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Interested in learning tapestry? This course will teach you all about some of the possibilities of tapestry and introduce you to a variety of tapestry techniques. Jane will show you what she is weaving and learning on our Arras Tapestry Loom. You can also weave these samples on a Lilli Loom or a Cricket!
Arras tapestry loom with colorful woven design

Course curriculum

    1. Welcome

    1. Equipment & Materials

    2. Bonus Lesson: Warping the Lilli Loom

    3. Bonus Lesson: Warping the Cricket Loom

    1. Tools & Materials

    2. Selvedges

    3. Starting Wefts

    4. Bubbling

    5. Weaving

    6. Weft-Faced Color-and-Weave

    1. Slit Tapestry

    2. Weft Interlock

    3. Weaving a Shape

    1. Soumak

    2. Eccentric Weaving

    3. Outlining Shapes

    4. Hatching

    1. Ghiordes Knots or Rya

    2. Grand Finale

    3. Finishing Techniques

    4. Survey

About this course

  • Free
  • 21 lessons
  • 0 hours of video content
  • Colorful tapestry weaving with soumak.
  • colorful diamond pattern on a tapestry weaving made with rya knots.
  • Meet and separate technique on a tapestry weaving, forming a gradient triangle in the middle of pinks and oranges. Green and blue triangles create the two sides of the tapestry.

Instructor

Jane Patrick

Weaving has been Jane Patrick’s passion and profession for nearly 50 years. She first learned to weave while an exchange student in Iceland and knew then that weaving would be a part of her life. After moving to Boulder in 1976, she decided that she wanted to make her livelihood through weaving. Jane was an editor at Interweave Press, where she edited books as well as Handwoven magazine. After leaving Interweave, Jane joined her husband Barry Schacht at Schacht Spindle Company as Creative Director. Jane is the author of The Weaver’s Idea Book, as well as 2 other books on rigid heddle weaving. She is enthusiastic about the power of the simple rigid heddle loom and its ability to get new weavers feeling confident quickly.