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**This workshop will be live streamed via Zoom.**  

Take the time to explore pick-up weaving in depth. This decorative technique goes well beyond the basics of plain weave on your rigid-heddle loom. 

The instructor, Deborah Jarchow will help you understand and create 3-D weaves and textures in the structure in your woven fabric. Try lace, honeycomb, waffle weave, inlay, and more. After learning a variety of patterns and manipulations, see how the right finishing techniques make your patterns pop. 

During the class, you will make a sampler scarf that examines these different techniques. Adventurous students can explore color variations and design modifications. If desired, the time between sessions offers opportunity for individual study and in-depth investigation of the process. Then we will discuss further pattern possibilities, share observations and questions, and chat about how to create pick up patterns on your own. 

Deborah’s vast array of samples will illustrate the different ways these techniques can be used. After finishing your sampler, learn how to plan future projects based on the patterns you wove in class or some that you discovered on you own. 

Homework: Warp the rigid heddle loom - put on an 82" warp of 48 ends, using a 7.5 or 8 dent reed. Use yarn that is about worsted weight, a solid color, smooth, non-hairy, strong and at least 2 ply. This will take about 115 yards of yarn. To warp you'll need a warping peg, sley/threading hook, clamps, 2 brown paper bags. It is important that you have exactly 48 warp threads! 

Supplies: In addition to the yarn you warped with. you'll need about 100 yards of the same type yarn but in a contrasting color. You will be warping the loom again for the second week of class, so have the same amount of yarn available (115 for warp and 100 for weft - worsted weight, 2 solid colors, smooth, non-hairy, strong and at least 2 ply). 1 ball of bulky weight yarn, 1 ball of fuzzy yarn, 40 yards acrylic worsted weight waste yarn, shuttle, 2 pick up sticks appropriate for the size of your loom, manila file folder, scissors, tube from inside a paper towel roll, tapestry needle, tape measure, pins, notebook, post it notes, pen or pencil with eraser.

A limited number of looms are available for members to borrow for this class, but must be picked up in person. For more information, contact fiber.programming@bainbridgebarn.org

Details:

• Registration for this class will close on Friday, February 26th. Cancelation requests for refunds or credits will not be issued after this closing date.
• The first session class will be divided in two parts. There will be a two hour break on that first day.
• Note that sessions have different start times.
• This class will be conducted via Zoom. For a great video on how to use Zoom, watch this tutorial. Please make sure you have the most current version of the Zoom software
  
• A Zoom link will be sent to the email address you registered with one day prior to each session. Please watch for this email. You may need to check your spam folder for emails from BARN.

• Tuition assistance is available. Click here to apply.  
  
• Skill Level: Advanced Beginner. Students must have some weaving experience and be able to warp their loom prior to class.  
• Ages 14+ are welcome

Instructor Bio:

Deborah Jarchow is a full-time weaver and artist who teaches and lectures on fiber arts, creates and sells wearable art, and exhibits her work at galleries and museums across the United States. Her commissioned pieces are held by churches as well as in many private collections. Deborah loves helping people discover the joy of weaving and during the past several years, has focused her teaching mainly on rigid heddle looms.  Until recently, she traveled extensively to share her weaving enthusiasm and expertise.  She is known as a generous teacher who makes weaving accessible and exciting to students of all levels.

Deborah is the co-author of The Weaving Explorer: Ingenious Techniques, Accessible Tools & Creative Projects with Yarn, Paper, Wire & More and has a new book coming out in 2021 that focuses on rigid heddle weaving.