From Eight to Sixteen: Kumihimo Braiding on the Marudai - Conference of Northern California Weavers
Apr
25
to Apr 26

From Eight to Sixteen: Kumihimo Braiding on the Marudai - Conference of Northern California Weavers

  • DoubleTree by Hilton Sonoma (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Spend two days with traditional braiding equipment – a Marudai (round stand) and Tama (weighted spools) – to make an 8-element sampler using two colors of synthetic silk. Braids include round, flat, square and oval shapes. Patterns within a braid structure can be varied according to the initial layout. The handout illustrates 25 different patterns.

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Roman Numerals, Rabbits, and Fudge: The Fibonacci Factor - Complex Weavers Seminar
Jul
8
1:00 PM13:00

Roman Numerals, Rabbits, and Fudge: The Fibonacci Factor - Complex Weavers Seminar

Leonardo Fibonacci, a 13th-century Italian mathematician, introduced a sequence of numbers which has helped weavers and designers create successful stripe proportions.  But what happens if the number of warp ends for a project doesn’t fit neatly into the Fibonacci number sequence?  Learn how to make “Fibonacci Fudge.”  The Roman Numerals and Rabbits are explained in the slide lecture. Weavers will practice the mathematics by making two warp “wrappings”.

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Kumihimo: From Defense to Decoration
Jul
9
9:00 AM09:00

Kumihimo: From Defense to Decoration

Learn about the history of Japan through the perspective of kumihimo or plaited silk cords. The slides document the development of Japanese plaited cords from fossilized remains in grave mounds to the Samurai era when silk cords laced together a warrior’s armor.  It also explores the current fashion trends using cords as obijime (an integral part of securing the obi and kimono) to decorative neckpieces. Slides include those taken in Japan, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a professional advertising photographer in Kyoto, the Portland Art Museum, and the 2019 Braid Society Conference in Iga Japan.

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8-Shaft Warp Rep Runner with 2-Block Border Motifs
Jul
15
to Jul 17

8-Shaft Warp Rep Runner with 2-Block Border Motifs

Participants will develop their design skills in warp-faced Rep weave during this class. Using the same threading, weavers will pre-dress their looms. The runner will showcase a series of 4-block motifs with a border displaying 2-block motifs in contrasting colors. Attendees will delve into independent and linked blocks, the development of 4-block designs, and the transformation of profile drafts into threading and treadling plans for symmetric motifs. Additionally, weavers will learn how to develop a skeleton tie-up,

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It’s in the Warp: Color and Design in Warp-faced Rep - Jockey Hollow Weavers Guild
Apr
4
to Apr 6

It’s in the Warp: Color and Design in Warp-faced Rep - Jockey Hollow Weavers Guild

Two different colored warps (a pattern and a background colorway) combine with thick and thin weft to form the elements for exploring block design in Warp-faced Rep. Prior to the workshop, participants will be sent drafts for 4- and 8-shaft looms. Weavers will select a draft and pre-thread a loom. Learn how “blocks” of rep can be combined to expand design possibilities. Discussion will focus on profile drafting, use of color, movement of blocks in independent and link fashion, skeleton tie-up, and different threading systems. Weavers will work exclusively on their own loom to understand the weave structure of Rep, sampling with different weight wefts to create textiles suitable for the table, wall, and floor.

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“Ripped” About Rep - Jockey Hollow Weavers
Apr
3
7:00 PM19:00

“Ripped” About Rep - Jockey Hollow Weavers

This Powerpoint Presentation introduces fiber artists to the weave structure called Warp-faced Rep. Slides include projects woven on 4 to 16 shafts, many which have appeared in Handwoven magazine. See the steps involved in setting up a loom for warp-faced rep, oftentimes referred to by the Swedish word ripsmatta which translates to rep mat. Documentation also includes projects woven by weavers in Rosalie’s Rep workshops taught throughout the country, showing how weavers interpret similar drafts both in patterns and color.

