Cape Breton WeaveNet
The purpose of Cape Breton WeaveNet is to promote communication between weavers all over the island, to organize activities and educational opportunities, and to pass on fibre related information of interest to the group.
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Not Y'ur Granny's Overshot
A 3 Day Workshop
Where: The Gaelic College
When: November 2, 3 and 4th, 2018
Instructor: Janet Dawson
Overshot is a much beloved four shaft weave with endless possibilities and variations. We'll begin by studying traditional overshot concepts like tromp-as-writ, star fashion, rose fashion, overshot on opposites, as well as weaving skills such as treadling a pattern without needing a draft, handling two shuttles at once, keeping your place in a complicated treadling, and avoiding mistakes while threading.
Once we've got the basics down, we'll move beyond traditional patterns and treadling to some less common variations (Italian, flamepoint, swivel, petit point, shadow, treadled as lace, and others), designing your own overshot patterns using name drafting and other techniques, and a look in new directions in overshot on eight shafts and designing in the half tones.
Costs:
Live-in Student: (includes accommodation for Friday and Saturday nights, workshop tuition, and all meals and breaks from Friday morning snack through Sunday afternoon snack)
Double room: $430.00 per person
Single room: $473.00
Day Student: (includes workshop tuition, lunches and breaks) $291.00
If you wish to arrive on Thursday the associated costs would be:
Thursday Night Dinner - $18.00
Thursday Night Accommodation and Friday Breakfast
Double room: $47.50 per person
Single room: $69.00
Janet Dawson
Janet learned to weave at the Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design in 1994 and taught the weaving program there from 2000 to 2009. She teaches in the US every winter, and has over 5000 students in her Floor Loom Weaving class at Craftsy.com. Janet has been a member of the Sydney Weavers' Guild since '94 and was the HGA Rep for the Maritime provinces for four years. She has had articles published in the Ontario Spinners & Handweavers magazine, Fibre Focus, and twice in Handwoven Magazine.
In addition to her own weaving business, The Weaver's Palette, Janet owns The Bobbin Tree, a store catering to weavers, spinners, knitters and felters. Her handwoven blankets, scarves, table linens, garments and other items have been sold in shops in the Maritimes for 15 years and now grace the homes and wardrobes of customers across North America, Europe, and as far away as Australia and the country of Georgia.
Janet's focus has swung from complex weaves to simple cloth and back again over the years. Her current passion is for the mechanics of cloth: understanding and communicating the actual structure of weaving structures.
When: November 2, 3 and 4th, 2018
Instructor: Janet Dawson
Overshot is a much beloved four shaft weave with endless possibilities and variations. We'll begin by studying traditional overshot concepts like tromp-as-writ, star fashion, rose fashion, overshot on opposites, as well as weaving skills such as treadling a pattern without needing a draft, handling two shuttles at once, keeping your place in a complicated treadling, and avoiding mistakes while threading.
Once we've got the basics down, we'll move beyond traditional patterns and treadling to some less common variations (Italian, flamepoint, swivel, petit point, shadow, treadled as lace, and others), designing your own overshot patterns using name drafting and other techniques, and a look in new directions in overshot on eight shafts and designing in the half tones.
Costs:
Live-in Student: (includes accommodation for Friday and Saturday nights, workshop tuition, and all meals and breaks from Friday morning snack through Sunday afternoon snack)
Double room: $430.00 per person
Single room: $473.00
Day Student: (includes workshop tuition, lunches and breaks) $291.00
If you wish to arrive on Thursday the associated costs would be:
Thursday Night Dinner - $18.00
Thursday Night Accommodation and Friday Breakfast
Double room: $47.50 per person
Single room: $69.00
Janet Dawson
Janet learned to weave at the Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design in 1994 and taught the weaving program there from 2000 to 2009. She teaches in the US every winter, and has over 5000 students in her Floor Loom Weaving class at Craftsy.com. Janet has been a member of the Sydney Weavers' Guild since '94 and was the HGA Rep for the Maritime provinces for four years. She has had articles published in the Ontario Spinners & Handweavers magazine, Fibre Focus, and twice in Handwoven Magazine.
