Hand-Weaving Techniques: Design Textile Accessories
Understanding Your Loom
A course by Cassandra Sabo , Textile Designer and Hand Weaver
About the video: Understanding Your Loom
Overview
“To begin, I will introduce you to the different types of looms – frame, hand, floor, and arm – paying special attention to the frame loom. I with help you to understand the important elements of your loom and how this will affect your woven design. You will also learn important key terms, such as pedal bars, notches, side frames, warp, and weft. ”
In this video lesson Cassandra Sabo addresses the topic: Understanding Your Loom, which is part of the Domestika online course: Hand-Weaving Techniques: Design Textile Accessories. Learn to create richly textured and sustainable textile pieces using a variety of weaving techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“Understanding Your Loom In this lesson, I'm going to be talking to you and teaching you a bit about looms, specifically frame looms, and going through the different aspects so that you can get the most out of your loom, including the pros and cons. I'm going to start talking to you first about the two frame looms that we have on the table. We have two different sizes. We've got an extra-large size of frame loom and this one is about 56 by 56 centimetres. The smaller frame loom, which is the same design but smaller, I think it's 31 by 38 centimetres. The reason this is important because for ...”
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Course summary for: Hand-Weaving Techniques: Design Textile Accessories
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Category
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Areas
Accessory Design, Arts & Crafts, Decoration, Embroidery, Fiber Arts, Textile Design, Weaving
Cassandra Sabo
A course by Cassandra Sabo
Cassandra Sabo is a textile designer and weaver from Montreal, Canada. She initially moved to London to pursue a degree in textile design at Central Saint Martins, and eventually moved to Oxford with her husband and children, and founded The Oxford Weaving Studio.
From her studio, she shares her love and knowledge of weaving and the broader fiber arts with her community. Cassandra also researched, designed and developed The Oxford Frame Loom, a new type of frame loom that aims to bridge the gap between hand-weaving and tapestry weaving, enabling weavers of all levels to discover and explore this craft in new ways.
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