These are workshops that are already prepared and ready for your group

Workshops are listed in order of difficulty from 2 to 4 to 8 shafts and more....

Contact

 me if you are interested in particular workshops to obtain a workshop date     or if you wish to request a workshop on a weave of your own choice

At least 4 weeks ahead of the workshop date,  obtain the workshop requirements and have time to thread up your loom

Costs may  include Material fees eg : $10-15 fee for notes/ yarns, travel fees and tuition costs

Finger Manipulated weaves

This covers a number of structures and decorative techniques,  based on a threading which will weave plain weave. .

• Leno
• Danish Medallion
• Spanish Lace,
• Inlay,
• Clasped weft
• Soumak
• Dukagang
• Boutonne
• Brooks Bouquet and several others.

 As much as we can fit into 2 days!  I have lots of examples to show you!

Work on your own loom 2 or  4 shaft loom or rigid heddle

  Spanish lace from Weavezine article.

 Time: 2 days Number of students: 8-10

Skill Level: Beginner.   Able to warp a rigid heddle loom or able to warp a 4 shaft loom, with a straight draft of 1,2,3,4. Easy beginner level workshop

Equipment:  rigid heddle loom or 4 shaft loom, shuttles

 Three weaves to put COLOUR IN YOUR WEAVING--Monk's Belt, Rosepath, and Colour and Weave Techniques- on 4 shafts

Skill level: Designed for those who have just begun to weave! Or have just completed the Learn to Weave class.

Monk's Belt

• yarns needed 10/2 cotton, 8/2 cotton, 20/2 silk, fine wools.

Monk's Belt and Rosepath patterns are mostly used as decorative borders on cushions, placemats, handtowels, scarves .

• design threadings of your own for Monk's Belt
• develop your first profile drafts
• accent the structures with colour,
• manage two shuttles well, using a pattern weft and a plain weave weft.

Time: 2 days Number of students: 8-10

Skill Level: Beginner.   Able to warp a rigid heddle loom or able to warp a 4 shaft loom, with a set draft, or one you have designed. Easy beginner level workshop

Equipment:   4 shaft loom, shuttles

Rosepath

Learn how to

• accent the structures with colour,
• manage two shuttles well, using a pattern weft and a plain weave weft.
• design Rosepath patterns

Yarns needed: for Monks Belt and Rosepath

• Main warp and weft : Lyscott from Big W or Spotlight ( only available as white or cream) or 8/2 cotton or 2ply Bendigo classic in colour of your choice .
• Accent yarns: 2-3 metres of 5ply in several colours or 2 strands of Bendigo 2 ply classic or many strands of fine yarn to be equivalent to 5ply.

Time: 2 days Number of students: 8-10

Skill Level: Beginner.   Able  to warp a 4 shaft loom, with a set threading.  Easy beginner level workshop

Equipment:   4 shaft loom, shuttles

Colour and weave

Yarns needed: For Colour and Weave project:

• 2 colours in one of the following: 4ply cotton or 4ply wool or 2ply Bendigo classic

• Learn how to wind a multi-coloured warp in a set pattern.
• weave a scarf with fascinating variations of colour and weave.
• learn how to use weaving software to check your colour choices and see if your draft is working well
• read drafts in different books

Then weave a project of your own choice.

Time: 2 days Number of students: 8-10

Skill Level: Beginner. Able to warp a 4 shaft loom, Able to wind a warp with a set colour pattern, and a straight draft of 1234,   Easy beginner level workshop

Equipment:   4 shaft loom, shuttles

Double weave on 4 shafts

 Try your hand at 4 shaft double weave, making tubes, double width cloth and interleaving layers. Have the fun and challenge of weaving a miniature bog shirt.

see Jenny's  very advanced work  below from the previous class..

Swedish lace

Swedish lace creates an open textured fabric with weft floats, warp floats or both floats on the face of the cloth. Useful for table linen, scarves, wraps and baby blankets.

