Beginning Tapestry Weaving

Instructor: Martin Miller

Class Time: 8 am - 4:30 pm —with a break for lunch

Create your own wall art using tapestry techniques. This is beginning course – no weaving experience is needed. You will learn to warp a loom and weave a sampler with several techniques to use to create your own designs.

Skills you will learn:

• Warp and tension a simple frame loom.

• Remove finished tapestry from loom and prepare for display

• Using specific techniques to create an image

• Weaving techniques:

• Slits

• Warp interlock

• Weft interlock

• Weaving multiple areas at once

By the end of the class you will have a finished tapestry ready to hang for your friends to admire.

Class Details

Minimum Age: 12 years
- children 10-11 yrs can attend with an adult and share materials

Skills Required: no experience required

Materials Fee, paid to instructor: $50

Includes:
• Loom
• Warp & Weft

Instructor will bring (for use in class):

• Handouts

• Examples

• Reference books for use in class

Students should bring:

• Notebook and pen or pencil

• Blunt tapestry needle

• Small Scissors

• Tape measure or ruler