New England Weavers' Seminar
July 28 - August 1, 2027
Westfield State University
Westfield MA
Q-1: Beyond Four Shafts: Designing for Eight Shaft Summer and Winter
Instructor: Jill Staubitz
2 1/2 days, Thursday, July 29, 8:30 am - Saturday, July 31, 11:30 am, $400
This workshop is a game changer for weavers with the desire to design their own patterns in Summer and Winter. You’ll learn why Summer and Winter is a block weave AND a unit weave, making it a perfect weave structure for designing with six blocks on eight shafts! You’ll create colorful patterns and motifs from profile drafts and weave them in class. Participants will design a gamp with their own creations, including a portion of the gamp woven in polychrome, based on a foundation draft that I will send out prior to the workshop. FiberWorks or other weaving software is welcome but not mandatory.
G-3: Theo Moorman, Basics and Beyond
Instructor: Sara Nordling
1/2 day, Sunday, August 1, 8:30 am - 11:30 am, $80
In this talk you will learn about who Theo Moorman was and how to draft and use her innovative technique. The basics of her process will be shown as well as examples of what the technique lends itself to creatively. We will also talk about going beyond the 4 shaft technique she developed into its use in a multi-shaft format. Knowledge of draft reading is a plus for understanding this class.
