Tapestry Weaving Sampler
Tapestry Weaving Sampler
Instructor: Teresa Waldo
Day: Saturday All Day
Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Hours Required: 6 Hours + 1 Hour Lunch
Maximum Students: 15
Total Class Fee (includes $22 materials fee): $122
Location: 4-H Building
Class Description: In this workshop you will learn the fundamentals of tapestry weaving including warping your loom, various weaving techniques and tips, weaving structures (stripes, meet and separate, hatching, soumak, dots, pick and pick, weft interlock, and building shapes), and finishing a tapestry piece. As you learn and practice these skills you will be creating mini tapestry pieces suitable as mug rugs. After completing this course, you will be well equipped to further your tapestry endeavors.
Required Skills: None
Students Should Bring to Class: Please bring scraps of worsted weight wool yarn in at least 3 colors, scissors, several tapestry needles with eye large enough for threading yarn through.
Supplies Provided by Instructor: Mini Loom Kit, cotton thread (warp and spacer), felt backing, sewing thread, extensive tutorial handout