In addition to her own weaving business, The Weaver's Palette, Janet owns The Bobbin Tree, a store catering to weavers, spinners, knitters and felters. Her handwoven blankets, scarves, table linens, garments and other items have been sold in shops in the Maritimes for 15 years and now grace the homes and wardrobes of customers across North America, Europe, and as far away as Australia and the country of Georgia.
Janet's focus has swung from complex weaves to simple cloth and back again over the years. Her current passion is for the mechanics of cloth: understanding and communicating the actual structure of weaving structures.
Learn to Spin Workshop
In this workshop we will talk about sheep and other fibre animals and their fleece. We will also learn about preparing the fleece for spinning e.g. scouring, washing and carding. We will learn to use the drop spindle and then on the second day we will use a spinning wheel for spinning and plying.
Material fee payable at first class.
Two times and locations to choose from:
Material fee payable at first class.
- To register for this workshop, contact Sandra Gillis at CBWeaveNet@gmail.com
Two times and locations to choose from:
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Scottsville School of Craft Saturday, May 26th and Saturday, June 2nd 12 noon to 3pm Instructor: Judy Lincoln Cost $45.00 plus materials Registration Deadline: May 16 Judy’s interest in spinning began after they had purchased 2 angora goats in 1985. She didn't realize that it would be a craft that would extend so far...spinning, weaving, dyeing, knitting and rug hooking, all those wonderful things and now so many years later she is still in her comfort zone with all kinds of fibre. . |
The Bobbin Tree, Sydney Sunday June 17th and Sunday June 24th 1pm to 4 pm Instructor: Chris Thomson Cost $45.00 plus materials Registration Deadline: June 7 Chris Thomson learned to spin more than 30 years ago while living in Australia. She is a founding member of the Sydney handspinning group, the Unspun Heroes, which grew out of classes she taught at the Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design. She is also a weaver and knitter, and organizes the annual KnitFit Community Knit-a-thon charity fundraiser at the Cape Breton Regional Library |
Botanical Alchemy Workshop
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Where: South Haven Community Hall
When: Sunday May 6, 10am - 3pm Instructor: Mel Sweetnam Cost: $45.00 plus material fee of $15.00 Registration Deadline: April 26 To register for this workshop, contact Sandra Gillis at cbweavenet@gmail.com. Learn to dye your own yarn/thread with completely natural, non-toxic plant dyes from your own kitchen, garden, and the roadside. This workshop will focus on protein-based yarns, including wool and silk (cellulose-based fibres such as cotton and linen are prepared quite differently from protein fibres and could be the subject of a subsequent workshop). Each student will take home mini-skeins in a range of colours produced in the workshop, a dye record showing all of the key variables in achieving successful results that are light-fast and wash-fast, and the skills to further explore the magic of local plant colour. Mel Sweetnam Mel Sweetnam is an ecological fibre artist working with organic, sustainable materials and processes at her studio in Goose Cove. With close to thirty years experience, her particular area of expertise is making organic mordants and dyes from plants she grows herself, and which she uses to create one-of-a-kind surface designs on fabric and paper (foreverbrigit.com). She is a juried member of the Cape Breton Centre for Craft & Design, the South Haven Guild of Weavers, Spinners, and Dyers, and the Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild. |
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Overshot Theory
Where: Gaelic College Weaving Centre
When: Sunday May 13, 2018
Time: 10:00am - 3:00pm
Instructor: Janet Dawson
Cost: $45.00 plus materials
Registration Deadline: May 6
Overshot is an amazingly versatile weave and has been used for coverlets in our area for generations - but what is it? How does it work? What yarns should you use, and what sett? How do you read the patterns or make up your own? What does star and rose fashion mean? How do you read the funny old drafts that don’t look anything like the ones printed in books and magazines today?
Learn all this and more in a short and sweet introduction to overshot theory and its many possibilities!
To register for this workshop, contact Sandra Gillis at CBWeaveNet@gmail.com
When: Sunday May 13, 2018
Time: 10:00am - 3:00pm
Instructor: Janet Dawson
Cost: $45.00 plus materials
Registration Deadline: May 6
Overshot is an amazingly versatile weave and has been used for coverlets in our area for generations - but what is it? How does it work? What yarns should you use, and what sett? How do you read the patterns or make up your own? What does star and rose fashion mean? How do you read the funny old drafts that don’t look anything like the ones printed in books and magazines today?
Learn all this and more in a short and sweet introduction to overshot theory and its many possibilities!
