Weaving Pattern Designs on a Frame Loom
How to Choose the Right Yarn for the Project
A course by Rachel Snack , Textile Artist
About the video: How to Choose the Right Yarn for the Project
Overview
“Now let’s talk about warp and weft yarns and how to choose the right type of yarn for your weavings. ”
In this video lesson Rachel Snack addresses the topic: How to Choose the Right Yarn for the Project, which is part of the Domestika online course: Weaving Pattern Designs on a Frame Loom. Learn the intricate art of weaving patterns using a frame loom to create beautiful designs for your final project.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, we're going to talk about how to choose the right yarn for your project. So on the table here, we have a variety of different yarns. For the project we're going to be weaving in this course, we're going to be using a 4-4 warping cotton along with a thick wool. So the key to choosing a warp yarn is strength. The warp yarns on the loom are under tension and so you want them to be really strong. If they're not strong, they can break easily, which can potentially ruin your project. A test for how to choose a warp yarn is to actually take the yarn and do something called the tug ...”
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Course summary for: Weaving Pattern Designs on a Frame Loom
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Category
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Areas
Arts & Crafts, Fiber Arts, Interactive Design, Pattern Design, Weaving
Rachel Snack
A course by Rachel Snack
Rachel Snack is a weaver, educator and textile artist. She received her Bachelor of Fine Art in Fiber & Material Studies from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and her Master of Science in Textile Design from Philadelphia University.
Rachel is the founder of Weaver House, a textile studio, yarn shop and weaving school dedicated to preserving craft tradition through hand-making and weaving education.
Rachel has conserved objects for exhibitions at The National Constitution Center, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Fabric Workshop & Museum, The NY Public Library and The Museum of Arts and Design. She has exhibited her work internationally, and taught courses on weaving and fiber dyeing to hundreds of students. She has been an artist-in-residence at T.E.X.E.R.E in Mexico, The Burren College of Art in Ireland, and Awamaki in Peru.
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