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This course is THE online class for new weavers. Just bought a loom? This is the course you need. Are you a weaver and looking to brush up on your skills, become more efficient, or learn some tips and tricks? This course is for you! Not sure if this course is a good fit? Send us an email and we will be happy to chat with you.

About this Class

    1. Trailer

    2. Course Overview

    3. Tools & Materials

    4. Tools and Materials Checklist

    1. What is Weaving?

    2. Introduction to Weaving

    3. Understanding Looms

    4. Parts of a Loom

    5. Exercise: Getting to know Your Loom

    6. Weaving Terms

    1. Exercise: Planning Your Scarf

    2. Project Calculations

    3. Choosing Materials

    4. Weaving Yarn Labels

    5. Planning Your Project

    6. Project Planning Worksheet

    1. Exercise: Making a Warp

    2. Warping Tools

    3. Making a Guide String on a Warping Board

    4. Making a Warp on the Board

    5. How to Fix a Knot

    6. Changing Warp Colours

    7. Tying Off Your Warp

    8. Removing Your Warp From the Warping Board

    9. Making a Warp on a Warping Board

    1. Exercise: Making a Warp

    2. Warping Tools

    3. Making a Guide String on a Warping Mill

    4. Making a Warp on the Warping Mill

    5. How to Fix a Knot on the Warping Mill

    6. Changing Colours on a Warping Mill

    7. Tying Off Your Warp on the Mill

    8. Removing Your Warp from the Mill

    9. Making a Warp on a Warping Mill (PDF)

    1. Exercise: Dressing the Loom

    2. Move Your Warp to the Lease Sticks

    3. Preparing Your Loom for the Warp

    4. Suspending Your Lease Sticks

    5. Attaching Your Warp to the Back Apron

    6. Using a Raddle on a Floor Loom

    7. Using a Raddle on a Table Loom

    8. Beaming Your Warp

    9. Removing Your Raddle

    10. Preparing to Thread

    11. Threading the Heddles

    12. Choosing a Reed

    13. Sleying Your Reed

    14. Tying on to Your Front Apron and Advancing Your Warp

    15. Dressing Your Loom

    16. Reed Substitution Chart

Learn to Weave on a Four Shaft Loom

  • 84 lessons
  • 4 hours of video content

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Meet the Instructor

Kim McCollum is a visual artist working in textiles. Kim has taught over 1000 new weavers in person and online, specializing in contemporary artistic approaches. Her love of textiles has taken her to India, Morocco, and throughout Canada and the United States to study. Kim has a Masters of Fine Arts from the University of Alberta, is a graduate of Olds College Master Weaver program and is a co-Owner of Gather Textiles. “I weave because I feel connected to generations of weavers before me, because weaving feels like a quiet resistance to mass production, and because I’m addicted to the tactile process and rhythm of working at the loom.”