Colour & Weave on Rigid Heddle Loom
Taught by Amanda Wood, this course explores pattern and colour, and how these things work together in our handwoven projects. We learn how to approach a new to you yarn – trying different combinations, playing with the sett and learning about how to respond to its particular character. Amanda also covers weaving a gamp, giving us information about how pattern and colour work together, then taking this information to make a project entirely unique to ourselves.
Welcome!
We’re excited to introduce you to Colour & Weave on Rigid Heddle Loom with instructor Amanda Wood.
First, we’ll explore how to approach a new-to-you yarn. By testing out different combinations and playing with the sett, you’ll learn how to respond to the yarn’s particular character.
Then, it’s time to make a gamp, which is essentially like a handwoven sketchbook. A gamp is going to give helpful information about pattern and colour, and how they work together.
Finally, we’ll learn how to take the information from the gamp and make a project that is completely custom and unique.
Throughout the Colour & Weave on Rigid Heddle Loom course videos, you’ll learn:
- What is colour & weave and the importance of contrast
- What is a gamp and how to use it
- Equipment needed, plus recommendations on how to choose yarn and sett
- How to direct warp an uneven number of stripes
- Indirect warping variation with three pegs
- Re-tensioning the warp
- Threading plans
- How to weave a gamp
- Fixing knotted warp threads
- Weaving a houndstooth themed warp
- Weaving a stripe-themed warp
- Resources and more
Plus we will explore Gist 3/2 Beam yarn available from SweetGeorgia Yarns
Talk about the Colour & Weave on Rigid Heddle Loom course with members of the School of SweetGeorgia. Post project pictures, share personal reflections, and join the conversations in our Community Forums!
Tag what you are making everywhere with #sosweaving and #schoolofsweetgeorgia!
Life of a Professional Weaver: Laura Fry // by Greta Cornejo
I’m excited to help you learn about professional weaver, and School of SweetGeorgia weaving instructor, Laura Fry. We approached Laura to film a couple of classes with us in 2021 because Felicia loved her The Intentional Weaver book. Laura replied and agreed to film two classes for the School. Both The Intentional Weaver and Magic in the Water courses are fantastic resources for our members. Laura Fry is a passionate and generous teacher. You will find her in the Community Forums often, sharing her knowledge and her latest weaving projects. Today, she shares some insights into her work and practices...
New at the SOS Articles section, continue reading Greta`s interview of Master Weaver Laura Fry »
#sosweaving #schoolofsweetgeorgia #masterweaver #canadianmasterweaver #weaving #professionalweaver #weaversoftheworld
Life of a Professional Weaver: Laura Fry // by Greta Cornejo
I’m excited to help you learn about professional weaver, and School of SweetGeorgia weaving instructor, Laura Fry. We approached Laura to film a couple of classes with us in 2021 because Felicia loved her The Intentional Weaver book. Laura replied and agreed to film two classes for the School. Both The Intentional Weaver and Magic in the Water courses are fantastic resources for our members. Laura Fry is a passionate and generous teacher. You will find her in the Community Forums often, sharing her knowledge and her latest weaving projects. Today, she shares some insights into her work and practices...
New at the SOS Articles section, continue reading Greta`s interview of Master Weaver Laura Fry »
#sosweaving #schoolofsweetgeorgia #masterweaver #canadianmasterweaver #weaving #professionalweaver #weaversoftheworld
ONLINE TODAY // Reminder of today`s virtual co-working (or co-crafting) session with Felicia! Join us in the co-working Zoom room and use the time to focus on your own projects.
Structure:
We`ll have 5 minutes to share goals for the session, then 50 minutes to work, then 5 minutes to celebrate our wins.
What it`s all about:
• quiet, focused time for deep work
• all participants will be on mute and will minimize distractions
• dedicated time, create a habit or practice of making
• friendly accountability and body doubling to help you reach your goals
Felicia will be online today, May 26th at 1:00 PM PDT! The link to join in can be found at the SOS Event Calendar »
#soscommunity #schoolofsweetgeorgia #sosweaving #lomeetsloom #cocrafting #weaving #weavingloom
ONLINE TODAY // Reminder of today`s virtual co-working (or co-crafting) session with Felicia! Join us in the co-working Zoom room and use the time to focus on your own projects.
Structure:
We`ll have 5 minutes to share goals for the session, then 50 minutes to work, then 5 minutes to celebrate our wins.
What it`s all about:
• quiet, focused time for deep work
• all participants will be on mute and will minimize distractions
• dedicated time, create a habit or practice of making
• friendly accountability and body doubling to help you reach your goals
Felicia will be online today, May 26th at 1:00 PM PDT! The link to join in can be found at the SOS Event Calendar »
#soscommunity #schoolofsweetgeorgia #sosweaving #lomeetsloom #cocrafting #weaving #weavingloom
Coming up this Thursday, May 25th at 10:00 AM PDT, join Felicia online at the SweetGeorgia YouTube channel for our May Live Office Hours! We`ll be chatting about all of the latest from inside the School. If you have a fibre arts question or SOS project you would like shared during the session, please be sure to submit your questions and projects in advance.
