NATURAL TIME OUTWARDEN’S HOUSE, BIX BOTTOM, HENLEY-ON-THAMES,

OXFORDSHIRE. RG9 6BL.

TEL: 01491 641727

www.janetphillips-weaving.co.uke-mail: janetphillips@clara.co.uk

WEAVING COURSESand

WEAVING WORKSHOPS

2007in the beautiful Oxfordshire Countryside with

Janet Phillips(Author of the ‘Weavers Book of Fabric Design’)

Warps will already be made!Looms will already be threaded!

A chance to concentrate on the design possibilities of aweave structure with expert tuition.

£45 per student per dayThe price includes the loom ready for weaving

and all yarns that you use.(unless stated differently)

Send SAE for further details to:-

JANET PHILLIPS, NATURAL TIME OUT, WARDEN’S HOUSE, BIX BOTTOM, HENLEY-ON-THAMES, OXFORDSHIRE. RG9 6BL

JANET PHILLIPS studied textiles at the Scottish College of Textiles where she gained afirst class honours degree in Industrial Textile Design. After working in industry forseveral years she bought a George Wood Dobby Loom and began CommissionWeaving rugs and fabrics in wool and silk. She has taught weaving in Oxford for 15years and lectured and run workshops around the country. In 1983 her bookthe “Weavers Book of Fabric Design’ was published.

The courses are all practically based and theory sessions are only given if studentsfeel that they would like them. Flexibility is the key to ensuring each student receivesthe information they need to enable them to continue weaving at home.

The following dates are available in 2007

SATURDAYS:24 March, 31 March, 14 April, 12 May, 2 June, 9 June, 30 June,4 August, 11 August, 15 September, 6 October, 20 October.

SUNDAYS:1 April, 15 April, 13 May, 3 June, 1July, 12 August, 16 September, 7 October.

MONDAYS and TUESDAYS:27 March, 2 April, 17 April, 15 May, 22 May, 5 June, 12 June, 26 June, 3 July,10 July, 31 July, 7 August, 13 August, 11 September, 18 September, 8 October,23 October.

2 and 3 day WEEKENDS:31 March/1 April/2 April, 14/15 April, 12/13 May, 2/3 June, 30 June/1 July,11/12/13 August, 15/16 September, 6/7/8 October.

The following subjects are available in 2007

DESIGNING/WARPING/DRESSINGCriteria for Design - Making a warp - Dressing the loom - INTRODUCTION TO WEAVING(Weave a cushion cover) – Designing with Colour

RUG WEAVE STRUCTURESPlain Weave & Skip Plain Weave - Krokbragd - Twills for Rugs – DoubleCorduroy/Knotted Pile – 3 end Block Weave - Summer & Winter for Rugs - Warp FacedRugs/Rib - Introduction to Kilim Weaving – Boundweave.

4 SHAFT WEAVE STRUCTURES FOR FABRICSSummer & Winter for Fabrics - Lace Weaves - Shadow Weave - Double Cloth - Twills forFabric - M & O’s - Honeycomb - Overshot - Theo Moorman Technique - Colour & WeaveEffect - South American Brocading Techniques - Inkle Braid Weaving - Warp Repp -Bedford Cord – Collapse Weave.

8 SHAFT STRUCTURES FOR FABRICS8 shaft twills - Double cloth – Block weaves - Bold Colour & Weave Effect/DeflectedDouble Cloth.

DYE WORKSHOPSDyeing with Acid Dyes & Fibre Reactive Dyes - Indigo dyeing - Random dyeing of warps -Painting warps

WOOL SPINNING FOR BEGINNERSIntroduction to carding, long draw spinning and plying.

PROJECT DESIGNDesigning and sampling for a specific project.

DESCRIPTION OF COURSES

CRITERIA FOR DESIGN - This is not apractical loom session. We will exploresett, yarns, calculations, weavestructures, fancy yarns and generaldesign theories. Colour and proportionexercises can be practised.

MAKING A WARP - Quick and reliablemethods for warping accurately will betaught. Students can either bring theirown warp yarn and the day will cover thedesigning of their warp prior to warping.Alternatively students can make a warpsuitable for the ‘Introduction to Weaving’/cushion cover, then dress the loom andweave the cushion. An excellent, threedays for a beginner.

DRESSING THE LOOM - This workshopis a continuation of the ‘Making a Warp’Workshop.

INTRODUCTION TO WEAVING/ WEAVE ACUSHION COVER - An excellent coursefor beginners. Some of the simple fourshaft weaves will be practised to weavea square of cloth suitable for a cushion.

DESIGNING WITH COLOUR – An ‘OffLoom’ session in which sometechniques for choosing and designingwith colour are practiced. Should befollowed by an ‘On Loom’ day.

PLAIN WEAVE & SKIP PLAIN WEAVEFOR RUGS - This course looks at thesimple colour patterns and fingermanipulated techniques available withplain weave.

KROKBRAGD - This is a Norwegian rugweaving structure, which produces smallintricate designs very easily. Thiscourse will cover the designing of someof these patterns.

TWILLS FOR RUGS - The twill structureas a rug weight enables a beautifullyfirm rug to be woven. This course allowsstudents to explore some of thethreading plans and weft sequences thatare possible.

DOUBLE CORDUROY / KNOTTEDPILE/RAG RUGS - This workshopcompares the techniques for weavingpile rugs either by loom control or fingermanipulated techniques.

