Dressing the Loom
Instructor: Becky Ashenden
Prerequisites: none
Max enrollment: 8
Course fee: $300 (includes all instruction and studio time, course handouts, lunch Mon–Tue)
Materials fee: $15+ (we weigh the woven projects and charge by the ounce)
Room & board: $120 (includes lodging Sun–Mon evenings, breakfast Mon–Tue, dinner Mon only)
For more detail: See also costs & logistics, food & accommodations
Days offered: Two-day session, Monday–Tuesday
Dates offered: (2010) November 29–30 ; not offered in 2011
Design and wind your own napkin warp to take home, in addition to experiencing all aspects of dressing our looms. All stages of our loom dressing techniques will be covered, including winding a warp on a warping mill, pre-sleying the reed, winding onto the back beam with warp sticks, threading Texsolv heddles, tying up to the front tie-on bar, and tying up the treadles. You'll learn about both countermarch and counterbalance tie-ups. You'll find this class useful either as a review or as your first class at Vävstuga.
