Topic: Advanced Backstrap Weaving Workshop – Create Designs with Complementary Warp Pickup

Speaker: Ann Hamburg

Location: A private home in Aptos, address will be sent to registered attendees.

Cost:

• Member: $200.00, plus a small materials fee paid to the instructor at the workshop
• Non-member: $220.00, plus a small materials fee paid to the instructor at the workshop

Prerequisite:

THIS WORKSHOP REQUIRES COMPLETION OF THE BASIC BACKSTRAP WORKSHOP OR EQUIVALENT BACKSTRAP WEAVING EXPERIENCE

Workshop description:

This workshop will focus on the complementary warp pickup technique. In this class we will cover the following topics:

• Wind a narrow warp for complementary warp pickup.
• Set up your warp including heddling and flipping the cross.
• Learn to read a chart, including discussion of different charting onventions.
• Work through how to pick up the correct threads to make a design
• Discuss alternate methods of heddling
• Sources for designs.
• Materials used in various cultures.

In addition the following will be covered:

• Talk about the instructors design process.
• Demonstrate Warp Visualizer, the design software used by the instructor.
• Demonstrate the instructors warping method for achieving a multicolored “random” warp.

Students should bring:

• Scissors
• Note taking supplies
• A clamp (details to be sent to students prior to the workshop)
• A variety of “pointy” objects to use for pickup. This includes things like chopsticks, pickup sticks, knitting needles, and anything else that is about that size and shape.