Also, taking place on Friday, May 26th at 1:00 PM PDT, Felicia will be live online once again for a virtual co-working (or co-crafting) session. Join us in the co-working Zoom room and use the time to focus on your own projects. We`ll have 5 minutes to share goals for the session, then 50 minutes to work, then 5 minutes to celebrate our wins.
Find further information and links to join in both of these events at the SOS Event Calendar »
#soscommunity #sosliveofficehours #sosweaving #felicialowong #lomeetsloom #schoolofsweetgeorgia
Coming up this Thursday, May 25th at 10:00 AM PDT, join Felicia online at the SweetGeorgia YouTube channel for our May Live Office Hours! We`ll be chatting about all of the latest from inside the School. If you have a fibre arts question or SOS project you would like shared during the session, please be sure to submit your questions and projects in advance.
Also, taking place on Friday, May 26th at 1:00 PM PDT, Felicia will be live online once again for a virtual co-working (or co-crafting) session. Join us in the co-working Zoom room and use the time to focus on your own projects. We`ll have 5 minutes to share goals for the session, then 50 minutes to work, then 5 minutes to celebrate our wins.
Find further information and links to join in both of these events at the SOS Event Calendar »
#soscommunity #sosliveofficehours #sosweaving #felicialowong #lomeetsloom #schoolofsweetgeorgia
Covering every thing 3-shaft to 16-shaft variations, Laura Fry talks about weave structure, balance, tie-ups, colour choices and even loom style at the recent Looking at Twills Zoom lecture. If you missed the live presentation, you can now find the replay video available at the School, shared at the Fundamentals of Weaving series. And be sure to save the date to join in Laura`s next lecture with us, Colour Considerations, also listed at the series page.
https://www.schoolofsweetgeorgia.com/courses/fundamentals-of-weaving-series/
Covering every thing 3-shaft to 16-shaft variations, Laura Fry talks about weave structure, balance, tie-ups, colour choices and even loom style at the recent Looking at Twills Zoom lecture. If you missed the live presentation, you can now find the replay video available at the School, shared at the Fundamentals of Weaving series. And be sure to save the date to join in Laura`s next lecture with us, Colour Considerations, also listed at the series page.
https://www.schoolofsweetgeorgia.com/courses/fundamentals-of-weaving-series/
STARTING SOON: We`ll be meeting online with Laura Fry for today`s Looking at Twills Live Lecture, part of the Fundamentals of Weaving series at the School.
Starting on Zoom at 12:00 PM PDT, Laura will talk about how twill works and how to start playing with the various progressions to create designs that work best with your cloth. Find more information plus the Zoom link by clicking our link in IG bio. We look forward to seeing you there!
#sosweaving #weavingtwills #weaversofinstagram #schoolofsweetgeorgia
STARTING SOON: We`ll be meeting online with Laura Fry for today`s Looking at Twills Live Lecture, part of the Fundamentals of Weaving series at the School.
Starting on Zoom at 12:00 PM PDT, Laura will talk about how twill works and how to start playing with the various progressions to create designs that work best with your cloth. Find more information plus the Zoom link by clicking our link in IG bio. We look forward to seeing you there!
#sosweaving #weavingtwills #weaversofinstagram #schoolofsweetgeorgia
@charlotte_milkteacup’s relaxing rigid heddle weaving sounds, pairing perfectly with the sound of rain falling outside. 🥰
#sosweaving #sosrigidheddleweaving #rigidheddle #weaversofinstagram #asmr #relaxingvideos #schoolofsweetgeorgia
@charlotte_milkteacup’s relaxing rigid heddle weaving sounds, pairing perfectly with the sound of rain falling outside. 🥰
#sosweaving #sosrigidheddleweaving #rigidheddle #weaversofinstagram #asmr #relaxingvideos #schoolofsweetgeorgia
Weaving with two heddles on a rigid heddle loom opens up so many possibilities now. We are exploring some techniques with @amanda_f_wood today on her @ashford_wheels_looms rigid heddle loom using Beam organic cotton yarn from @gistyarn. This workshop is being filmed today for the @schoolofsweetgeorgia and will be coming out very soon!
Weaving with two heddles on a rigid heddle loom opens up so many possibilities now. We are exploring some techniques with @amanda_f_wood today on her @ashford_wheels_looms rigid heddle loom using Beam organic cotton yarn from @gistyarn. This workshop is being filmed today for the @schoolofsweetgeorgia and will be coming out very soon!
Fresh off the loom and currently soaking before wet finishing. Happy with the pattern, warp is preserved, and moving on to shifted color combos. I’m hopping down to the city this weekend to work on a few opera workshops in the evenings, so I’m hoping to warp this up and take it with me! Love the benefits of folding table looms.
