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Join Kate Larson as she shares some of the history of Dorset buttons and guides you through making several button styles.
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Build your spindle skills with techniques for effortless plying, fiber control, long draw, and more.
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Spin your favorite batts and braids of dyed top into incredible colorful yarns with self-striping effects.
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Add depth and dimension to your weaving with these creative approaches to deflected doubleweave.
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This course covers the basics of multi-shaft looms, warping comfortably, planning a project using your chosen yarn, weaving tips, and much more!
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Tom Knisely has maintained and woven with hundreds of looms in more than three decades of teaching. In this course, filmed on location, Tom explains how to get the most from your loom.
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Watch expert spinner and teacher Maggie Casey demonstrate the basics of spinning on a drop spindle. Whether you are brand new to spinning, or an experienced spinner looking to teach others, this video will instruct, entertain, and inspire.
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Learn to use a drumcarder for fiber preparation, color blending, texture, and more.
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Join Kate Larson as she shares some of the history of Dorset buttons and guides you through making several button styles.
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Explore Baltic pick-up, from setting up your inkle loom to weaving bands efficiently to getting tidy selvedges.
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Build your spindle skills with techniques for effortless plying, fiber control, long draw, and more.
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Go from novice to completing your first project in just a few days! This comprehensive course teaches all the basics of warping, weaving, and beyond to get you started confidently. Sponsored by Kromski
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Create mesmerizing weft-faced designs for rugs, placemats, mug rugs, and more using your favorite 4-shaft twills.
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Spin your favorite batts and braids of dyed top into incredible colorful yarns with self-striping effects.
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Add depth and dimension to your weaving with these creative approaches to deflected doubleweave.
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Set up your loom for twill and learn how to convert multi-shaft drafts to start weaving astounding designs.
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Learn to weave exciting cloth with fewer shafts using this dynamic structure that lends itself to curves, new shapes, and interesting texture.
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Explore the science of motion and how you, your fiber, and your wheel can work together in harmony.
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Learn pick-up stick skills for the rigid-heddle loom that will take your cloth from plain weave to wow.
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