Boundweaving - Level I

With Nancy Arthur Hoskins

Are you fascinated & curious about weft-faced patterns and figures in a woven piece? Nancy teaches you how to design, draft and weave those interesting and intriguing loom-controlled figures with "boundweaving" techniques. You will learn how one threading (Rosepath), can create an infinite variety of designs by varying the tie-up, treadling, and color order of the wefts. The sample projects include weaving with different fibers and can be enlarged for pillows or framed wall pieces. The boundweaving theory & weaving techniques learned will prepare you for further exploration with weft-faced weaves using other threadings.

Prerequisites:

You should be able to warp your loom independently and understand how to read and follow a pattern draft as well as being able to weave plain weave or twill.

Materials needed:

A four shaft (jack or rising shed preferred), cotton rug warp, and four compatible colors of medium weight weft yarn.

About 140 minutes.