4 END BLOCK WEAVE - SUMMER ANDWINTER - This course will cover thedesign possibilities and texturepossibilities of weaving summer andwinter as a rug weight.

3 END BLOCK WEAVE - Similar toSummer & Winter block weave in thatlarge geometric colour block patternscan be woven as a rug weight.

WARP FACED RUGS - This coursecovers the designing of the warp for‘repp’ weaves as a rug weight.Threading variations and pick-uptechniques will be explored.

INTRODUCTION TO KILIM WEAVING -This course offers a chance to weave amini-Kilim (3” square). Middle Easterntraditional slit tapestry techniques will bewoven on a small frame loom.

BOUNDWEAVE - A chance to weavedelightful figurative patterns on fourshafts.

INTRODUCTION TO TAPESTRYWEAVING – A sample of warpingtechniques and weaving techniques willbe woven on a frame loom

SUMMER & WINTER FOR FABRICS –The only four-shaft block weave whichenables large square patterns andtextured areas to be woven.

LACE WEAVES - The four shaft weavessuch as Huckaback, Bronson and MockLeno will be threaded up on the looms toallow students to experiment with thelacy textures that are possible.

SHADOW WEAVE - By developing LogCabin weave, bold block patterns madeup of vertical and horizontal hairline canbe designed.

DOUBLE CLOTH - This workshopexplores how to weave tubes or doublewidth cloths and also the bold pictorialdesigns possible by finger manipulatingthis simple weave.

TWILLS FOR FABRICS - The four shafttwills will be explored together with themany threading plans that can bedeveloped from them. Approximately 70samples can be woven in a day

M & O - The block threading of M & O isexplored with traditional wefting plansand more experimental texturedpatterns.

HONEYCOMB - The honeycomb type cellstructures traditionally used for blanketsand towels will be explored anddeveloped.

OVERSHOT - Traditionally used to weaveAmerican bedcovers this course willallow students to explore this versatileweave and ways of colouring itsuccessfully.

COLLAPSE WEAVE – By using yarns ofdifferent shrinkage and twist highlytextured fabrics can be woven.

THEO MOORMAN TECHNIQUE - TheoMoorman developed a simple weavestructure to enable different textures andweights of yarn to be woven side by sideyet not distort. A finger manipulatedtechnique.

COLOUR & WEAVE EFFECT - Thetraditional tweed patterns created bysimple warp and weft colouring plans onplain weave, twill and hopsack will bewoven, together with designing thelarger Glen Checks

SOUTH AMERICAN BROCADINGTECHNIQUES - The enchanting patternsproduced by South American weavers onback-strap looms will be practised andexplored on the western four-shaft loom.

INKLE BRAID WEAVING - An inkle loomis a small loom for weaving braids. Thisis a chance to learn how to design andweave simple and elaborate braids andpassementerie.

WARP REPP - Warp faced plain weavefor fabrics. A sample of loom controlledand finger manipulated techniques willbe woven.

BEDFORD CORD –A textured weave,which produces horizontal cords on fourshafts. Using colour and weave effectsand unusual threading plans interestingeffects are produced.

8 SHAFT TWILLS –Six differentthreadings on one sampler allow fornumerous diagonal, zig-zag anddiamond designs to emerge from 8shaft twills.

8 SHAFT DOUBLE CLOTH -Interchanging plain weave in warp andweft is sampled using colour, pluscombining double plain with plainweave, twill and colour and weaveeffects is explored.

8 SHAFT BOLD COLOUR & WEAVEEFFECT/DEFLECTED DOUBLE CLOTH –Clear two colour patterns can be wovenor developed to create areas of doublecloth, which distort on washing.

8 SHAFT BLOCK WEAVE –Many fourshaft weaves can be combined to createpattern and texture, such as satin &sateen and twills. This samplerexplorers some of the possibilities.

DYEING WITH ACID & FIBRE REACTIVEDYES - A course, which gives studentsa chance to random space dye a silkscarf warp as well as dye wool and silkhanks with the Russell Dye System.(Silk and wool yarns charged extra).

INDIGO DYING - Students will make anindigo vat with indigo grains and dyewool, silk or cotton yarns. (Yarnscharged as extra - but you may bring yourown yarn to dye).

PAINTED WARPS - Detailedpatterns/designs can be painted oneither a silk or cotton warp with fibrereactive dyes. (Warp charged as extra -but you may bring your own warp).

WOOL SPINNING FOR BEGINNERS -Wool preparation and wool carding aswell as long draw spinning will betaught. Two separate one-dayworkshops will be needed. A spinningwheel can be borrowed for practice inbetween workshops.

PROJECT DESIGN - I have been askedto help with the design process ofspecific projects for students. This hastaken the form of flexible three/four daysessions whereby a fabric is designed,then sampled and then a full projectplanned for the student to weave athome. Telephone me to discuss yourproject

Accommodation for weekends will be in local B & B’sI will provide 2 picnic lunches and one, 3 courses, home cooked evening meal at a cost

of £22.50 for the 2-day weekends

JANET PHILLIPS is also tutoring at:

Alston Hall, Longridge, Nr PrestonLOOM WEAVING

A residential course from Sunday 23 September - Friday 28 September 2007Contact Alston Hall on 01772 784661 for further information.

Collapse Weave: 21/22 April 2007Beginner Weaving – Colour & Weave Effect: 19/20 May 2007

at East Lavant, West SussexContact Mary Mant on 01903 261794 for further information.

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