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It’s in the Warp: Color and Design in Warp-faced Rep - Florida Tropical Weavers Guild
Mar
15
to Mar 17

It’s in the Warp: Color and Design in Warp-faced Rep - Florida Tropical Weavers Guild

  • Wyndham Orlando Resort & Conference Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Two different colored warps (a pattern and a background colorway) combine with thick and thin weft to form the elements for exploring block design in Warp-faced Rep. Prior to the workshop, participants will be sent drafts for 4- and 8-shaft looms. Weavers will select a draft and pre-thread a loom. Learn how “blocks” of rep can be combined to expand design possibilities. Discussion will focus on profile drafting, use of color, movement of blocks in independent and linked fashion, skeleton tie-up, and different threading systems. Weavers will work exclusively on their own loom to understand the weave structure of Rep, sampling with different weight wefts to create textiles suitable for the table, wall, and floor.

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Oct
19
to Oct 21

It’s in the Warp: Color and Design in Rep

Salem Fiberarts Guild

Salem, Oregon

Thursday, October 19, 2023 - 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Friday, October 20, 2023 - 9:30 am - 4:30 pm

Saturday, october 21, 2023 - 9:30 am - 4:30 pm

Two different colored warps (a pattern and a background colorway) combine with thick and thin weft to form the elements for exploring block design in Warp-faced Rep. Prior to the workshop, participants will be sent drafts for 4- and 8-shaft looms. Weavers will select a draft and pre-thread a loom. Learn ho “blocks” of rep can be combined to expand design possibilities. Discussion will focus on profile drafting, use of color, movement of blocks in independent and link fashion, skeleton tie-up, and different threading systems. Weavers will work exclusively on their own loom to understand the weave structure of Rep, sampling with different weight wefts to create textiles suitable for the table, wall, and floor.

Materials fee: $30 – three coil bound handouts plus materials for a color wrap

Rep Weave Sampler

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Oct
4
11:30 AM11:30

Art Sparks: Edo Yatsu Gumi - S- and Z-Spirals

Learn how to braid the S- and Z-spirals of the 8-element Kumihimo braid known as Edo Yatsu Gumi. A PowerPoint presentation, interspersed with seven brief movies, shows the initial color layouts, plus demonstrates two variations where movements of the braiding elements are doubled and tripled. Learn how to switch easily from S- to Z-spiral or change too one of the variations to create unique designs.

Edo Yatsu Gumi S- and Z-Spirals with Edo Yatsu Gumi 2x

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Rep Runner on Eight Shafts
Jul
20
to Jul 23

Rep Runner on Eight Shafts

  • Worcester State College (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The rep runner will feature a series of 4-block motifs in the center, with a border featuring 2-block motifs in opposite colors. The border will be separated from the center designs by solid-color stripes. Weavers will use a series of Design Pages from An Exaltation of Blocks written by Rosalie Neilson to develop their 4-block motifs. (Click on Photo to learn more.)

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Color and Design in Huck Lace Towels
Jun
12
to Jun 14

Color and Design in Huck Lace Towels

  • Riverhouse on the Deschutes (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Weavers will learn how “blocks” or units of huck lace are threaded on 4- and 8-shaft looms, and how to combine blocks to create complex patterns. Weavers will convert a 6-block profile drafts into a threading and treadling drafts. Using printed Design Pages and Transparent Overlays from Neilson’s book An Exaltation of Blocks, weavers will learn how to convert 6-block profile drafts into both a threading and treadling draft. (Click on Photo to learn more)

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It's in the Warp: Color and Design in Warp-Faced Rep
May
12
to May 14
warp-faced rep weave, rep weave, handweaving

It's in the Warp: Color and Design in Warp-Faced Rep

  • The Yadkin Valley Fiber Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Two different colored warps (a pattern and a background colorway) combine with thick and thin weft to form the elements for exploring block design in Warp-faced Rep. Prior to the workshop, participants will be sent drafts for 4- and 8-shaft looms. Weavers will select a draft and thread a loom prior to workshop. (Click on Photo to learn more.)

