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and Intermediate Weaving Offered one week a month - Call to schedule The beginning weaving course is designed for both the student who is a complete beginner and for those weavers who wish to refresh their warping and weaving skills. It focuses on giving the student a good solid background in making a warp, dressing a loom and in weaving a 45" x 72" wool throw. Multiple warping on a large warping frame will be covered in depth as well as dressing the loom from back to front. The proper use of throwing the shuttle, setting a tenterhook and maintaining an even beat will be emphasized as well as the proper finishing of the woven piece. This class is taught on 19th c. counter balance barn frame looms, but all the techniques may be easily transferred to contemporary jack or counter marche looms. |
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Intermediate & Advanced Weaving Offered one week a month - Call to schedule The intermediate and advanced classes are for students who have knowledge of the basic weaving techniques and who now wish to focus on different weave structures and to perfect their technique. These classes are custom designed to suit the specific needs of each student based on abilities, interests and scheduling needs. Possible topics include drafting, working with fine threads, singles linen, summer-winter and overshot. |
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Special
Sessions in Technique Call to schedule
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Special
Sessions in Historic Textiles from 18th & 19th c.
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Descriptions - Special Sessions in Technique
Weaving
Fine Threads with Fine Setts |
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Overshot Coverlet To weave a full sized overshot coverlet is a dream of many weavers but all too few actually commit to completing such an ambitious project. This session will help the student feel more comfortable with the whole process of understanding the drafts, planning a full sized piece with borders and in achieving an even beat in the weave. We will weave a narrow piece of fabric with top, bottom and side borders that will be seamed up the center so that it resembles a miniature version of a full sized piece. |
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| Singles
Linen/Checked Linen This workshop will cover all of the preparation steps and weaving techniques involved in weaving a piece of fine linen cloth. Students will first measure out their warp into skeins, size these skeins with a 19th c. sizing receipt and then proceed to warp for either a pair of pillowcases or a set of checked napkins. The method of warping an entire repeat of check with multiple strands will be demonstrated, as well as the techniques for achieving an even beat to square the checks in the weaving. Techniques for proper beaming, bobbin winding and the use of a tenterhook (temple) will also be included. |
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| Scottish Tweed |
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Twills in Wool - Herringbones and Bird's Eyes |
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| Rag Rugs, Weft Faced Rugs, &
Rep Woven Rugs |
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Course Descriptions - Historic Textiles Point Twills from 18th c.
German Draft Books - 4, 8, 16 Harnesses |
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5 Harness Spots
Weaves from the Collection of the Vermont Historical Society In a recent cataloging project at the VHS, a vast array of 5 H Spot weaves were uncovered - each with a unique and well thought out design and each executed in very fine linen. In this session we will choose one of those pieces to reproduce using a fine 2 ply linen and explore the different tie up options for weaving 5 harnesses on a counter balance loom. |
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| Overshot & Summer Winter from
Keep Me Warm |
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| Dimities & Diapers from the
John Hargrove Draft Book |
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Huckabacks and M's & O's from
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| 18th c. Clothing Fabrics in
Silk - Cherry Derrys and Irish Stuffs In this session we will concentrate on the fabrics of silk that were primarily used in 18th c. clothing. Besides 100% silk fabrics, there were many other combinations used in the production of dress finery including silk and cotton, silk and worsted and silk, and mohair. Some of the fabrics woven will be Cherry-Derry, Irish Stuffs, Batavias and Bombazines in 2 to 3 yard length , usable for a small article of clothing. |
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18th c. Clothing Fabrics in Worsted - Camlets and Calimanco's Advertisements for runaway slaves in the 18th c. often referred to the type of clothing that slaves wore when they escaped and a common reference was to a brightly colored calimanco or camlet waistcoat. These two fabrics were woven from a fine worsted wool, either plain or striped and were dyed with bright greens, yellows and reds. In this session students may choose one of many designs from the Anders Berch book of samples or concentrate on an elegant plain camlet. |
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18th c. Upholstery Fabrics - Moreens & Harateens Harateens and Moreens were both commonly used fabrics for upholstery and bed hangings in the 18th century. The distinction appears to be in the manner that they were finished. Students will weave a narrow piece of yardage using pre-dyed fine worsted yarn in the rep weave characteristic of both harateen and moreen, and then using a high pressure calendar press, experiment with different finishing techniques such as embossing and watering. |
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| 18th c. Checked and Striped
Fabrics in Linen - Siamoises Originally woven in silk, this group of fabrics was inspired by the garments worn by the King of Siam in his visit to Louis IV in the 1600's. The French then went on to create a large market in Siamoises using the less expensive cotton and linen. Starting with Textiles in America as a reference, students will weave a length of linen yardage in a stripe or check using natural dyed linen. |
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19th c. Dye Receipts - Wool & Silk In this two day workshop we will not only sample a variety of colors but also actually dye quantities of yarn for future weaving projects. The primary dyes will be indigo, madder, fustic, cutch, cochineal brazilwood and logwood. With the use of different mordants and overdyeing we will achieve some of the long forgotten colors of Bottle Green, Venetian Scarlet and Saxon Blue |
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| 19th c. Dye Receipts - Cotton
& Linen This two day workshop will run along the same lines as the one for wool in that we will dye quantities of yarn as well as a sample a variety of different receipts. The primary dyes for this class will be indigo, fustic, cutch, cochineal, brazilwood and logwood. The pre-mordanting of cotton and linen will be covered in depth as this step was crucial in achieving a lasting and deep color. We will sample some of the colors used in the 18th & 19th c. called Prussian Blue, Egyptian Purple and Iron Buff. |
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| 19th c. Household Textiles This intensive two day workshop will give participants an opportunity to weave a sampling of the types of textiles woven by rural handweavers of the 19th c. New England. Six looms will be set up with cotton towelling, colonial overshot, striped carpeting, wool plaid blanketing, linsey-woolsey and linen napkin fabric. |
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| Warping & Loom Dressing
Refresher This workshop will cover all the basic information from planning a project and calculating yarn amounts to getting the loom tied up and ready to begin weaving. We will demonstrate multiple warping, the different methods of beaming on, threading, sleying, tying up shafts and treadles and the use of a tenterhook. For those of you who haven't woven in years but would like to get back to it! |
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Fees and Scheduling Information The fee for all five day sessions is $500.00 or $100.00/day plus materials. The price for the two day dye intensive is $250.00 plus materials. To register for the scheduled classes send a $50.00 deposit made out to Eaton Hill Textiles at least two weeks before the session begins:
Directions and other pertinent information will be sent upon receipt of the deposit. Lodging is available at:
For more information call (802) 426-3733 or email eatonhill@fairpoint.net |
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