June 12-15th – Wool Rug Weaving with Nancy Kennedy

Class Description:  Weave a sample of a weft-faced wool rug in plain weave. Learn my hemming technique, including how to weave in your initials and the year woven. Students will choose one main color and see how it appears different next to other colors. We will also explore the Fibonacci formula to design stripes of pleasing proportions. Card woven selvedges will be optional. I will furnish 8/5 linen rug warp and wool weft. I would like to begin the first day of the class with a power point presentation of what the project will be and photos of some of the techniques students will be using.

List of items students need to bring: Pen and pencil; ruler; sharp scissors; a temple if you have one that will work for a 14″ to 18″ sample. I will provide a notebook with handouts; equipment to accommodate card-woven selvedge weaving; as many temples as I can round up for those who don’t have one.

BIO: I have been weaving weft-faced area rugs since about 1991. Martha Stanley and Jason Collingwood have been the most influential rug weaving instructors I studied under. In 1996, I started teaching weaving classes at the Ink People Center for the Arts weaving studio in Eureka, California on a regular basis.