To register for this workshop, contact Sandra Gillis at CBWeaveNet@gmail.com
Janet Dawson
Janet learned to weave at the Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design in 1994 and taught the weaving program there from 2000 to 2009. She teaches in the US every winter, and has over 5000 students in her Floor Loom Weaving class at Craftsy.com. Janet has been a member of the Sydney Weavers' Guild since '94 and was the HGA Rep for the Maritime provinces for four years. She has had articles published in the Ontario Spinners & Handweavers magazine, Fibre Focus, and twice in Handwoven Magazine.
In addition to her own weaving business, The Weaver's Palette, Janet owns The Bobbin Tree, a store catering to weavers, spinners, knitters and felters. Her handwoven blankets, scarves, table linens, garments and other items have been sold in shops in the Maritimes for 15 years and now grace the homes and wardrobes of customers across North America, Europe, and as far away as Australia and the country of Georgia.
Janet's focus has swung from complex weaves to simple cloth and back again over the years. Her current passion is for the mechanics of cloth: understanding and communicating the actual structure of weaving structures.
Janet learned to weave at the Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design in 1994 and taught the weaving program there from 2000 to 2009. She teaches in the US every winter, and has over 5000 students in her Floor Loom Weaving class at Craftsy.com. Janet has been a member of the Sydney Weavers' Guild since '94 and was the HGA Rep for the Maritime provinces for four years. She has had articles published in the Ontario Spinners & Handweavers magazine, Fibre Focus, and twice in Handwoven Magazine.
In addition to her own weaving business, The Weaver's Palette, Janet owns The Bobbin Tree, a store catering to weavers, spinners, knitters and felters. Her handwoven blankets, scarves, table linens, garments and other items have been sold in shops in the Maritimes for 15 years and now grace the homes and wardrobes of customers across North America, Europe, and as far away as Australia and the country of Georgia.
Janet's focus has swung from complex weaves to simple cloth and back again over the years. Her current passion is for the mechanics of cloth: understanding and communicating the actual structure of weaving structures.
Triangle Shawl Workshop
Where: Gaelic College Weaving Centre
When: Sunday April 22nd 9:30am - 4:30pm
Sunday April 29th 9:30am - 4-30pm
Instructor: Eileen MacNeil
Cost: $90.00 plus materials
Registration Deadline: April 12
Turn your warp to weft- in this workshop you'll be using a 45" loom to weave a triangular shawl approx ( 45"x45"x64" ).
You will be buddied up for the weaving portion so be prepared for lots of laughs.
Day 1- we will look at things to consider when designing a triangular piece of cloth
- tricks on dressing your loom
- the importance of weaving a balanced cloth
- and the rest of the day will be dressing your looms and preparing to weave
Day 2- will be for weaving your shawls and ideas for finishing.
Once you have registered for this workshop I will contact you with instructions for preparing your class warp.
Eileen MacNeil
I am a spinner, weaver, cranker and all round fiber artist. I work from my studio called The Pick and Twill Weaving Studio in Inverness, Cape Breton.
For many years I have been working in the fiber arts with my main focus being on weaving and creating fine handwovens.
To register for this workshop, contact Sandra Gillis at CBWeaveNet@gmail.com
When: Sunday April 22nd 9:30am - 4:30pm
Sunday April 29th 9:30am - 4-30pm
Instructor: Eileen MacNeil
Cost: $90.00 plus materials
Registration Deadline: April 12
Turn your warp to weft- in this workshop you'll be using a 45" loom to weave a triangular shawl approx ( 45"x45"x64" ).
You will be buddied up for the weaving portion so be prepared for lots of laughs.
Day 1- we will look at things to consider when designing a triangular piece of cloth
- tricks on dressing your loom
- the importance of weaving a balanced cloth
- and the rest of the day will be dressing your looms and preparing to weave
Day 2- will be for weaving your shawls and ideas for finishing.
Once you have registered for this workshop I will contact you with instructions for preparing your class warp.
Eileen MacNeil
I am a spinner, weaver, cranker and all round fiber artist. I work from my studio called The Pick and Twill Weaving Studio in Inverness, Cape Breton.
For many years I have been working in the fiber arts with my main focus being on weaving and creating fine handwovens.
To register for this workshop, contact Sandra Gillis at CBWeaveNet@gmail.com