Instruction

Local Locations

  • Southeast Seattle Senior Center - a well-equipped weaving studio with classes open to all ages. Featuring beginning weaving, inkle weaving, spinning, felting, dyeing and other specialty topics. All looms and fiber provided. Contact Linda Stryker.

  • BARN - Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network - a creative center located on nearby Bainbridge Island offering workshops in fiber arts including weaving and basketry, as well as many other crafts.

Member Instructors - (Sorted by Topic)

Beginning Weaving - Rigid Heddle

  • Heidi Ba Creations - Heidi Bennett offers small group, beginner Rigid Heddle weaving classes in N. Seattle. No experience is needed and class looms are provided or you can bring your own RH loom. In just one afternoon you’ll learn to warp your loom, complete one or more washcloths and then your weaving possibilities are endless.

  • Fibers Etc Tacoma - Roberta Lowes teaches beginning weaving (on 4-harness & Rigid Heddle), spinning and dye classes (both chemical and natural), as well as painted warps.

Beginning Weaving - 4-shaft Loom

  • Lois Gaylord’s Interwoven World - Lois Gaylord teaches beginning weaving classes at the Swedish Club on Dexter Ave N in Seattle. The club has a number of looms that are available to use, or you can bring your own table loom. Each session is a series of four two-hour classes that covers all the basics. Starting as a total novice, you will advance to a Beginning Weaver who knows how to set up (warp) a loom and can weave several types of cloth. She also teaches private lessons.

  • Fibers Etc Tacoma - Roberta Lowes teaches beginning weaving (on 4-harness & Rigid Heddle), spinning and dye classes (both chemical and natural), as well as painted warps.

  • Weavers Way - Liz Moncrief offers individual, group instruction, and workshops to guilds in weaving and dyeing through her studio west of Burlington, and through Skagit Valley College. Liz provides looms for student use to take home in between sessions. She repairs older looms and offers programs on loom repair, rehab, and maintenance. Check the website for a current schedule of workshops.

  • Willingham Weavery - Sue Willingham and her daughter Janet Dawson (also an SWG member) teach intensive beginning and continuing classes in January/February annually.  Check their website www.weaverspalette.com for dates and information.

General Weaving

  • Lois Gaylord’s Interwoven World - Lois Gaylord teaches beginning weaving classes at the Swedish Club on Dexter Ave N in Seattle. The club has a number of looms that are available to use, or you can bring your own table loom. Each session is a series of four two-hour classes that covers all the basics. Starting as a total novice, you will advance to a Beginning Weaver who knows how to set up (warp) a loom and can weave several types of cloth. She also teaches private lessons.

  • Weavers Way - Liz Moncrief offers individual, group instruction, and workshops to guilds in weaving and dyeing through her studio west of Burlington, and through Skagit Valley College. Liz provides looms for student use to take home in between sessions. She repairs older looms and offers programs on loom repair, rehab, and maintenance. Check the website for a current schedule of workshops.

  • Taproot Folkarts - Marilyn Romatka teaches a wide range of folk arts to both adults and kids. Many types of weaving, spinning, and other ethnic crafts are offered. Her passion is to pass traditional skills on to the next generation. See the classes she offers on her website or learn a new skill yourself with the video instruction (DVD or streaming) that she has up on the Instructor's Co-operative website: Taproot Video

  • Willingham Weavery - Sue Willingham and her daughter Janet Dawson teach beginning and continuing weaving classes in her studio on Vashon Island in January/February annually.  There is a five day beginning class, usually two three day Towelapalooza classes (essentially weaving play dates!), and a five day advanced beginner/intermediate class.  Info is at www.weaverspalette.com.

Inkle Weaving

  • Taproot Folkarts - Marilyn Romatka teaches a wide range of folk arts to both adults and kids. Many types of weaving, spinning, and other ethnic crafts are offered. Her passion is to pass traditional skills on to the next generation. See the classes she offers on her website or learn a new skill yourself with the video instruction (DVD or streaming) that she has up on the Instructor's Co-operative website: Taproot Video

Other Fiber Arts

  • Fibers Etc Tacoma - Roberta Lowes teaches beginning weaving (on 4-harness & Rigid Heddle), spinning and dye classes (both chemical and natural), as well as painted warps.

  • Weavers Way - Liz Moncrief offers individual, group instruction, and workshops to guilds in weaving and dyeing through her studio west of Burlington, and through Skagit Valley College. Liz provides looms for student use to take home in between sessions. She repairs older looms and offers programs on loom repair, rehab, and maintenance. Check the website for a current schedule of workshops.

  • Taproot Folkarts - Marilyn Romatka teaches a wide range of folk arts to both adults and kids. Many types of weaving, spinning, and other ethnic crafts are offered. Her passion is to pass traditional skills on to the next generation. See the classes she offers on her website or learn a new skill yourself with the video instruction (DVD or streaming) that she has up on the Instructor's Co-operative website: Taproot Video