This program offers a 2-hour discussion with examples of some of the best information available regarding your weaving equipment: Looms in general, shed mechanisms, shafts, treadles, reeds, shuttles, benches and tips/tricks to help you achieve a better handwoven product...and it'll make you feel more comfortable at your loom.
Weavers of all levels will benefit from this discussion of tools that are so important to our work. I’ve repaired and rehabilitated looms for twenty-five years, and have worked on nearly every make and model available. This past couple of years I've had the opportunity to write blogs on all of the above for Handwoven Magazine and have now compiled many of these tips into a focused program for guilds and groups. The staff at Handwoven Magazine often forward questions to me regarding loom issues and malfunctions and I’m a regular referral if an owner needs to identify a loom or loom part. I’ve also had the pleasure of offering this program to eleven guilds in the PNW including 4 in Canada these past two years through virtual presentations and am scheduled for this presentation as a seminar for the ANWG 2023 conference.
The program will include one hour for the morning session covering loom types, recommended looms for specific weaves, shafts, treadles, lamms, and heddles. The afternoon session will expand on braking mechanisms, reeds, beater assemblies, and how to fit the proper shuttles and smaller tools not just to your weaving project but to your hands and body movements.
About Elizabeth:
Website: https://aweaversway.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moncriefliz/
Retired from a career in federal Forestry and Land Management, Liz now offers guild programs and workshops in weaving, weave drafting and loom maintenance along with beginning weave classes for Skagit Valley College, while tutoring individual students in her small studio. She is also a frequent contributor to Handwoven Magazine and their online weavers’ blog. She is scheduled to give this program to the HGA Spinning and Weaving Week Celebration in October '22 and the ANWG conference in '23.