WHICH OF THESE ARE YOU INTERSTED IN AS THE OCT

Ellen Turpening

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WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA FIBER / HANDWEAVERS SURVEY 2005 RETURN TO ELLEN TURPENING [e-mail] 1. Where would you like to help out?: Circle please NC State Fair Blue Ridge Handweaving Show Southeast Animal Fiber Form: Guild demonstation or Sheep to Shawl Guild Weekend Retreat Workshop Chair Fiber Day Webmaster Historian Officer for next year___________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. What would you like to do at a Weaving / Spinning weekend Retreat: ________________________________ ______________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3. WHAT KIND OF PROGRAMS ARE YOU INTERESTED IN? _____________________________ _________________________________________ 4. WHICH OF THESE ARE YOU INTERSTED IN AS THE OCT. 8 & 9 WORKSHOP Mark the title on the lines below. st1 Choice:____________________________________ nd2rd3 Chioce:_____________________________________ Now that I Know How to Weave, What Am I Going to Weave? This is a project class, from those who are overwhelmed by the choices, or can't figure out how to start. Developing a weaving routine allows us to prioritize choices and focus on what we want to do... next. It's 'Just' Plain Weave! From rep to tabby to tapestry. From rugs to towels to shawls. From natural colored ...

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• Publié par: Erkyo
• Nombre de lectures: 27
• Langue: English

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WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA FIBER / HANDWEAVERS SURVEY 2005

RETURN TO ELLEN TURPENING

[e-mail]

1. Where would you like to help out?: Circle please

NC State Fair

Blue Ridge Handweaving Show

Southeast Animal Fiber Form: Guild demonstation or Sheep to Shawl

Guild Weekend Retreat

Workshop Chair

Fiber Day

Webmaster

Historian

Officer for next year___________________

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2. What would you like to do at a Weaving / Spinning weekend Retreat:

________________________________

______________________________________

________________________________

______________________________________

________________________________

______________________________________

________________________________

______________________________________

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3. WHAT KIND OF PROGRAMS ARE YOU INTERESTED IN?

_____________________________

_________________________________________

_____________________________

_________________________________________

_____________________________

_________________________________________

4. WHICH OF THESE ARE YOU INTERSTED IN AS THE OCT. 8 & 9 WORKSHOP

Mark the title on the lines below.

1

st

Choice:____________________________________

2

nd

Choice:____________________________________

3

rd

Chioce:_____________________________________

Now that I Know How to Weave, What Am I Going to Weave?

This is a project class, from those who are overwhelmed by the choices, or can't

figure out how to start. Developing a weaving routine allows us to prioritize choices

and focus on what we want to do... next.

It's 'Just' Plain Weave!

From rep to tabby to tapestry. From rugs to towels to shawls. From natural colored

fleece to a myriad of crazy colors. The simplest intersection is versatile after all.

Weaving Puppets

Who likes to sample? Not me! Well.. not until I discovered puppets! We discuss how

puppets can be woven on a variety of looms and warps, and how they can be

finished. But we also discuss how to use puppets to learn about structures, fibers,

color... or anything we want to! (This is suitable for frame loom weaving).

Drafting (Electronic and Otherwise)

Drafting is the paper representation of weaving and it is the basis for understanding

structures and designing. We need to learn how to draft "by hand", but then we can

take advantage of computers (author's simple drafting program available free to

students).

Twills: Flip them, Break them, Stretch them

Take a straight twill, manipulate it and you will invent the rest of the twills.

Combine them, switch treadling and the design possibilities are almost infinite.

The Building Blocks

Supplementary weft blocks, unit blocks, tied-weaves, are all different, yet they share

the "block" look; by understanding the structures, we can play with the blocks and

build a fabric. Name drafts are just one way to build with blocks.

Middle Age Monks Didn't Know How to Read

But wrote beautifully. And you can weave without really understanding about

weaving. By understanding structure, we can design our own cloth. We take some

structures and learn what it means to really know them; then we design with them.

The Transition from 4 to More

Understanding structures makes it possible to adapt them from 4 shafts to more.

We "discover" the threading and treadling rules of structures on 4 shafts and apply

them to those extra looms we've added on the back.

How to Make an "Ugly" Color Disappear

Not by covering it! And not by overdying it! We learn color theory by taking an "ugly"

color and making it look good.

Fiber Contrast

We study samples woven from wool, cotton, silk and linen and compare and

contrast their properties: how they should be sett, take-up, shrinkage, as well as

suitability of the each fiber for various purposes.

Designing A Cloth

A cloth is influenced by the fiber, the fiber preparation, the yarn, the color, the

weave structure, the design — and all of these factors interact and influence each

other. We study about these interactions and these influences, so we can learn how

to design a good cloth for every project.

Cotton: the Southern Fabric

The characteristics of cotton make it a wonderful choice for warm weather. But

cotton needs some special considerations so that the final product takes advantage

of cotton’s properties. We learn about mercerized and unmercerized cottons,

different twists, setts for different structures, and how to mix cotton with other

fibers for lighter fabrics.