Project in Swedish lace woven by Judy Nolan

 Great Weaves on 4 Shafts

   This workshop is a round robin workshop, where you thread your 4 shaft loom, weave  a heading and then come to class, to swap looms and weave samples.... We will explore several different 4 shaft weaves suitable for bags, placemats, clothing, scarves and wraps.  If you are new to weaving, this is a great way to increase your skills. 

Sample a variety of weaves, without threading each one yourself. Everyone receives the notes for each weave and suggestions for practical use.

Ideal workshop for a group at mixed levels 

• Time: 2 days
• Number of students: 8-10
• Skill level: basic, able to warp a  4 shaft loom 

 8 Shaft Twills

 Make the jump!! move from 4 shaft weaves to 8 shaft twills.  Learn how to design threadings and liftings for 8 shafts.  

Work on your own loom on an 8 shaft twill gamp ( a collection of different threadings)

Develop new patterns and improve your technique.

• Tutor: Liz Calnan
• Time: 2 days
• Number of students: 8-10
• Skill level: intermediate, able to warp an  8 shaft loom

Working with Weaving Software 

Have fun designing! Learn how to use Fiberworks!

This workshop begins with the basics and gradually builds on your skills.

Bring your laptop, power cord and  plug in mouse.

• This is a “come, think and play” workshop!
• We start at the beginning, putting in a 4 shaft threading and you will be amazed by what you can design in 2 days of playing with drafts and the program.  .
• It’s a wonderful tool for exploring the potential of weaving.

For all weavers using 4 shafts or more...

• Plan your next weaving using weaving software to test colours,
• find the longest float,
• print out a threading and a lifting in a size that is easy to see,
• check the balance and structure of your design.
• Record all the details in the notes sections.

Start as a beginner, and become skilled! Change your colour combinations to see what works well, and match the colours of your stash!

 
Time: 2 days    

Number of students: 8

Skill level: For all experienced  4 shaft weavers, 8 shafts and more.

Beginner level for  weaving software

• Equipment:  You need a laptop with a demo Silver version of Fiberworks loaded, but preferably a full  validated copy of the Silver  version of Fiberworks.  
• Bring a plug-in/wireless mouse- much less tiring on the fingers than working on the mouse pad!!

Email weavewithliz@hotmail.com so that I know that you are interested and answer any questions you may have.

Huck Lace Workshop

Discussions on

• Theory of Multiple Huck Lace.
• Designing a threading
• How to design a pattern. 
• Working with an open sett
• Theory on other lace  weave structures

• Develop designs on  graph paper and in Fiberworks.
• Develop a method to make your own patterns and interpret patterns from references 
• Make designs as spots of lace, lace areas, textured areas and blocks of lace.

• Work on your own  8 shaft loom and laptop

• Scarves by Denise Stevens

  

• Tutor:Liz Calnan
• Time: 2 days
• Number of students: 8-10
• Skill Level: basic to intermediate, be able to warp and thread 8 shafts and read a weaving draft   

On a Straight Eight

• Explore, before trying projects of your own.
• Work on your own loom to weave as many weaves as you can manage on a straight 8 threading.
• A straight 8 can be a pointed threading on 5 as well as two lots of 4 shafts.
• Adapt weave structures to 8 shafts.

• Tutor: Liz Calnan 
• Time: 2 days
• Number of Students: 8-10
• Skill level:  Able to warp your own 8 shaft loom, threaded 1-8, with various colour patterns  

Weaves for Fabric

Round robin workshop  with  shared looms, 4 and 8 shafts.

• Explore various weaves that are suitable for weaving fabric.
• Go home with a folder of samples of various weaves that are suitable for weaving fabric, woven off each loom, with drafts and information on each.
• Focus on drape, stability, end use and finishing.

Tutor: Liz Calnan 
Time: 2 days
Number of Students 8-10

Skill level: Intermediate weaver, own loom threaded for the workshop

Weave your own weave sample first, then bring weft so others to use your loom.

  Overshot as Double Weave

• 4 shaft workshop.
• Round robin workshop- Everyone weaves on each others loom .
• These weaves are great for placemats, table runners, cushions, bags.
• Some designing in fiberworks, bring loom and laptop.

