Learning About Weaving

 

What a busy week it was!  Hopefully things will begin to calm down now.  I haven't woven since Sunday and I'm missing my time at the loom.

The latest class at School of Sweet Georgia has launched.  A deep dive into the three 'major' lace weaves - huck, Swedish and Bronson.

Included in the class is a tutorial on how to do Bronson Lace using pick up so that you are not limited to the number of blocks you can use to create a motif.  But first you have to really understand how the weave structure works, so I hope that people take the time to work through the class before they tackle the pick up.  Or, if they already understand how Bronson Lace works, they will find the pick up technique intriguing.

Lace weaves are versatile and useful in so many applications.  Changing the density and using wool, toasty blankets can be created, while opening the density and using finer, smooth yarn can create a delicate lightweight cloth.  And everything in between!

If you have more than four shafts, there is information for 8 shafts as well, and a lesson on profile drafts.

The classes are paced, formatted in 'chapters' so you can go to the section you want to review (if you want to do so) without watching all the rest.  And of course I'm on the forums to answer questions if you have any.

Once a member of SOS, you have access to all the course content on the site.  

I also have information on lace weaves in The Intentional Weaver (signed copies available at Sweet Georgia Yarns) 

Today I'm having a 'catch up' day, trying to tackle the things that got put on hold while I dealt with books.  There are four bins of books ready for the post office.  They will go, one at a time.  But by end of next week, all should be on their way.

In the meantime, am I writing again?  Maaayyyybeeeeeeeeee.....