The Intentional Weaver
In this course, master weaver Laura Fry shares her techniques for weaving efficiently and ergonomically. Join us to learn her practices for every step of the weaving process, from planning a project to winding a warp to dressing the loom.
Welcome to the Intentional Weaver
For master weaver and author, Laura Fry, most of her life has been spent in front of, under, or around a loom. Between production weaving, teaching, and writing about weaving for the past forty-something years, she has spent a lot of time working out ways to be more efficient and how to work ergonomically. In this course, Laura shares her techniques with weavers in order to help them prevent injuries doing the craft they love.
In this class, she talks about how to hold your body, how to stand, how to ensure that you are not instigating inflammation in your body, and preventing repetitive stress injury for as much as possible. The goal is summed up in the phrase: minimum input, maximum output.
Throughout the videos, you’ll learn:
- Project planning for weaving
- Winding a warp efficiently
- Rough sleying a reed
- Beaming with a trapeze
- Threading heddles
- Sleying the reed
- Tying on vs lashing on
- Weaving the header
- Adjusting your beat
- Ergonomics at the loom
- Weaving with two shuttles
- Winding weft bobbins
- Yarn packages and tools for yarn wrangling
There are many different tools that can be used throughout this course, so make sure to check out the materials tab at the top of this page or lesson 0.1 The Intentional Weaver Materials page. There, you will also find the PDFs for the projects made in this course along with the workbook.
Talk about the The Intentional Weaver 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
Downloads
Additional Content
- Yarn Calculations PDF
- Weaving Project Record Sheet PDF- portrait
- Weaving Project Record Sheets PDF- landscape
Equipment
- 4-shaft loom with a minimum 15" / 38 cm weaving width for placemats
- 4- or 8-shaft loom with a minimum 10 " / 25 cm weaving width for runner
- 12 dent reed
*Please follow this link for Warping Equipment & Additional Tools needed
Materials
M & W Placemats:
- Warp & Weft: 2 cones of Gist 3/2 Beam, 1 cone in Pacific or Natural (Colour A, 720 yd/ 658 m warp colour) and 1 cone of Dawn or Aqua (Colour B, 457 yd/ 418 m weft colour) (630 yd / 576 m per 8 oz / 227 g cone; 1260 ypp; 100% Organic Cotton).
Wall of Troy Runner:
- Warp & Weft: 2 cones of Gist 3/2 Beam, 1 cone in Natural (Colour A, 600 yd/ 549 m warp colour) and 1 cone in Aqua or Dandelion (Colour B, 288 yd/ 263 m weft colour) (630 yd / 576 m per 8 oz / 227 g cone; 1260 ypp; 100% Organic Cotton).
Additional Supplies Shown/Demonstrated
- Bucket or basket
- Third lease stick or long dowel
- Painters tape
- Wide toothed brush
- Blocks or risers
- Lease stick holders (Threading Helpers or Angel Wings)
- Wooden slate blinds
- Harrisville Brass Threading & Sley Hook
- Soft tailors measuring tape
- Mason's line
- Multiple boat shuttles
- Paper
- Post it note or Right angle tool
- Live weight system:
- 20lb and 3lb weights
- nylon cord
- Trapeze:
- metal rod
- wood boards
- S hook
- cord
- water or bleach jug emptied
Do you have questions about The Intentional Weaver 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
- 14 Lessons