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Color and Design in Huck Lace Towels
Mar
25
to Apr 1

Color and Design in Huck Lace Towels

Weavers will learn how “blocks” or units of huck lace are threaded on 4- and 8-shaft looms, and how to combine blocks to create complex patterns. Weavers will convert a 6-block profile drafts into a threading and treadling drafts. Using printed Design Pages and Transparent Overlays from Neilson’s book An Exaltation of Blocks, weavers will learn how to convert 6-block profile drafts into both a threading and treadling draft. (Click on Photo to learn more)

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8-Shaft Rep Runner: A Study in 4-Block Design Using Linked Blocks and Solid Stripes
Feb
24
to Feb 25

8-Shaft Rep Runner: A Study in 4-Block Design Using Linked Blocks and Solid Stripes

  • Las Vegas Fiber Arts Guild (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Using the same profile draft, weavers will thread an 8-shaft loom with four or five different colors of 3/2 or 5/2 cotton to design a table runner. The runner will feature a series of 4-block motifs in the center, with a border featuring 2-block motifs in opposite colors. The border will be separated from the center designs by solid-color stripes. (Click on Photo to learn more)

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Huck Lace Towels - A Virtual Workshop in Color and Design (ZOOM)
Feb
11
to Feb 18

Huck Lace Towels - A Virtual Workshop in Color and Design (ZOOM)

  • Weavers Guild of Greater Baltimore (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Weavers will learn how “blocks” or units of huck lace are threaded on 4- and 8-shaft looms, and how to combine blocks to create complex patterns. Weavers will convert a 6-block profile drafts into a threading and treadling drafts. Using printed Design Pages and Transparent Overlays from Neilson’s book An Exaltation of Blocks, weavers will learn how to convert 6-block profile drafts into both a threading and treadling draft. (Click on Photo to learn more)

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Huck Lace Towels on 4 and 8 shafts - ZOOM
Oct
15
to Oct 16
huck lace, handweaving

Huck Lace Towels on 4 and 8 shafts - ZOOM

  • Western Reserve Spinners and Weavers Guild (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Weavers will learn how “blocks” or units of huck lace are threaded on 4- and 8-shaft looms, and how to combine blocks to create complex patterns. Weavers will convert a 6-block profile drafts into a threading and treadling drafts. Using printed Design Pages and Transparent Overlays from Neilson’s book An Exaltation of Blocks, weavers will learn how to convert 6-block profile drafts into both a threading and treadling draft. (Click on Photo to learn more)

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The Lattice Braids of Kongō Gumi
Jul
16
1:30 PM13:30

The Lattice Braids of Kongō Gumi

Convergence 2020 Knoxville, Knoxville Convention Center, Tennessee

Saturday, July 16, 2022, 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM

A lattice is a grid framework creating diamond- or square-like openings. In 16-element Kongō Gumi braiding, the lattice is created by the eight cords in the North-South and East-West quadrants. How the remaining eight cords are laid out the in the NE-SE and NW-SW quadrants determines the shape of the lattice. Using a foam braiding disk and satin cord, practice making a variety of lattice structures, from regular (symmetric) to irregular (asymmetric) shapes.

Kit cost: $20 (if you bring your own 6” round foam disk, Kit cost is $10)

Kit supplies for two keyrings: Includes 6” round foam braiding disk, 16 yards petite satin cord in four different colors, two keyrings, string for finishing tassel. Handout includes layouts for eight different lattice braids, braiding instructions, and finishing details.

Bring scissors

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Converting 6-Block Patterns into 8-shaft Huck Lace
Jul
16
9:00 AM09:00

Converting 6-Block Patterns into 8-shaft Huck Lace

Convergence 2022 Knoxville, Knoxville Convention Center, Knoxville, TN

Saturday, July 16, 2020, 9 AM to 12:00 PM

Using Design Pages and Transparent Overlays from An Exaltation of Blocks, learn how to create 6-block patterns using two styles of profile drafts, and how to translate these patterns into 8-shaft Huck Lace. The seminar includes a PowerPoint lecture documenting how adding or subtracting shafts in the tie-up creates the characteristic warp- and weft-floats. Weavers will copy their patterns onto graph paper, and with the aid of transparent Huck Lace Templates, create the tie-up and treadling information for “ready-to-weave” patterns upon return to their studios. Weavers with more than eight shafts can experiment with combining several different patterns at the same time.

