Stick Weaving with Margaret Trousdale
Stick weaving is easy, fun, and ancient. Native Americans used stick weaving to make belts. Participants may choose to make a belt to go with a historical costume, a trivet for the family table, a sleeping pad for their dog or cat, a chair cushion for themselves, a rug at the base of a bed, or a wall hanging to decorate a space at home.
It's a great way to use up leftover yarns. Color patterns will be discussed. Participants will learn how to create the figure eight “wormies” and put them into a spiral design with a bent tapestry needle. For those needing to be more cautious, a plastic tapestry needle will be provided. Students may bring their own symbolic colors as the ancient people did or bring designer colors for their home, a holiday, or gifting. In this three-hour workshop, we’ll weave and make merry, chatting as we go. Participants will take home a project bag with an instruction sheet, a pair of birch weaving sticks, one needle, and a completed or started woven project.
This workshop is open to students age 14+
Festival Admission Included:
Workshop registration includes free admission to the festival. Just let the gate staff know which class you are attending when you arrive.
Date & Time
Saturday June 6, 9am-12pm
Skill Level
Skills Required:
1. Making a knot
2. Winding yarn in a figure-eight
3. Hiding tails
4. Nipping ends
5. Sewing with a tapestry needle.
Materials Fee
$10 will cover for the expense of a pair of birchwood weaving sticks, an instruction sheet, about a skein and a half of yarn, a bent metal tapestry needle, and a project bag.
*The materials fee is included in your registration.
Students Should Bring
Bring your own snipping scissors and an approximate total amount of a skein and a half of at least three different colored yarns, worsted weight. Also, if you have any leftover yarns you don't want, please donate them to the stash exchange table.
About the Instructor
This is Margaret's fourth year teaching stick weaving at the Flag Wool & Fiber Fest. She first learned this at the Southwest Spinners Retreat, 2017. In succeeding years, she taught this at the Nob Hill Yarn Shop and the Taos Wool Festival in New Mexico. For ten years, Margaret was active as a spinning guild member, sharing wool and fiber joy in public demos and sales. For five years, she raised and spun angora rabbit wool. She favors crocheting. She’s a retired public school teacher from California now living in New Mexico, recording her wool and fiber adventures on https://theyarnmarm.blogspot.com/
Workshop Refund & Cancellation Policy
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