Weaving – Getting Started

Weaving is a very satisfying method of creating your own fabric from yarn and other materials. Using a variety of yarn and colours and weaving them together using different techniques can be a very creative process. It is an ancient craft dating back to before 5,000BC, and fabric was always made by hand up until the industrial revolution.

This workshop will give you a chance to try weaving and a range of techniques and is a great starting point ready for our 6 week course.

In this workshop you will learn the basics of weaving. You will learn how to prepare a loom, then make a small woven sampler using a variety of techniques using colourful and textured yarns.

For those with no knowledge of weaving, or those who have a basic knowledge and would like to improve.

Just bring yourself as you will receive everything you need for use during the workshop. However if you have any weaving equipment and/or yarns to use in your sampler please bring them.

There will be a refreshment break where tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided. However if you would like anything more substantial you will have time to wander into town or please feel free to bring along your own food - we do have a fridge for storage too.

You will go home with a small woven sampler made with a variety of techniques, along with the confidence and the knowledge to be able to weave your own fabric at home.