Hand-Weaving Techniques: Design Textile Accessories
Sketching a Pattern and Technical Notes 1
A course by Cassandra Sabo , Textile Designer and Hand Weaver
About the video: Sketching a Pattern and Technical Notes 1
Overview
“In this lesson, you will learn how to best prepare your design idea. I will start by showing the organisation process. You will see how I document all the information required to create a project, including materials, warp setup, scales and sizes, etc. ”
In this video lesson Cassandra Sabo addresses the topic: Sketching a Pattern and Technical Notes 1, 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
“Sketching a Pattern and Technical Notes In this lesson, I will show you how to sketch patterns and create technical notes. In front of me, I'm starting with technical notes that I use to create and document all the different bits of information when I'm creating my project. A lot of the things that are listed are things that are specific to the technical aspects of the materials you're using. Your warp set up, thinking about the scale and size of your project. That's important information to have once you've created your sample, but also while you're actually weaving your sample, because th...”
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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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