Tutor:Liz Calnan

Time: 2 day workshop

Number of students: 8-10

Skill level: intermediate to advanced, be able to warp a double layer of warp with good tension..

Good skills in the use of weaving software makes it quick and easy, but drafts can be developed on  graph paper

Advancing Twill workshop

• Weave a variety of samples

• Tutor: Liz Calnan 
• Time: 2 days
• Number of Students 8-10
• Skill level: Intermediate weaver, own loom threaded for the workshop, to be shared as a round robin activity.  Weave your own sample and have weft ready for the next participant.

Explore 6 blocks of Summer and Winter

and the wonderful pattern opportunities..

• Revision of block theory
• 2 block profile drafts
• 3 block profile drafts, weaving more than one block at a time
• 6 block profile drafts

• Tutor: Liz Calnan 
• Time: 2 days
• Number of Students 8-10
• Skill level: Intermediate weaver, own loom threaded for the workshop

   Shadow Weave

Because it is almost plain weave, it is a firm, durable cloth; can be suitable for upholstery or drapey fabric for wraps or scarves, depending upon the yarn and the sett used.

• The weave is completely reversible.  Vertical stripes on the face side of the fabric are horizontal on the reverse side.  Dark floats on the face side are light on the reverse.
• Learn to design threadings and liftings for yourself

• Tutor: Liz Calnan 
• Time: 1 day
• Number of Students 8-10
• Skill level: Intermediate weaver, own loom threaded for the workshop  

 Theo Moorman Techniques   4 shafts

 Theo Moorman was a British weaver who developed a method of placing an inlay pattern weft on the surface of the cloth, so new and individual that it has become known as the Moorman technique. This allowed her to produce pictorial weavings, previously only able to be done as tapestry (she found traditional tapestry too slow) The inlay is held in place by fine warp threads called tie-down threads and is not usually visible on the reverse of the fabric.

• Tutor: Liz Calnan 
• Time: 2 days
• Number of Students 8-10
• Skill level: Intermediate weaver, own loom threaded for the workshop  

Double Weave on 8 shafts

 Classes cover

• Discussion of double weave
• How to use colour in double weave
• Warping for sampler in class
• Discussion of weaving exercises
• Working with  double weave blocks
• Multiple Selvedge Double Weave.

During the workshop  “Thinking” workshop. 

• Learn to develop double weave patterns for yourself.  
• Cover the theory from the beginning to more complex designs
• Weave a variety of double weave techniques, on your own loom, threaded on 8 shafts

Double Weave Round Robin

 ROUND ROBIN 

• Each participant receives the instructions for their weave, threads up and can weave their own sample on their loom before class.
• In the workshop, we swap looms and weave the other samples
• .Drafts for each structure will be provided for all participants.

 This collection of double weave  samples are a great resource for other double weave projects  and will entice you to further explore this weave. This is a “come and do”  workshop, as your time will mainly be spent weaving, but theory will be covered.  Tutor: Liz Calnan Time: two day workshop
Number  of Students: 8-10
Skill level: intermediate to advanced, two 4 shafts threadings, rest on 8 shafts. 

Deflected Double Weave workshop

Round robin Workshop: all 8 shaft looms 

• Explore the development of Deflected Double weave 
• Weave a variety of samples

• Tutor: Liz Calnan 
• Time: 2 days
• Number of Students 8-10
• Skill level: Intermediate weaver, own loom threaded for the workshop, to be shared as a round robin activity.  Weave your own sample and have weft ready for the next participant.

 Diversified Plain weave

Great Weave for fabrics

work on your own loom, wonderful range of patterns.

workshop fully developed.

Double two tie weaves. 

This is a very versatile threading.

One of my desires is not to thread very often, but weave a lot of different structures, and this is one threading that does twills in blocks, basket weave, plaited twill, double weave, combinations of these, Summer and Winter and stitched cloth. 

It can be used for light fabrics, to create warm heavy quilted fabrics and floor rugs.  The workshop will be theory and weaving…. a come, think and play workshop!

