Fiber Arts
Weaving Skill-Building
Learn the skills you need to use the floor loom.
Tuition Assistance and Other Policies
Meeting Times
- Sat, 11/2/2024 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
- Sun, 11/3/2024 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sat, 11/2/2024 - Sun, 11/3/2024
Closed
About
Floor looms are freestanding devices used to weave large, complex, and wide pieces of fabric, and are well suited to making rugs, blankets, upholstery, scarves, and even coasters! Floor looms offer greater control and consistency over other types of looms (such as rigid heddle, table, tapestry looms, etc.) when weaving.
To use a floor loom, you need to learn how to set up the loom and warp it, how to manipulate the threads and patterns depending on your project, and how to maintain consistent tension throughout the process. Learn those skills, along with problem-solving and project planning, and you can move from simple projects to more complex creations.
To use a floor loom, you need to learn how to set up the loom and warp it, how to manipulate the threads and patterns depending on your project, and how to maintain consistent tension throughout the process. Learn those skills, along with problem-solving and project planning, and you can move from simple projects to more complex creations.
BARN Policies
- View BARN's Cancellation and Refund Policy.
- Tuition Assistance is available. Fill out the application before registering.
- BARN is committed to accessibility. We try to make accommodations when requested; the earlier you contact us, the more likely we can help. Fill out the Accommodation Request Form before any class for which you require an accommodation. Email accessibility@bainbridgebarn.org if you have any questions.
- Sensory Statement: Makerspaces like BARN can be noisy and cluttered, smell strongly, and have bright or flickering lights. BARN is not an allergen-free facility. If you have concerns, please email info@bainbridgebarn.org.
Instructors or Guides
Alison Waller
Originally from Yorkshire, UK, Alison lived in China for several years before moving to Puget Sound in 2019 with her husband and two young children. She has enjoyed knitting, crochet, and working with beads since childhood, but it was not until moving to Washington that she tried weaving. In the last four years, she's become obsessed both with making baskets and making fiber on a floor loom or rigid heddle loom.
She has taken classes with many local and nationally recognized weavers at BARN, developing her skills as a weaver and a teacher. She’s now delighted to serve as the weaving coordinator in the Fiber Arts Studio, where she also teaches rigid heddle and floor loom classes.
As an archaeology major specializing in the European Mesolithic, she spent a lot of time learning about past people through the rocks they left behind. Her recent fascination with weaving has helped to fill in the picture of the “missing majority” of humanity’s material culture, made up of perishable material that is under-represented in the archaeological record. Practicing crafts with such a deep-rooted importance to humanity across the world, using just natural materials and ancient technology, gives Alison what she describes as an enormous sense of well-being and connection.
She has taken classes with many local and nationally recognized weavers at BARN, developing her skills as a weaver and a teacher. She’s now delighted to serve as the weaving coordinator in the Fiber Arts Studio, where she also teaches rigid heddle and floor loom classes.
As an archaeology major specializing in the European Mesolithic, she spent a lot of time learning about past people through the rocks they left behind. Her recent fascination with weaving has helped to fill in the picture of the “missing majority” of humanity’s material culture, made up of perishable material that is under-represented in the archaeological record. Practicing crafts with such a deep-rooted importance to humanity across the world, using just natural materials and ancient technology, gives Alison what she describes as an enormous sense of well-being and connection.
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