Weaving and Basketry Classes

All weaving classes will be held in the Sparta United Methodist Church Fellowship hall.

Pin Loom Weaving with Odette Riley

Beginner and Beyond

Pin loom weaving is done on small handheld looms.  The small squares that are produced can be used for multiple purposes.  They make great coasters, but most often, the squares are assembled into bags, garments, and household items like pillows or placemats—even blankets.

Saturday afternoon- $50.00

Make a Market Basket with Diane Frankenfield

Beginner and Beyond

A market basket is a great first-time project, but it is also a fun project for those who have some experience in basket making.  The market basket is a very handy basket to have. The basket has a woven bottom with the use of filler to keep the basket from having larger openings. The students will learn how to weave a woven base with filler spokes. Traditional over - under weaving, fitting the rim correctly, and double lashing.   Come learn to weave a beautiful and useful basket—perfect for taking to the Farmers’ Market, transporting your fiber projects,

Size of basket: 14.5” long X 9.5” wide X 5.5” tall without the handle—12” with the handle.

Saturday all day - $60.00 plus $15 materials fee

Card Weaving with Odette Riley

Learn to weave a warp-faced band using a pack of four hole cards. These cards allow the weaver to manipulate individual warp threads and open up a whole new world of design. Card weaving is a great way to make decorative straps and edgings for woven, knitted and felted items.

Saturday morning - $40.00 plus $5.00 materials fee

Make a Modern Tapestry with June Lee

Beginner to Advanced

Weavers have been making cloth for utilitarian uses for millennia, but they have also made decorative hangings as well—tapestries.  These were often woven to tell stories, to record important events, and to just add color and warmth to dark homes in times before electric lights. In making a tapestry colored weft threads are woven through a plain warp, which is then packed down to cover the warp threads.

Saturday morning - $45.00 plus $20.00 materials fee