Release Schedule
Release Schedule for 2025
SEASON 9 - So Many More Places To Go!
In 2025 we will be doubling down on Double Weave, we'll take our first look at Diversified Plain Weave and continue on with Deflected Double Weave. Each episode will have tutorials and projects for both 4 and 8 shafts and we'll continue to overlay new ideas, new concepts, new graphics and new use of colour onto our fabric. I’m so pleased to welcome back Barbara Mitchell and Rebecca Logan, and we’ve added a few more guest instructors. Elisabeth Hill and Terry Mattison will be teaching in the studio and David Schulz will be visiting us via Zoom! It’s another jam-packed year at the School of Weaving.
February 6
Shadow Weave, Further Explorations - for 4 & 8 shaft looms
I’m so excited that Rebecca Logan is returning to add another layer to Shadow Weave. This time, she superimposes Shadow Weave onto Basket Weave and teaches us how to isolate motifs. Isolating a motif with horizontal or vertical lines can simplify Shadow Weave and allow us to place objects within a framing graphic. Super cool!
March 20
Doubling Down on Double Weave - 4 & 8 shaft looms
Get ready for an amazing episode! Last season David Schulz blew us all away with his Colour and Weave exploration on 4 shaft twills. I just had to take it further and offer that theory in this episode. I have never seen it anywhere which is why we have to make sure you get this information. I've taken his theory and explored it in 2/2 Twill, Basket Weave and Double Faced Twills on 4 shafts. The second part of this episode is presented by Barbara Mitchell. She adds Colour and Weave sequences to Block Double Weave adding another layer to everything she taught us last year. Her research is mind boggling and the project is divine.
May 1
Diversified Plain Weave - for 4 & 8 shaft looms
Last year Rebecca Logan asked if she could do an episode on Diversified Plain Weave and I said ‘fill your boots’. Traditionally used for upholstery, bags, and heavier textiles, we wanted to see if we could add drape to this structure and we have succeeded. Rebecca presents the theory in a step by step PDF and the dream team pulled out all the stops to create one of our most inspiring Show and Tells we have ever presented.
June 12
Deflected Double Weave Part 1 - for 4 & 8 shaft looms
I have long admired the work of Elisabeth (Lisa) Hill and was overjoyed when she agreed to come and film two episodes for the School of Weaving. She is diving deeper into Deflected Double Weave. In this episode Lisa has designed two stunning scarves that overlay DDW with denting and M’s & O’s for our 4-shaft weavers. Our 8-shaft weavers, will be creating gampkins! Little gamps that you can use as napkins, based on the twill threadings from Season 4.
You can visit Lisa's website right here: https://plainweave.net/
July 24
Sewing Bags and Pouches with your Handwoven Fabrics (or any other fabric!) - everyone
I have always wanted to be cleverer and make bags and pouches from my never-ending scrapes of fabrics but just haven’t felt I’ve had the skills to make it happen. But…I know someone who can teach us. There must be a few more of you out there wanting to learn along with me. I'm thrilled to have the amazing Terry Mattison show us how to sew bags!
You can find Terry on Instagram as: @magpiedyesstudio
September 4
Deflected Double Weave Part 2 - for 4 & 8 shaft looms
Elisabeth Hill is back for her second episode on Deflected Double Weave. I’ve asked her to create a project based on hot mats that were given to me by a friend and student many years ago. The weft was willow but it could be any natural material, reed, dried Iris leaves, even yarn. This is a 4 shaft project that everyone will want to weave. Our 8-shaft weavers get to take those gampkins they wove in Episode 4, pull parts out of them and create new compositions to be overlaid on whatever graphic moves you. Overlay, overlay, overlay.
October 16
TBA - 4 & 8 shafts
In episode 7, I am back for another lesson that has yet to be named! I want to explore texture. My thoughts are running towards Honeycomb, Waffle Weave, Spider-Weave and possibly other structures that will give us texture in our cloth. Inspiration is coming from many sources, from weavers from the past like Dorothy Liebes, Malin Selander and Virginia West. Stay tuned for this lesson!
November 27
Season 9 Finale
Each year, we wrap up the season with a review. We look at the woven landscape we’ve created, new structures, new ideas, new accomplishments. It's always exciting to see what we’ve added to our weaving toolbox. Each year, our knowledge grows and we become more confident as weavers and this review helps us appreciate our progress and sets the stage for more learning next season.