Textiles are integral to our lives, yet so often overlooked! Creating cloth empowers expression through color, texture, and design. In this course, we will explore these elements through weaving on a four-shaft floor loom. Students will learn the principles of handweaving, including designing a project, preparing a warp, dressing a floor loom, and weaving cloth. After this course, students will gain an understanding of how woven cloth is created, how to read a pattern draft (the language of weaving), and use basic weave structures. Each student will create a finished wool scarf, an expression of their own aesthetics.

Required Tools

• Pencil
• Calculator (smart phone works well!)
• Colored Pencils
• Flexible tape measure
• Sharp pair of scissors