Uncommon Threads – Conference 2019

Weave straps, belts, or bookmarks using a simple pick-up

Ways to add texture to

Color gradation/hatching, meet & separate, slit weaving, weft-interlock, weave angles on a rigid heddle

Weave two layers of cloth together in layers, tubes, envelopes and other

Develop positive thinking through SAORI weaving.

Make jewelry with Russian leaf beadweaving

Incorporate new and novel “threads” in your handwoven

Create special notecards featuring handwoven

Create a basket with pine needles, embellishments, & stitching around a leather

Make a large twined focal bead with waxed linen and other

Weave beautiful and strong weft-faced textiles on your rigid heddle

Deflected doubleweave, which integrates two layers of fabric into one, creates flexible geometric designs.

Experience SAORI, the therapeutic method of free-style

Seaming and edge-finishing skills for handwoven

Learn the basics of reading a draft and how it equates with the project you would like to

Make a little round basket with wooden

Methods for blending colors through hatching, hachures, pick & pick, and weft

St. Petersburg Chain stitch can be used for bracelets, or stitched together for a wider look, or made into long

Weave overshot patterns to produce different pattern colors on each side of the

Weave a square diagonally on a Zoom Loom using a continuous length of

Basic nålbinding stitches that are the foundation of this very old fiber

Bronson Lace and other textural weaves, finger-manipulated weaves, and several staples of Leno Lace.

Make cords with Kumihimo, a Lucet, and finger-braiding with a technique called

Split-shed weaving using a variation of the tied Beiderwand

Several edge finishing techniques that elegantly finish the edges of handwoven

Basic weaving using beautiful ribbons, trims, and yarns to create a small piece of

Refresher on warping your loom from front to

Dress a loom using the front-to-back method and weave a cotton

Learn Diné techniques weaving by weaving a small rug on a traditional upright

Principles of turned krokbragd, how to dress the inkle loom, and how to weave this loom-controlled

Create design floats using a pick-up stick on a rigid heddle

Beautiful patternwork and color interactions from bands created on the island of Sulawesi in

Create delicate lines with Vertical and Diagonal

Make a beaded bracelet using kumihimo

Understand and create a crackle weave

Like anything magical, 3/1, 1/3 twill block structure appears more complex and mysterious than it is. It alternates warp

Weave a 9” x 9” square

Weave a Boundweave sampler using beautiful colored

Prepare a warp for painting, mix dyes as paints, and paint two

Understand the various elements included in a project plan and how to adjust for

Create a felted landscape with wildflowers and

Thread an inkle loom, read a pattern, and make two bands -- one plain weave and one with pick-up

Learn "weaving hacks” that can make your warping, weaving, and finishing better and

Create a soft sculpture, embellished horse with

Develop slow color gradations using color grouping and combining numerous thin yarns of varying

Select colors for warp and weft and learn how the eye will blend them

Create a felted wildflower using only wool and a

Work with weaving drafts, including making your own name

Design and weave warp Krokbragdt patterns and convert simple card/tablet patterns into 4-shaft

Explore the Atwater & Powell methods for weaving Shadow Weave and complete a 4- or 8-shaft pattern

Learn and practice several essential pin loom joins to create larger pieces of

Learn to weave on both a 2” and a 4” pin loom and weave an embellished mug rug and

Weave curves and blend colors using continuous wefts on a 4-shaft loom with no special

Introduction to various Soumak techniques, followed by weaving basic Single

Learn to paint a warp, discuss color theory, and make color stories as inspiration for creating beautiful

Learn seaming and edge finishing techniques as you make useful take-home samplers, then alter a vest pattern to fit YOUR

Weave a traditional overshot pattern following the rules of overshot, then explore the many possibilities that can be woven using treadling from other types of

Techniques for making mixed-media collages that incorporate multiple materials and feature handwoven

Learn techniques of Diné wedge weaving and create a small rug on a traditional upright

Create a sampler of Swedish and Norwegian patterns on a 4-shaft

Adjust 8-shaft patterns to create a 4-shaft pattern that gives a similar appearance without requiring an 8 shaft

Learn a wet-felting technique to make a classic hat shape using resist techniques and final shaping on a hat

Basic components of weaving on a rigid heddle loom to make scarves, table runners, towels and

Design, wrap, dye, and weave a custom ikat scarf while learning the basic techniques of the warp ikat

Basic history of tablet weaving, drafting and designing threaded-in designs, setup, and basic weaving and finishing

Design and braid complex color blocks in beads for a Kumihimo