Make stunning fabrics for your own clothes and interior soft furnishings with a leading edge table top loom and using the latest range of wonderful yarns. No longer a sentimental craft from days gone by, weaving has definitely entered the 21st Century and will give you the ability to get exciting items that you can't get in the shops and that nobody else will have. Perhaps create your own designer label!
Under the skilful eye of award winning Designer Weaver Alison Daykin, of Alison Yule Textiles, you will come away with the satisfaction that you have given your creative juices a chance to flow. You may even get the bug to want to learn how to get creative with luxury fibres like angora and silk or get trendy with eco-yarns like bamboo and use natural dyes to help the environment.
Weaving With Your Hand Spun
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Don't knit? Want to do more than just knit your hand spun? Have you been told that you can't weave with hand spun yarn or that it can only be used in the weft? This course will dispel some myths and inspire you to explore weaving using your own unique hand spun yarns.
Come and learn how to use your hand spun in weaving. Using a portable loom learn simple woven techniques to weave your own unique and stunning fabrics with your own yarns. Learn to calculate how much yarn you have for a warp, how to warp the loom, simple design methods and finishing your woven projects. Bring your own hand spun yarn to make warps and use in the weft and leave with fabulous woven articels. All materials and equipment are provided, but you may bring your own loom if you wish.
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| Suitable for: | All abilities | |
| Tutor: | Alison Daykin | |
| Dates and Prices | Available as Tailor made | |
| To Book | Telephone us on 01283 701729 |
Start Weaving with a Rigid Heddle Loom
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Do you have a new rigid heddle or “knitters” loom and don't know where to start? This is the course for you! Come and learn how to warp this useful and much underrated loom, understand the difference between a balance weave and a warp or weft faced weave and weave a scarf and a runner over the week-end. Award winning textile designer, Alison, will give you lots of ideas, inspiration and confidence to continue weaving once you get home.
All materials and equipment are provided, but you may bring your own loom if you wish. |
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| Suitable for: | All abilities. | ||
| Tutor: | Alison Daykin | ||
| Venue : | New Bath Hotel, Matlock | ||
| Dates : | 2 - 4 July 2010 | ||
| Prices : | £273 Full Board | ||
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On-line here You can also telephone us on 01283 701729 to make a provisional reservation. |
Painted Warps
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Liven up your weaving with some fabulous dyeing and painting techniques. Learn how to produce stunning effects on your warps using a variety of dyes appropriate to our selected yarns and methods including painting, screen printing and dyeing. A variety pf yarns will be available and a variety of dyes, including acid, fibre reactive and natural dye extracts.
Those wishing to screen print will need to bring their own loom, but all other equipment and materials will be provided. |
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| Suitable for: | Weavers with some experience | |
| Tutor: | Alison Daykin | |
| Prices and Dates: | Available as Tailor made | |
| To Book | Telephone us on 01283 701729 |
Colour and Weave
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Over the course of a week-end you will learn how, using a combination of colour and simple weaves, you will produce stunning fabrics to be proud of. Learn simple design skills to use as a starting point, learn to draft a variety of weaves on paper, before warping your loom ready to go home with a variety of swatches ready for your next project!
All materials and equipment are provided, but you may bring your own loom if you wish. .
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| Suitable for: | Those able to warp a loom, whether a rigid heddle or multi-shaft loom. | |
| Tutor: | Alison Daykin | |
| Prices and Dates: | Available as Tailor made | |
| To Book |
Telephone us on 01283 701729
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Learn to Weave
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Alison of Alison Yule Textiles, will show you how to calculate and make a warp, dress a a four shaft loom and finish your fabric and will help you to understand the difference between a balanced weave and a warp or weft faced weave. Over this intense five days you will be given all the basic knowledge to be able to weave confidently in plain weave and twill.
All materials and equipment are provided, but you may bring your own loom if you wish.
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| Suitable for: | Beginners | |
| Tutor: | Alison Daykin | |
| Prices and Dates: | Available as Tailor made | |
| To Book | Telephone us on 01283 701729 |
Make the Most of your Rigid Heddle Loom
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This week-end course, designed to help you make the most of plain/tabby weave, is particularly useful for those with a "Knitters" loom. Award winning textile designer, Alison will lead you through an exciting week-end of discovery, introducing you to a range of finger manipulated weaves that will transform a plain weave into a stunning fabric.
All materials and equipment are provided, but you may bring your own loom if you wish. |
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| Tutor: | Alison Daykin | |
| Venue : | New Bath Hotel, Matlock | |
| Date : | 29 - 31 October 2010 | |
| Price : | £273 Full Board | |
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On-line here You can also telephone us on 01283 701729 to make a provisional reservation. |
Introduction to Weaving Design
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Under the expert guidance of Alison Daykin, an award winning textile designer, you will be shown simple tricks and tips, over the five days of this course, that will soon have you designing your own exclusive fabrics. You don't need to be able to paint and draw to take part in this course, just have an open mind! You will explore how “sett” affects your fabrics; discover how colour can make a simple weave look completely different; learn how to read a draft and adapt it to your own needs. You will go home with a range of swatches of your own designs and the confidence to to put the “Wow” factor into all your future weave projects.
All materials and equipment are provided, but you may wish to bring your own loom.
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| Suitable for: | Some weaving knowledge required, including those with a rigid heddle loom | |
| Tutor: | Alison Daykin | |
| Venue : |
New Bath Hotel, Matlock
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| Date : | 26 Sept - 1 Oct 2010 | |
| Price : | £587 Full Board | |
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To Book : |
On-line here You can also telephone us on 01283 701729 to make a provisional reservation. |