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Just Weave

Beginners encouraged and welcome

Three 3 hour weaving sessions, during mutually agreed up on times

(9 hrs - additional time for finishing projects add $25/wk for loom rental)

Instructor: Nancy Wilson

Cost: $100 + Material Fee varies based on your project

(Workshop size max. 3)

Contact me and we will schedule 3 consecutive 3 hour studio periods

Your weaving workshop includes a brief planning meeting with me

2 weeks prior to your first day of weaving so your project will be ready for you on your first day.

In this workshop you get individual instruction on the use of a floor loom and weave on a loom that is set up and ready to go. A major time consuming aspect of weaving is setting up the loom, this class does not include instruction on loom set up. A typical first project could be a scarf, shawl, table runner or wall hanging.

If you've taken

This is an excellent way to use your yarn to create a one of a kind item.

Take It From the Beginning

Beginners encouraged and welcome

Six 3 hour weaving sessions during mutually agreed up on times

additional time for finishing projects add $25/wk for loom time)

Instructor: Nancy Wilson

Cost: $175 plus cost of materials depending on project

(Workshop size max. 3)

Contact me and we will schedule 6 consecutive studio periods

You will learn about planning a project, measuring the yarn, the parts of a loom, preparing the loom, weaving and correcting mistakes. You will also become acquainted with several weaving patterns by weaving a sampler.

Loom Time

So you know how to weave and need a loom to work on... this is for you.

Reserve one of the Lost Art looms and weave to your heart's content at the studio. Weave during regular open studio times or by mutually agreed up on times.

Incudes use of all weaving related tools (yarn not included).

Loom time cost for one month - $100 ($25/week)

Contact me for looms currently available.

nancy@LostArtFiberandTextile.com

RIGID HEDDLE WEAVING

WI Alpaca an Fiber Fest
Just Weave - Rigid Heddle

Learn to use a rigid heddle loom...

Saturday April 26 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

This workshop will be held at the

WI Alpaca and Fiber Festival in Madison, WI

New Holland Pavilion 1

at the Alliant Energy Center, Madison
April 26 & 27, 2025

https://www.wisconsinalpacafiberfest.com/

Instructor: Nancy Wilson, Carin Randall

Class size max 10

Weave an Alpaca Mock Houndstooth Scarf

Workshop Cost: $95

Materials and use of loom included in cost of class - Classic Alpaca yarn

Weave 8" x approx 40" scarf

Yarn Color choices available must be made prior to class

REGISTRATION MUST BE RECEIVED BY APRIL 20

Experience level needed: No weaving experience required

Workshop Description: You will use a Schacht Cricket Loom to learn

the basics of rigid heddle weaving: the looms will be warped for you and ready to weave. there will be a demonstration on how a loom is warped using the direct method.

You will weave an soft and elegant mock houndstooth scarf using alpaca yarn.

After sign up for the workshop, you will receive an email asking for color choices

for your scarf. The final length of your scarf may vary for each individual.

Introduction to Rigid Heddle Workshops - Mequon-Thiensville

Learn to use a rigid heddle loom...

Winter/Spring classes being held at Mequon-Thiensville Rec Department

see website for registration https://www.mtsd.k12.wi.us/homestead/student-life/rec

Introduction to Rigid Heddle Workshops

Learn to use a rigid heddle loom...

Instructor: Nancy Wilson

Class size 2-6

Weave a Cotton Towel or Alpaca Houndstooth Scarf

Sunday, January 26

or

Sunday April 13

8:30 am - 4:30 pm

Workshop Cost: $75

Materials: $20 cotton yarn or $30 Classic Alpaca yarn

Weave a towel or wall hanging - finished size approx. 13" x 22"

or 8" x approx. 40" scarf

Length of finished item varies for each student.

Yarn Color choices available at workshop

If student isn't finished at end of workshop time they will be able to

finish project at Lost Art Studio at a later date

Loom rental: $15 for the class and can be applied toward purchase

of Cricket Loom

Experience level needed: No weaving experience required

Workshop Description: You will use a Schacht Cricket Loom to learn

the basics of rigid heddle weaving: how to set up your loom,

the parts of the loom, put on a warp and weave a scarf, cowl or

weaving sampler depending on your progress during the workshop.

Black Ash Twill Basket

May 3 and 4 9:00 am - 5:00 pm (1 hour lunch break)

Instructor: Liandra Skenandore

Cost: $250 + $65 material fee paid to instructor on day of class

(Workshop size max. 6)

Workshop will be held at farm in Town of Genesee

Deadline for registration is April 26

Also called a corn sifting basket, this style of black ash twill basket is a traditional
Haudenosaunee and Oneida basket used for sifting crushed or pounded corn to make corn mush
flour.

Beyond its traditional use, the basket can also hold fruit and a variety of items or used for
decorative display. The basket features a beautiful double twill weave which may seem
intimidating at first but the pattern work is suitable for all levels of experience and is an excellent
introduction into weaving designs.

In this class, students will make one black ash twill basket that measures approximately
6”x6”x3” (length x width x height). Students will prepare their base and weaver pieces for their
twill basket by cutting and knife-scraping black ash splint material that has already been
hand-pounded off of a black ash log. Students will then weave the basket in the double twill
weave pattern for the base and the double twill weave pattern for the walls. Students will learn
how to finish this basket by tucking in the uprights and preparing their rim and lashing pieces
which will be fitted and secured onto the basket body.

No prior basket weaving experience is required. Some hand strength and finger dexterity are
necessary as we will be working with scissors and a knife to prepare all the materials for the
basket. All tools and materials are provided by the instructor.

About Liandra Skenandore

Liandra Skenandore is an enrolled citizen of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin and also belongs to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, Muscogee Creek Nation, and Seminole Nation of Oklahoma.

She apprenticed as a black ash basket weaver under renowned black ash basket maker April Stone (Bad River Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe) through the 2020 Mentor Artist Fellowship Program with the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation. Liandra continues to practice black ash basket weaving and now enjoys sharing and teaching the craft with various communities. She lives in Oneida, Wisconsin