Weaving: The Basics and Next Steps

Introduction

Whether you are new to weaving or wanting to build on your foundational skills, there is a place for you here. In this 8-week hybrid class, weavers will have ample opportunity to develop their skills or try something completely new.

If weaving is new to you, you'll have an opportunity to weave in rotation on several fully warped looms to develop your familiarity with the motions and touch involved in creating beautiful cloth.

For those with some weaving experience, you'll be supported in taking your skills further by making a warp and dressing a loom with a project of your choosing.

*** The fiber studio and craft school are closed the week of April 24th, and there will not be any Open Studios that week. ***

Teacher

Lausanne is a weaver, spinner and dyer who continues to juggle her passion for fiber arts alongside her love of playing & teaching music. She wove her first guitar strap on an inkle loom while still in college . She settled in the Champlain Valley in 1979 and soon was weaving shawls and scarves with her handspun, naturally dyed yarns on a small four harness Dorset loom-- made in Vermont of course! In the early'80's she joined the Twist O' Wool Guild in Middlebury and enrolled in weaving classes at the Shelburne Craft School then under the capable direction of Harriet Mitiguy. Harriet was famous for bringing well known weavers and designers to the school offering workshops in specialized techniques and Lausanne was fortunate to learn from many of these teachers. With a deep respect for the history of the craft, Lausanne loves her early 19th century barn frame loom as much as her modern 16 harness Macomber , and delights in weaving blankets, rugs, shawls and fabric for garments for family and friends. Marrying her love of music, dance and weaving, she taught Scandinavian band weaving at an adult summer music camp in NH, Nordic Fiddles and Feet for three years. Her enthusiasm for weaving has led her to form the portable weaving group Strands in 2013, with seven to a dozen people gathering monthly for an afternoon of weaving while sharing inspiration, skills and cameraderie. She looks forward to helping people interested in weaving learn the skills that will enable them to realize their design ideas in fiber and to make them tangible.