After the citric acid soak I’ll be following the Magic in the Water wet finishing methods from SOS. It’s superwash but the fiber will rebound a bit, fluff up, and then when I press the pattern will lock in! Torn on whether or not to twist the fringe since I did hemstitch as always 🧶
#weaving #fiberart #handwoven #crackleweave #offtheloom #fiberartist #loueterica #4shaftloom #sosweaving
Fresh off the loom and currently soaking before wet finishing. Happy with the pattern, warp is preserved, and moving on to shifted color combos. I’m hopping down to the city this weekend to work on a few opera workshops in the evenings, so I’m hoping to warp this up and take it with me! Love the benefits of folding table looms.
After the citric acid soak I’ll be following the Magic in the Water wet finishing methods from SOS. It’s superwash but the fiber will rebound a bit, fluff up, and then when I press the pattern will lock in! Torn on whether or not to twist the fringe since I did hemstitch as always 🧶
#weaving #fiberart #handwoven #crackleweave #offtheloom #fiberartist #loueterica #4shaftloom #sosweaving
A gamp is a sampler, a weaver’s way of using a single warp to test out multiple ideas. It could be a colour gamp or a weave structure gamp or in this case a gamp that explores colour patterns. Colour and Weave is not a weave structure but rather a pattern, in the sense that it is simply plain weave with the addition of colour effects through alternating light and dark threads.
Woven using Gist @gistyarn Beam 3/2 Organic Cotton in three contrasting colours, you can find Amanda Wood`s @amanda_f_wood Colour & Weave Gamp pattern plus course instruction all at the new Colour & Weave on Rigid Heddle Loom course!
More info at the School – link in bio »
#sosrigidheddleweaving #soscolourandweave
NEW at the SCHOOL // It`s been a month of some amazing new weaving content over at the schoolofsweetgeorgia, and this week, there`s yet another fabulous new course to share: Colour & Weave on Rigid Heddle Loom, taught by Amanda Wood amanda_f_wood!
This course explores pattern and colour, and how these things work together in our handwoven projects. We learn how to approach a new to you yarn – trying different combinations, playing with the sett and learning about how to respond to its particular character. Amanda teaches weaving a gamp, which gives us information about how pattern and colour work together, where we then take this information to make a project entirely unique to ourselves!
Find Colour & Weave on Rigid Heddle Loom at the SOS site – link in bio »
Included in the course is also Amanda`s Breakfast Eggs Towel weaving pattern shown here, with mix and match options to make them your own!
#sosrigidheddleweaving
Now live at the School – we`re excited to introduce Colour & Weave on Rigid Heddle Loom course, taught by Amanda Wood @amanda_f_wood!
First, we’ll explore how to approach a new to you yarn. We will try different combinations, play with the sett and learn about how to respond to its particular character.
Second, we’re going to make a gamp, which is essentially like a handwoven sketchbook. A gamp is going to give us some information about pattern and colour, and how these things work together.
And third, we’ll be able to take the information from our gamp and make a project that is entirely unique to ourselves!
Find more info at the SOS site (link in bio) »
You can ask any questions over at the SOS forums, plus we`d love to see your progress! Happy weaving!
#sosrigidheddleweaving
#soscolourandweave #schoolofsweetgeorgia
Downloads
Equipment
- Rigid heddle Loom with a minimum 9"/ 23 cm width for gamp
- Rigid heddle Loom with a minimum 16"/ 40 cm width for gamp
- 12.5 dent reed
*Please follow this link for Warping Equipment & Additional Tools needed
Materials
Colour and Weave Gamp:
- Warp & Weft: 3 cones of Gist 3/2 Beam, 1 cone in each in Natural (Colour L), Licorice (Colour D), and Dandelion (Colour S) (630 yd / 576 m per 8 oz / 227 g cone; 1260ypp; 100% Organic Cotton).
Breakfast Eggs Towels:
- Warp & Weft: 3 cones of Gist 3/2 Beam in 2 contrasting colours (630 yd / 576 m per 8 oz / 227 g cone; 1260ypp; 100% Organic Cotton):
-
- Fried Egg towels: 2 cones of Natural (Colour A) and 1 cone Dandelion (Colour B).
- Scrambled egg towels: 2 cones Lemon (Colour A) and 1 cone Dandelion (Colour B).
*If you choose to do both sets of towels as written, one cone of Dandelion will be just enough for six towels, we recommend to get two cones for insurance.
-
Optional: Amanda uses a thinner yarn to weave a lighter cloth for the hems. Here she uses:
- Maurice Brassard 8/2 Unmercerized Cotton in Natural and Lemon (1680 yd / 1530 m per 1/2 lb / 227 g cone; 3360 ypp; 100% Cotton).
You could also use sewing thread or fusible thread in a light colour.
Additional Supplies shown/demonstrated
- Weights/ s-hooks/ carabiners
- Cardboard to make a view finder
- Fusible thread
- Iron with ironing board
- Sewing needle
Do you have questions about Colour & Weave Materials? Talk about it with members of the School of SweetGeorgia. Post project pictures, share personal reflections, and join the conversations in our Community Forums!
Course Content
About Instructor
Course Includes
- 8 Lessons
