October 10 (Day 1) and November 14 (Day 2)

Let’s weave a fancy scarf! Learn how to weave a scarf with all the beautiful fancy yarns from the shops. Bring your Chenille, mohair, bouclés, silk, Fur, soft merino or other hairy yarns with you. First day I will show you how to design, calculate and warp such a delicious scarf. We will also discuss what reaction and shrinkage you can expect with different materials. On the second day, we will dress the loom and weave the scarf and you should be able to go home with your beautiful piece. This workshop is a perfect follow up on the beginning weaving workshop. It is designed for beginners and/or weavers, who need some confidence in their ability to dress a loom.

Requirements

• Table loom 4 shafts or more, at least 40cm wide
• No. 8 Reed! Very important.
• Warping board and everything you need to wind your warp
• All the weaving accessories you need for weaving. (Shuttle, bobbins, a pair of scissors, magnifying glass, measure tape in cm and inch, pins….)
• Ruler
• Calculator
• Note book and pencil
• Sticky tape
• All sorts of fancy yarns, Bouclés, Chenille, Fur yarn, hairy yarns, Mohair, Wool, thick, thins, colourful. Anything really. The more variation you have as more colourful and exclusive your work is going to be.
• Material for weaving will be provided. It will be the Tussah-silk yarn Nm 2/20 and I will bring the whole colour range to choose from. You won’t have to buy a whole skein, you pay what you use! Cost for weft approx. AU$ 20.- incl. GST + cost of warping material if you used any. Or of course you can use your own weft material! I will certainly also bring the whole box of bits and pieces of yarns like Chenille and Bouclés to buy from if desired.
• Lunch

I am looking forward to see you there! It will be wonderful with a lot of colours…. and fun!
Happy weaving from Ursula

Please note that the price for all QSWFA Workshops is now $60 members and $80 non-members per day.

For any queries regarding workshops please contact Phillipa Rooke
Ph 3369 2003 | Email : phillipa@powerup.com.au

Enrolment forms are available from http://www.qldspinners.org.au