Weaving Taster Day: Beginner Scarf – 8th Dec 2024

This workshop is ideal for anyone wanting to try their hand at weaving. In this one-day taster workshop, Truro Wool’s expert tutor and experienced weaver, Julie Cowan, will guide you through the steps needed to create your own beautiful scarf using one of our Ashford Rigid Heddle Looms.

After a warm welcome, it’ll be straight on with getting to know and understand the Rigid Heddle Loom you’ll be using for the day along with learning key weaving terms and, of course, the all important techniques you’ll master over the course of the session.

You’ll be making your scarf using one of four stunning shades from James C Brett’s colour-changing Emotions DK range (choose from shades Interest, Optimistic, Happy or Calm)*. This yarn’s unique colour-shifting effect naturally creates beautiful, check-like patterns as you weave, producing a fabric that both looks and feels amazing. Simply choose your favourite shade from the four pictured, let us know your selection using the Customer Order Notes section on the checkout page, and when you arrive, your Rigid Heddle Loom will be pre-warped with your selected yarn, ready for you to start weaving straight away.

By the end of the session you should achieve a scarf that will be 1.5 meters long by 23cm wide. The maximum length you could achieve for your scarf will be 1.8 meters dependent upon the speed of your weaving.

*The scarf pictured has been woven using shade Interest.

Included:

• 1 x 7 hour workshop
• 1 ball of James C Brett Emotions DK yarn (Choose from 4 colourways) – enough to make one scarf
• Use of Ashford Rigid Heddle Loom
• Morning & afternoon refreshments

Techniques covered:

• Understanding a Rigid Heddle Loom
• Understanding all the common weaving terms from ‘epi’ to ‘shed’ and lots more
• Weaving plain weave using a stick shuttle
• How to create and maintain a neat selvedge
• How to remove your weaving from the loom
• Making simple knotted tassels
• The importance of ‘wet’ finishing

Skill Level:

• Beginner

Date & Times:

• Sunday 8th December 2024, 10am – 5pm

Location: 

• St Clement’s Parish Hall, St Clement, Truro, TR1 1SZ
  • Transport from Truro City Center available upon request

Lunch:

• Please bring a packed lunch

Age Requirement:

• Minimum 12 years

Maximum Participants:

• This workshop is limited to a maximum of 6 participants.

Cancellation Policy:

• If your circumstances change and you are unable to attend a workshop you have booked, please let us know as soon as possible. A 90% refund will be given if the cancellation is made more than 28 days in advance of the start of your workshop (10% is required to cover administrative costs incurred). Unfortunately, no refund can be given on cancellations made within 28 days of the start of the workshop, however, we would be willing to swap your booking over to another name, should you have a friend or family member that would wish to attend in your place.
• This workshop requires a minimum of 4 participants to run.
• Very rarely circumstances beyond our control may mean that workshops must be cancelled. Should this happen, the cost of your workshop will be fully refunded.