-Beginning Embroidery: Tea Towel, 11/15 at 1pm
https://www.celticarts.org/event/beginning-drop-spindle-workshop
Sunday, October 18th, 1pm-2:30pm
at the Littlefield Celtic Center
1124 Cleveland Ave. Mount Vernon, WA
Weave a Wee Plaid: Weaving a Mug Rug on a Frame Loom!
Description
Learn the basics of handweaving while making a small plaid mug rug on a notched frame loom. You will begin by learning how to warp your loom, then learn about three basic weaving structures that can be used for your project: tabby/plain weave, basketweave, and twill. Along the way, you will learn how to read a simple weaving draft, the basic vocabulary used by weavers, and practice the techniques needed to weave your mug rug.
As you weave, Echo will also share some of the history of weaving in Scotland, including the development of plaid and tartan, and the role woven cloth has played in Scottish culture. She will show you how simple combinations of warp and weft create beautiful plaid patterns and share a bit about how woven plaid developed into some of the textiles now most closely associated with Scotland. You will leave with a well-on-its-way, or finished, wool mug rug and the skills needed to warp a small frame loom and continue experimenting with weaving at home.
Who Is This Workshop For?
Complete beginners, fiber artists curious about weaving, history enthusiasts, and anyone interested in Scottish textile traditions. No previous weaving experience is required.
Students Will Learn
Basic loom and weaving vocabulary
How to warp a notched frame loom
How to weave a header at the beginning of a project and a footer at the end
How to read a basic weaving draft
About three weaving structures: tabby/plain weave, basketweave, and twill
How to weave your mug rug
How to remove and finish your mug rug
Materials
You may bring your own supplies or purchase a kit from the instructor for $40. The instructor-supplied kit includes:
A notched frame loom and shed stick
A cardboard spacer
A weaving needle
Enough worsted-weight wool yarn to complete one mug rug
If you would like to use particular colors in your plaid, you are welcome to bring additional yarn. Please bring worsted-weight, 100% wool, non-superwash yarn.
If you are bringing your own loom, you should bring a notched frame loom with a weaving area of at least 7 x 7 inches. A weaving needle, a cardboard spacer, and suitable worsted-weight wool yarn will also be needed.
Instructor Bio
Echo Mae [she/hers] is one of the owners of Northwest Yarns & Mercantile in Bellingham, WA and a dedicated fan of fiber arts history and culture. When not encouraging anyone and everyone to learn a fiber art, dreaming up knitting patterns, or writing for her shop blog, Know Your Fiber, Echo can be found exploring fiber arts trends, culture, and history to share with her fiber arts community and with almost any person who will stand still long enough to listen to her talk about them.
Upcoming workshops at CAF from Echo Mae!
-Beginning Drop Spindle Spinning, 9/12 at 1pm
-Portable Frame Loom Weaving: Plaid Mug Rug, 10/18 at 1pm
-Beginning Embroidery: Tea Towel, 11/15 at 1pm
https://www.celticarts.org/event/beginning-drop-spindle-workshop
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1124 Cleveland Ave, Mount Vernon, WA, United States, Washington 98273
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