Tapestry Weaving with Joanne Hall at The Woolery

Tapestry Weaving Workshop with Joanne Hall - April 12 - 14. Signup Deadline is February 11!
Materials and the loom are provided for your use in the class. Tapestry weaving on a frame loom - Tapestry is a weaving technique which lets you express your ideas and to be very creative. Weaving tapestry on a frame loom is fun and very portable. We will begin with weaving basic tapestry techniques and after learning to weave curved shapes, we will weave following a cartoon. Some small woven tapestries (including one from Sweden) will be interesting for you to see and perhaps inspire you.
No weaving experience necessary.

Friday: Warping the frame loom and beginning a sampler. We will weave several stripe techniques
and then vertical shapes of squares and rectangles.We will begin weaving the diagonal.
Saturday: Practice the diagonal shapes and weaving a curve. We will also cover making string heddles, using tapestry bobbins and make a cartoon.
Sunday: We will weave following a cartoon.

Sign up Deadline is February 11th.

Class duration: Friday 10AM - 4PM, Saturday 10AM - 3PM & Sunday 10AM to 3PM
Max enrollment: 12
Skill Level: Beginner

Instructor: Joanne Hall

Materials to bring: Scissors, tape measure or ruler, pencil or pen, black felt tipped pen.
Fee: $325 (Includes: Use of Loom, Warp: 12/6 cotton rug warp, Weft: Faro wool yarn & Blunt pointed needle with large eye.)

Please Call to Schedule  800-441-9665 . Classes are small, as usual, to allow for lots of individual attention. All Classes & Workshops are paid in advance, first come, first serve.*