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Artful Threads - a journey of colour blending in tapestry
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ABOUT THIS MEMBERSHIP
Community and Email Contact
Course equipment (6:44)
A bit more about yarns
Sett/How many warps will I need?
What to expect from this membership - course layout and ability levels
'Cartoons' or templates
SEASCAPES (my starter classes with limited colour yarn pack)
Yarn colours needed to start your seascape journey
How to use the sections below/ability levels
1. Bookmark - let's learn to colour blend (beginner) (89:10)
2. Blended seascape (beginner) (124:29)
3. Seascape with curved ocean, hills and sun/clouds (beginner/intermediate) (233:10)
4. Seascape with boat (beginner/intermediate) (253:06)
5. A night scene with moon (an exercise inserting lines and simple meet & separate) - beginner (61:29)
WHAT COLOURS FOR THE REST OF THE COURSE?
What colours/weft will I need to use now?
LANDSCAPES
1. Let's make a house (beginner) (89:02)
2. Trees - woven side on (beginner) (100:51)
3A. Lake scene - bringing together all we've learned so far (intermediate/advanced) (216:58)
3B. Lake scene - finishing the sky (45:56)
What happened when I combined 3 classes together .....
ABSTRACT
1. How to create a landscape with hatching, using correct weft placement (beginner) (47:39)
2. How to colour blend with multiple colours using 'values' of colour (the 'greyscale' method) (81:58)
FRINGELESS WEAVING - THE ANCIENT METHOD USED BY ANDEAN/NAVAJO PEOPLES
Fringeless weaving using a classic Mirrix loom with shedding device (19:52)
FOUR SELVEDGE WEAVING - WITH A SAFFRON/CHLOE OR SIMILAR
1. Let's look at four selvedge with interlocking shapes (beginner/intermediate) (102:52)
2. Making a landscape with freestyle colour blending (beginner) (156:51)
SHAPES AND SHEDS
1. Making a flower - with lots of shed changes to practise (intermediate) (129:23)
2. Making art with lines and loops (and leaving exposed warps too!) (intermediate) (110:47)
WARP/WEFT MANIPULATION - EXERCISES
How to use the sections below
Twisting Warp (25:28)
Worms (34:09)
Trees - contemporary style (34:39)
Exposed warp play - see Class no 2 of Shapes and Sheds
ARTFUL THREADS - FINALE FOR 2025
Goodbye Artful Threads 2025
Finale cartoon landscape/seascape coming very soon!!
WEAVING TECHNIQUES
Warping a Mirrix Pocket Loom (3:22)
Double Half Hitch Knot - quick recap (3:11)
Pigtailing (1:29)
Meet and Separate
Sewing in Tails (13:28)
Braided Warp
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1. Making a flower - with lots of shed changes to practise (intermediate)
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