From: £60.00
Come and enjoy a day course of weaving on a 4-shaft table loom and make your own unique scarf.
All materials provided for the workshop (£5 per person, payable to Tutor on the day).
Your tutor, Jan, will have her Ashford table top four shaft looms all warped up ready for you to weave a scarf width & length. She will provide patterns, lots of coloured yarn to enjoy a day weaving. This weaving is both highly addictive and therapeutic with the repetitive action of firing the shuttle back & forth.
The class is suitable for those totally new to weaving as well as those wishing to hone their skills on pattern reading
Looms will be set up and ready to go.
Jan moved to Cumbria in the mid 80’s after completing her BA Hons in Textiles.
She has over 30 year’s experience in the textile field working in Higher Education running a Constructed Textiles resource at University of Cumbria, formally Cumbria Institute of the Arts until 2010, when she decided to concentrate fulltime on making and exhibiting her own work.
Jan is a member of the Wool Clip a cooperative in North Cumbria
As well as selling her work in many galleries around the UK Jan runs specialist weave course for a wide range of abilities
Table Loom Weaving will run from 10am until 4pm and include refreshments, including fresh coffee, teas and a light lunch.
This workshop is suitable for beginners and weavers wanting to further develop their sills.
All materials provided for the workshop (£5 per person, payable to Tutor on the day).
Please note: There is a flight of stairs from the main entrance with a stair lift. The course will take place in the Gallery on the second floor accessed only by a flight of stairs.
