I can provide entertaining and educational presentations on a variety of topics, structured to interest your group. Most presentations include a PowerPoint slide show. I always provide things to look at and touch. Each of these programs takes about an hour including Q & A. I can make it shorter if necessary and can easily fill more time by taking more questions and more discussion of things that I bring to show. Inquiries about other topics of interest are welcome. I have listed virtual options for most of these topics.
Guild Speaker Fee: $300 plus gas and housing, if overnight is necessary. Rate for virtual programs via Zoom is $200. To discuss dates and program choices contact me. Most of the classes I teach can be adapted to off-site workshops for guilds or other groups. The workshop charge is $500/day plus mileage (IRS rate) and housing if I stay overnight.
1-Day Workshop - Get Fancy with Rigid Heddle Weaving
1-Day Workshop - Get Fancy with Rigid Heddle Weaving
Explore finger-manipulated techniques including Danish medallions, Brooks bouquet, Spanish lace, leno and clasped weft. Each of these techniques has the potential for infinite creativity depending on variables of yarn choice, scale, and position. You will weave a sampler to learn the basic techniques and to whet your appetite for continued exploration. By using two colors in the warp this project becomes not only a sampler of these techniques, but of color interaction for each structure. These finger-manipulated techniques may also be used on traditional table and floor loom weaving, adding to any weaver’s repertoire.
Experience: You must know basic operation of the RH loom and be able to weave plain weave.
Materials fee: None
Bring: RH loom warped and ready to weave & yarn for weft (you will get instructions prior to the class); 2 stick shuttles (may purchase at class); 1 pick-up stick (may purchase at class); 1 knitting needle, size 10 or larger, a little longer than the width of your warp; 1 crochet hook, any size; tape measure, scissors.
