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Join us for Basic Floor Loom: Stripes with Joan Namkoong
Practice your loom setup skills and techniques while you learn about stripes!
Make them skinny, make them wide; make them one color or many colors. Plain weave, basketweave or twill stripes? In this class you’ll learn how to design and calculate striped dishtowels, how to warp stripes on the warping board, practice setting up a floor loom and vary the look of the stripes as you weave. Students will design and weave 4 dishtowels to take home.
This is a class for those who have set up a floor loom at least once before and know the basics of floor loom weaving.
Supply fee: $25 for warp and weft yarns
By the end of class, weavers will have their one-of-a-kind project to take home.
Prerequisite: Basic Weaving I
There will be an additional $25 supply fee payable to the instructor on first day of class which includes all weaving supplies.
What to bring:
- $25 supply fee
- Small scissors
- Paper and pencil for notes
Instructor Bio
Joan Namkoong is a 30 year plus weaver who lives on the Big Island. She weaves and sells functional textiles like scarves, shawls, towels, rugs, runners and yardage for household use. Silk is her favorite thread followed by cotton. Plain weave is used most of the time on her 8- shaft Gilmore loom. She also uses a drawloom to weave complex images and patterns.
Hawaiʻi Handweavers' Hui members receive a discounted class fee. If you are interested in becoming a member please click HERE.
This class is open to adults, and minors ages 12-17 when accompanied by a parent or guardian. If you are interested in taking the class with your child, please register online and add your child as a guest. Those registering for a Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui class may add one guest based on availability.
We require a minimum of three participants for each class. A full refund will be issued to those registered, if class is cancelled by Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui. Refunds for class registration cancellation by participant will be issued in full only if the cancellation is made more than 14 days before the class begins.
MAP: St Luke's Episcopal Church
Parking at St Lukeʻs Episcopal Church Community Hall
For more information contact: classes@hawaiihandweavers.org
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