Author: Susan Lolli
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Dates: February 14, 21, 28, 2026 noon to 4 p.m. Fee: $180 per student – workshop fee includes workshop monograph Registration: opens November 1 and closes December 1, 2025 Preparation and Supply List:
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“Color in Deflected Doubleweave” with Natalie Drummond Deflected Doubleweave is a fascinating weave structure that yields surprises particularly with color, fiber, and finishing results. I’ll take you on my journey with mixing hand dyed yarns with 4 and 8 shaft drafts including how I design in the reed. Those wonky selvedges can be a challenge!…
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“Common and Uncommon Tied Unit Weaves” with Marcy Petrini We will discuss what makes tied unit weaves unique, and how they are different than unit weaves. With one warp and two wefts, tied unit weaves are supplementary structures; we will also discuss how they are different than other supplementary weaves and why exchanging one for…
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“Finish and Exhibit that Piece!” with Jenny Schu As fiber artists we can have a tendency to enjoy the process of creating a piece but not be prepared to finish or display it. We might start to solve these problems by considering what to do at the beginning stages or during the creation of your…
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“Building Woven Landscapes” with Maris Van Vlack With Building Woven Landscapes, interdisciplinary textile artist Maris Van Vlack will provide insight into her artistic practice of creating woven and knitted landscape tapestries using floor looms and jacquard looms. Van Vlack is an interdisciplinary artist who uses weaving to build images of architectural spaces that explore themes…
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“Sewing Your Handmade Fabrics, Part 1” with Liz Spear Liz Spear presents the 30+ year evolution of a weaving/sewing business with roots in a Midwestern upbringing, years making pottery full-time, and a final move to Western North Carolina. Her handwoven fabrics are cut-n-sewn into classic shirts, jackets and coats, often supplemented with her Nuno-felt and…
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“Couture Passementerie Through the Eyes of a Fiber Artist” with Robyn Spady From Chanel and Balenciaga to the House of Worth and Ralph Lauren, passementerie has been a way to elevate a garment from something ordinary to something extraordinary. What is passementerie? It’s a French term without an English equivalent. Passementerie encompasses a multitude of techniques…
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“Weaving in the UP: the Legacy of Immigrant Finns Lives On” with Phyllis Fredendall With images and stories from the Copper Country and Finland, Phyllis will share a weaving journey including the development of the fiber and fashion design program at Suomi College through to the survival of its dynamic fiber studio as the anchor of…
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October 4 and 11, 2025. 4:00 – 6:00 EST both Saturdays NOTE: REGISTRATION EXTENDED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 15 Registration Opens May 22, 2025 – Closes August 16, 2025 Cost: $100 In this class, students will learn square bias weaving from the basic concepts to being able to design and make a finished object or clothing using…