Handout: $20 –  Coil bound Handout includes threading instructions for both Profile Drafts, a transparent Huck Lace Template for each draft, and envelopes containing Design Pages and Transparent Overlays.

Supplies for Design Session: Graph paper -- 4 squares to the inch, #2 pencils or a few colored pencils, eraser, pencil sharpener, straight edge

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The Power of Block Design with Higher Order Block Motifs
Jul
12
1:45 PM13:45

The Power of Block Design with Higher Order Block Motifs

Complex Weavers Seminars 2022, Hilton Hotel, Knoxville, TN

Tuesday, July 12, 2022, 1:45 PM to 3:45 PM

Through a PowerPoint Presentation, learn how the binary number system is used to develop higher- order block motifs where the eight 2-block motifs (which show 4-part symmetry) are the core of the 64 3-block motifs, and in turn these 3-blocks motifs are the core for the 1,024 4-block motifs. Learn how motifs of 5- to 8-blocks are created by adding transparent outlines to the 4-block motifs. Learn how the outlines in turn become the definitive number of twill lines for 5- to 8-end twills.

Following the lecture is a design session where weavers will develop higher-ordered motifs using Design Pages and Transparent Overlays from the Section Two Toolkit of An Exaltation of Blocks, written by Neilson. Learn how the higher ordered motifs can be placed in a larger grid system for more elaborate patterns. A way to document the patterns for future use is to photograph them with a cell phone

Note: Session One of the Power of Block Design is not a requirement for attendance in Session Two.

Materials Fee: $15 - Coil bound booklet including envelopes containing a selection of Section Two Design Pages (showing 4-block motifs) and Transparent Overlays (Outlines for 5- to 8-block Motifs)

Supplies for Design Session: Commercially printed graph paper -- 4 squares to the inch, #2 pencils or a few colored pencils, eraser, straight edge

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The Power of Block Design
Jul
11
to Jul 12

The Power of Block Design

Complex Weavers Seminars 2022, Hilton Hotel, Knoxville TN

Monday, July 11, 2022, 9 AM to 11 AM

Block designs consist of black and white squares on grid paper, where black is considered the pattern block and white the background block. Through a PowerPoint Presentation, learn how the binary number system is used to develop the sixteen textures of 4-shaft huck lace, and how these textures are expanded to develop the definitive number of 2-block motifs. These sixteen motifs, (eight 4-part symmetric and eight 2-part symmetric), become the building blocks of more elaborate patterns.

Following the lecture is a design session where weavers will develop 6-block patterns using Design Pages and Transparent Overlays from the Section One Toolkit of An Exaltation of Blocks, written by Neilson. The pages and overlays allow weavers to construct and deconstruct complex patterns following the principles of rotational symmetry. The 6-block patterns can be woven in a variety of different weave structures, depending on the number of loom shafts and the interest of each weaver.

Materials Fee: $15. Coil bound booklet including envelopes containing Section One Design Pages and two different styles of Transparent Overlays

Supplies for Design Session: Commercially printed Graph paper -- 4 squares to the inch, #2 pencils or a few colored pencils, eraser, pencil sharpener, straight edge

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It’s in the Warp: Color and Design in Rep—Five and One-half Day Workshop
Jun
5
to Jun 10

It’s in the Warp: Color and Design in Rep—Five and One-half Day Workshop

John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown NC

Sunday, June 5, 6:30 PM to 9 PM
Monday to Friday, June 6 to June 10, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Two different colored warps (a pattern and a background colorway) combine with thick and thin weft to form the elements for exploring block design in Warp-faced Rep. Participants will design the color of their warps on Sunday evening, and begin warping their projects on Monday. Weavers will learn how to use two threads during warping and how to make a single end cross. Discussions will focus on profile drafting, use of color, movement of blocks in independent and linked fashion, skeleton tie-up, and different threading systems. Weavers will work exclusively on their own loom to understand the weave structure of Rep. Woven runners will be exhibited on Friday afternoon.

