Study Groups
The Weavers Croft will continue to offer study groups which will give participants a chance to be involved with their chosen subject matter on a monthly or bi-monthly schedule which can be attended either in person or online. Conversation with ones peers can be very stimulating and encouraging and the sharing of research can be beneficial to all.
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Warp-weighted Loom Study Group
led by Andrea Myklebust
Last Sunday of the month 2 - 3:30pm EST/EDT
Join us for a dive into topics related to the warp-weighted loom! This group is for anyone interested in learning more about this ancient tool- students and researchers, textile history enthusiasts and re-enactors, and new and experienced warp weighted loom practitioners. Our goal is to create community, provide inspiration, and share useful technical information about the warp-weighted loom in this series of online presentations and conversations. Facilitated by Andrea Myklebust, each month’s session explores different aspects of using this ancient tool, or will feature a guest presenter.
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Session 1: Welcome to year #2 - Show & Tell
Session 2: 4/27/2025
Session 3: 5/25/2025
Session 4: 6/29/2025
Session 5: 7/27/2025 (from Decorah, IA)
Session 6: 8/31/2025
Session 7: 9/28/2025
Session 8: 10/26/2025
Session 9: 11/30/2025
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Click on the Button above for more details of the sessions.
Cost: $25 per session; $125 all Sessions
Reproducing the Clothing Fabrics from the Homer Collection
This amazing collection of clothing fabrics from the 1850's was gifted to one of our teacher trainers and we have decided that it would be an amazing project to try and reproduce them as accurately as possible. Starting with spinning the singles warp yarn at 5000 yd/lb and then using natural dyes to achieve the correct colors. We will ultimately make the seven different fabrics and some are even woven with a very fine singles cotton. Let us know if you would like to join this study group -
info@weaverscroft.net
Historic Sail Making
Lately we've had two people express an interest in making historic sail cloth - one from the 1700's in linen and the other from the 1800's in cotton calico. In the process of researching both these different techniques we have realized that there is quite a bit of historic evidence in the trade of sail making.
Our warp weight loom students are also interested in making replicas of Viking sails made from wool using the warp weight loom. Let us know if you would be interested in joining this group - info@weaverscroft.net
