Textiles are integral to our lives, yet so often overlooked! Creating one’s own 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 their own 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

North House is looking forward to hosting this course on campus in the safest way possible. Students will be asked to wear a mask at all times on campus, and to practice social distancing of 6 feet, as well as adhere to other safety protocols. See the full details of our COVID-19 protocols here.

You will need the following tools for this class:

• Pencil
• Calculator
• Colored Pencils
• Graph Paper

Feel free to bring your favorite tools and whatever materials you might feel appropriate for this course.