Frequently Asked Questions
ABOUT
What is the School of Weaving?
Jane Stafford School of Weaving is similar to any Weaving Guild. You pay your yearly membership ‘dues’ and this gives you access to a library of videos and PDF workbooks created by Jane Stafford. When you pay your subscription you get all the videos that are presently online and you also get a new lesson release every 6 weeks for the remainder of your subscription.
Year 1 are the Weaving Foundation Videos: Making a Good Warp, Dressing a Loom, learning about yarns and sett, etc. Year 2 is our comprehensive Colour & Design Workshop where you learn basic design and colour theory, Year 3 is the full workshop Pushing the Boundaries of Plain Weave and Year 4 is Twills on 4 Shafts, Year 5 all about Laces and Year 6 we study Units, Blocks & Profiles. Season 7 builds on all previous years with special emphasis on the Colour and Weave gamp we did in Season 2 Episode 4. Season 8 we go further with M’s & O’s and Shadow Weave and we begin our journey on double weave structures with Deflected Double Weave, Block Double Weave and Double Faced Twills. In Season 9's So Many More Places To Go we continue to overlay new ideas, new concepts, new graphics and new use of colour onto our fabric.
Up to 3 hours of new videos are released every six weeks.
The School of Weaving also has a Forum where we do our Show & Tells and have discussions on the weaving-related topics covered in the episodes.
SUBSCRIPTION
How long is my subscripton?
Annual membership are for one full year starting with the day you made your payment and monthly memberships last 30 days on the day of your first payment. Your subscription will automatically renew each month or yearly (depending on the monthly or yearly you have signed up during the free trial) until you cancel.
7-day Free Trial
We offer a one-time 7-day free trial. During the free trial you will have an all inclusive access to all content of the School of Weaving. After the free trial ends, if you decided to keep your subscription, you will be charged annually or monthly depending on how you signed up for the free trial. Cancel in your account settings anytime before your free trial ends and you will not be charged.
How to access supporting materials (PDFs)
Supporting materials, PDF drafts & instructions, are located on the main page of the lesson. All downloadable drafts are in PDF format.
How to I pause my subscription?
Monthly subscriptions can be paused for one, two, or three months at a time. During this time you will not be charged but you will also not have access to watch our videos.
Please note that you can only pause your subscription if you purchased via our website. Also, it's not possible to pause an annual subscription. At the end of your pause you will be automatically charged. For more info click here to learn how to pause you subscription.
Are the videos available for download?
Our videos are downloadable for a short period of time using our branded app only. You can also stream them over and over on your browser for as long as you are a member of the School of Weaving.
Are there workbooks available?
Yes, we have supporting PDFs that you can download for most lessons.
Can I view previously aired episodes?
Absolutely! With your subscription, you have access to all lessons & PDF workbooks that have been released.
Is there a weaving project for each episode?
Year 1 lessons are all foundational videos on how to make a good warp, dress a loom, how to calculate EPI, sett charts, project planning, how to weave a Mohair Blankie, finishing techniques and information on looms & yarns. We finish the year with the Mohair Blankie project that you can weave and you’ll be able to download the pattern.
Season 2 has 7 workshop samples that you can follow along , Season 3 has 9 samples, Season 4 has 8, Season 5 has 9 projects, Season 6 has 7 and Season 7 has 8. Season 8 projects have projects for both 4 and 8 shaft looms except for 3 lessons where one is for 4 shafts, one is for 8 shafts and we have a basketry project that will be available for purchase. Season 9 projects are for 4 & 8 shafts with the exception of one lesson for 4 shafts. Each sample or project comes with a downloadable PDF pattern.
Is there a material list?
Yes! When you sign up for the School of Weaving, we send you a list of the yarns you’ll need for all the lessons.
Do I need to purchase yarn?
Year 1 lessons are all foundation videos so you don’t need to purchase any yarn for these lessons.
Years 2, 3, 4 , 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 all have samples. We have kits available for you to purchase in our Online Shop, but if you have the yarn in your stash we encourage you to use it. You get the draft with the video so you can even make substitutions.
All additional yarns used in the extra samples shown in the videos are available to purchase at the JST Online Shop.
Do you provide additional weaving support?
We have the School of Weaving Forum where you will find answers to questions related to the episodes and you’ll also be able to post as a member of the School of Weaving. We also have an extensive Knowledge Base on our website that is available for viewing.
I’m a bit hard at hearing, do you have Closed Captions?
YES! we do!