Learn to weave on a floor loom. With instruction and hands on experience, you will perform each step of the process - winding a warp, dressing a loom, and weaving a cotton towel to take home and use for years to come.
Learn to weave on a floor loom. With instruction and hands on experience, you will perform each step of the process - winding a warp, dressing a loom, and weaving a cotton towel to take home and use for years to come.
No weaving experience is necessary! The looms are dressed and ready to go, all you need to do is bring your creative spirit and to leave with a finished one-of-a-kind rug. Students will have a choice of making a traditional Rag Rug using recycled fabric strips or making a Sock Rug using remnants from a sock factory. Colors and choices of fabric and remnants vary from class to class depending on availability. The rugs are 24" wide, and up to 45" long.
Create a colorful summer scarf with ribbons and yarn. Bring along ribbon yarns and solid yarns of cotton or cotton blends in some of your favorite colors. Mix them with yarns and ribbons provided by the instructor and create a scar uniquely yours. You will create the scarf as you warp the Cricket loom. The Rigid Heddle Weaving from the Start class is recommended but not required.
Create a colorful summer scarf with ribbons and yarn. Bring along ribbon yarns and solid yarns of cotton or cotton blends in some of your favorite colors. Mix them with yarns and ribbons provided by the instructor and create a scar uniquely yours. You will create the scarf as you warp the Cricket loom. The Rigid Heddle Weaving from the Start class is recommended but not required.
Use your quilting skills to create a chair organizer and never hunt for your glasses or remote again.
Use your quilting skills to create a chair organizer and never hunt for your glasses or remote again.
Join Marjolaine in this 1-day class to create a nuno felt scarf you can wear different ways and close with a button. During this workshop you will explore the technique of nuno felt, a wet felting process combining silk fabric and wool roving. The felting is accomplished by applying water, soap, and friction. In this class you will: create a lightweight scarf made with silk fabric and merino wool roving, discover various wool layouts, create a stained-glass effect, and paint with silk hankies and silk roving on wool. This workshop is suited for beginner to intermediate learners and requires standing for most of the day.
AFS UFO Studio, formerly known as Sewing Circle, is an out of this world opportunity for fiber artists to come and complete the UnFinished Objects floating around their home. UFO Studio is free to attend, and though it is non-instructional, peer-to-peer help is always available. All forms of projects are welcome ? bring your unfinished weaving, sewing, embroidery, rug hooking, knitting, crocheting, felting, or any other project that involves fiber handwork. AFS has a couple of sewing machines, small looms, and hand tools available but please feel free to bring your own!
No weaving experience is necessary! The looms are dressed and ready to go, all you need to do is bring your creative spirit and to leave with a finished one-of-a-kind rug. Students will have a choice of making a traditional Rag Rug using recycled fabric strips or making a Sock Rug using remnants from a sock factory. Colors and choices of fabric and remnants vary from class to class depending on availability. The rugs are 24" wide, and up to 45" long.
In this extended class you will learn to warp the rigid heddle loom and see why Janet loves this loom. The tension and weaving process is gentle enough to use knitting yarn for both warp and weft.
In this extended class you will learn to warp the rigid heddle loom and see why Janet loves this loom. The tension and weaving process is gentle enough to use knitting yarn for both warp and weft.