Tutor: Liz Calnan

Skill Level:  Advanced. 

Time: 3 days

Number of students: 8-10

Equipment:  work on your own 8 shaft loom, shuttles, 2 note folders etc. laptop for designing, an advantage. 

Material fee for notes, and additional yarn use for samples on my looms.

Ripsmatta

Ripsmatta is a thicker fabric that is mostly used for placemats, floor rugs and wall hangings.  With colour (and  8 shafts) it has great possibilities   Sample that will be completed will be suitable for table looms, 10-12cm wide, with cotton yarn… a taste for a bigger adventure!

Day 1  is theory and design (Laptop with weaving software needed) and maybe, winding the warp  

Day 2 is used for dressing the loom- at home.

Day 3 is weaving day.

Tutor: Liz Calnan

Skill Level: intermediate to advanced.

Equipment:   8 shaft loom, shuttles, laptop with weaving software

 Pique

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• A weave with a raised surface... Very satisfying to create...
• Patterns discussed and how to create your own  variations.
•  Work on your own loom during the workshop.
• Makes wonderful fabric for cushions and upholstery, and in wool can be used for  padded vest fabric.

• Time: 2 days
• Number of students: 8-10

Skill level: Intermediate to advanced... Able to warp a ground warp and supplementary warp... Instructions sent before workshop 

Equipment: 8 shaft loom

 Working with an Echoed threading-One Echo

• This is a great introduction to Echoes and Parallel threadings.
• Using fiberworks learn how to develop the designs for yourself.
• Weave your threading with several different lifts, that you have developed.

   

Tutor: Liz Calnan

• Skill Level:  Advanced. 
• Time: 2 days
• Number of students: 8-10
• Equipment:  work on your own 8 shaft loom, shuttles, 1 note folder,  laptop for designing, an advantage. 
• Material fee for notes   

Working with a Parallel threading-

Designing with 1 or 2 Echoes- 

  This workshop explores methods of designing by echoing your threading- with one or 2 echoes, and encourages experimentation with colour and iridescence.

     

 If you have further questions email weavewithliz@hotmail.com 

 Amalgamation

Learn how to design it for yourself... how to make the best of your threading with varying lifts.

• Skill Level:  Advanced. 
• Time: 2 days
• Number of students: 8-10
• Equipment:  work on your own 8 shaft loom, shuttles, 1 note folder,  laptop for designing, a necessity.
• Material fee for notes   

Designing with a Parallel Threading

• "Weave" on your laptop workshop.
• On a parallel threading, you can weave echo weave, turned taqueté, shadow weave and double weave.
• We will create great designs.

Tutor: Liz Calnan 

Time: 2 or 3 day workshop, all theory.

Skill level:  Advanced, familiar with weaving software

Number of students: 8

Working with a Design Line and 3 Echoes

First day  ( usually morning only)  Designing the Threading and Warp

Day 2,     putting the warp on your loom at home usually

Day 3,4,5 (full days)  Weaving several different designs.

• Working with an echo design gives great possibilities of colour interaction, even on 8 shafts.
• Students do their own designs, thread their own design lines and work on their lifting patterns.  
• Initially lifts will be developed  on graph paper, followed by design work in Fiberworks weaving software.  
• Students will be expected to supply 8 shaft loom , yarn in 5 colours, laptop with validated software at silver level,  and reading glasses if needed.

This is a very advanced workshop,  you need experience in

• putting on dense warps,
• network twills,
• double weave,
• advancing twills,
• parallel threadings and
• use of Fiberworks.

  Designing for more than 8

•  a "Weave on your laptop" workshop... design your own patterns
• How to make the best use of familiar structures and extend them to more than 8. Laptop and plug in/wireless mouse needed

Tutor: Liz Calnan
Time:  2 days
Number of students: 8
Skill level: Advanced weaver already working on more than 8 shafts.
Equipment:  Laptop needed, with full  Silver version of Fiberworks or similar weaving software, familiarity with program required.