Handout: $20 for coil-bound booklet

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Color and Design in Huck Lace (Zoom Workshop)
May
5
to May 13

Color and Design in Huck Lace (Zoom Workshop)

Jockey Hollow Weavers, Mendham, New Jersey

Thursday, May 5 and 6, 2022, 12 noon - 2:30 PM, 4:00-5:30 PM EDT

Friday May 13, 2022, 12 noon to 2:00 PM EDT

The structure of Huck Lace provides a treasure trove of design for weavers. It is a weave structure combining textures of warp and weft floats with plain weave. An 8-shaft loom can produce six blocks of design while a 4-shaft loom can produce a myriad of different textures.

The workshop begins with a Power Point presentation showing how “blocks” or units of huck lace are threaded on four and eight shafts. Discussions will focus on converting a profile draft into a threading and treadling, and how literally thousands of designs can be created within a single threading by changing the tie-up. 

Participants will use printed Design Pages, Transparent Overlays, and the Huck Lace Template from Neilson’s book An Exaltation of Blocks to explore the design possibilities for 6-block Huck Lace.  Weavers with 4-shaft looms will learn the sixteen different textures of 2-block Huck Lace. The designs will be translated into woven towels. 

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The Power of Block Design: Lecture
May
4
7:00 PM19:00

The Power of Block Design: Lecture

Jockey Hollow Weavers, Mendham, New Jersey

May 4 – 7:00 pm EDT

Block designs consist of black and white squares on grid paper, where black is considered the pattern block and white the background block. Through a PowerPoint Presentation, learn how the binary number system is used to develop the sixteen textures of 4-shaft huck lace, and how these textures are expanded to develop the definitive number of 2-block motifs. These sixteen motifs, (eight 4-part symmetric and eight 2-part symmetric), become the building blocks of more elaborate patterns.

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Odyssey of Kongō and Naiki
Apr
2
to Apr 3

Odyssey of Kongō and Naiki

American Kumihimo Society April Virtual Gathering

Session 1 April 2, 2022, 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm ET
Session 2 April 3, 2022, 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm ET

The layout of 16-element Kongō Gumi changes four times before returning to its original starting position. Using any of these four layouts as the starting position yields the exact same design in Kongō. However, if you change the Kongō interlacement to that of Naiki, a surprise occurs: two different designs can be created depending on which Kongō Gumi layout is used. Likewise, if the clockwise and counterclockwise steps are repeated twice in each direction, a third and fourth design occurs. Learn which layouts create the two distinctive Naiki designs and how to change from one to the other within the same braid.

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Color and Design in Huck Lace (Zoom Workshop)
Mar
14
to Mar 18

Color and Design in Huck Lace (Zoom Workshop)

Redwood Guild of Fiber Arts, Santa Rosa, California

March 14 and 16, 2022, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm, 2:00 - 4:00 pm
March 18, 2022, 9:30 am – 11:30 am

The structure of Huck Lace provides a treasure trove of design for weavers. It is a weave structure combining textures of warp and weft floats with plain weave. An 8-shaft loom can produce six blocks of design while a 4-shaft loom can produce a myriad of different textures.

The workshop begins with a Power Point presentation showing how “blocks” or units of huck lace are threaded on four and eight shafts. Discussions will focus on converting a profile draft into a threading and treadling, and how literally thousands of designs can be created within a single threading by changing the tie-up. 

Participants will use printed Design Pages, Transparent Overlays, and the Huck Lace Template from Neilson’s book An Exaltation of Blocks to explore the design possibilities for 6-block Huck Lace.  Weavers with 4-shaft looms will learn the sixteen different textures of 2-block Huck Lace. The designs will be translated into woven towels.

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