Jan 24-Jan 26, 9:00am-4:30pm (3 days)
This workshop is now open to the public (11/3/24).
Registration Link: https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/6TAyAHzxeuD4a03ibVlTpw
Please email the Workshops Chair with questions.

“Deep Dive into Profile Drafts” (three day in-person workshop)

If you understand a weaving draft, you can understand how to make a profile draft work for you. This draft intensive study will guide the class through reading and translating a profile draft into multiple structures. The information we gather from these exercises will then be explored on the loom, and worked round robin so that each resulting structure can be experienced by every student. This intermediate level class will help build confidence in reading weaving drafts and encourage curiosity through structure sampling.

Feb 28 - Mar 2, 9:00am-4:30pm (3 days)
Registration: Nov 9 (noon) members, Dec 7 non-members
Visit: https://www.seattleweaversguild.com/workshop-registration when open.
Please email the Workshops Chair with questions.

“Weaving with Wire” (three day in-person workshop)

Weaving with wire creates a woven metal fabric that is strong and capable of being used for a wide range of sculptural forms. This three-day workshop will take the participants through all of the steps of creating woven metal fabric and will allow them to fabricate some small sculptures or jewelry during the workshop.
This is not a round robin.

Mar 29-30, 9:00am-4:30pm (2 days)
Registration: Dec 14 (noon) members, Jan 4 non-members
Please email the Workshops Chair with questions.

“Color in Weaving” (two day in-person workshop)

You select the yarns for a project – they look so great together on the cones. Then you put them on the loom and well, things don’t look like you had envisioned. This 2-day class is an introduction to color theory for weavers. We will discuss color theory, working with different color combinations and how color value affects your weaving projects so that you can achieve color success in your projects.
This is not a round robin.

Apr 26 - 27, 9:00am-4:30pm (2 days)
Registration: Jan 11 (noon) members, FEB 8 non-members
Please email the Workshops Chair with questions.

“Leno Structures: Weaving with Doups on 4-8 Shaft Looms ” (two day in-person workshop)

In this 2-day workshop, students will learn about Leno, which by definition, is a variation of the normal plain-weave structure that requires a modification of the standard handloom harness/heddle arrangement to produce. To weave leno structures, a half-heddle called a doup is added to the front harness (or harnesses) of the loom. This doup crosses under a warp end that is not raised during weaving, called the ground end.  The crossing end is entered through the last harness of the loom, and through the eye of the doup (on the first harness of the loom). By alternating lifts of the doup harness and the back harness, the two ends of the leno unit are intertwined as the weft is inserted.
This is not a round robin.

May 23-25, 9:00am-4:30pm (3 days)
Registration: Feb 8 (noon) members, Mar 1 non-members
Please email the Workshops Chair with questions.

“Sashiko-Ori” (three day in-person workshop)

Sashiko-ori or Woven Sashiko challenges weavers to think about design in a different way as they learn to control the intersections of pattern threads in the warp and weft. In this 3-day workshop, students will learn to design and weave these patterns and learn ways to stitch patterns into the cloth which they can take home to work on. The workbook will give students some additional avenues to explore after the workshop.