Workshops & Courses 2011

All Courses wILL BE held at:-
Devon Weavers Workshop, Unit 8, Coombe Park, Ashprington, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 7DY
10.00am - 4.00pm

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(Please note –small additional charges for yarns and printed materials, supplied as part of courses, may be applicable. These will be kept to a minimum and charged at cost. Costs will be notified to participants before the commencement of any course.)

BEGINNERS COURSE

9 to 13 April 2011

5 days of intensive tuition over one week. Equipment provided.

£150 - £50 deposit; balance due 6 weeks prior to commencement of course.
(A small extra charge will be made for any yarns used – max. £10)

JASON COLLINGWOOD

5 to 7 February 2011

RUG WEAVING COURSE
4-end blockweaves + Summer & Winter

4-end blockweave/taquete is an extremely versatile structure for rug weaving. It offers many of the design possibilities achievable in 3-end blockweave, but is visually very different. The threading allows for plain weave, and this means we can also explore summer and winter in this class, opening up a whole new range of design options. Shaft switching in relation to this weave structure will be full explained.

£150 non-members, £135 associate members, £112.50 full members

JETTE VANDERMEIDAN

18 to 20 June 2011

ALL TIED UP!

The tie-up is your best friend! Thread the loom with one versatile
threading and learn how to re-arrange your tie-up so you can weave many,
many different structures and projects without re-threading. Discover how
integrated twills, layered double weave, summer and winter, plaited twill,
breaks and recesses, M's and O's, waffle weave and so many others can all be
woven with small changes to the tie-up.

Basic weaving skills required.
Only 8 shaft looms are suitable; you will be working on your own loom.

£150 non-members, £135 associate members, £112.50 full members

JETTE VANDERMEIDAN

22 to 24 June 2011

BEIDERWAND AND LAMPAS

A subset of lampas, beiderwand uses one warp which is divided into ground
warp and secondary warp. The cloth itself is patterned and contains areas
of two-layer doubleweave, integrated or stitched doubleweave and ground
weave. Woven predominantly in Schleswig-Holstein, beiderwand actually means
both sides, obvious in the cloth as the back looks quite different from the
front. Lampas, using different ground and pattern variations, will be woven
as well.

Basic weaving skills required.
Only 8 shaft looms are suitable; you will be working on your own loom.

£150 non-members, £135 associate members, £112.50 full members

ANN RICHARDS

24 to 26 September 2011

FIBRES THAT DISTORT IN WATER

Details to come

SPINNING GROUP

A group of spinners meet monthly on Friday mornings at the workshop. They are always on the look-out for new members, experienced or beginners, to join their group.

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