Workshop: WEAVING - dishcloth or hand towel - January 25, 2025 - 9am to 4pm

Come and weave a hand towel or dishcloth.
In this class, you'll take your first steps in weaving on a frame loom and leave with a hand towel or dishcloth you've woven.

Workshop duration: 6h

Workshop description:

In this workshop, participants will be introduced to weaving on a 4-frame loom. The basics of weaving will be covered, as well as the operation of a table and floor loom, followed by a demonstration.

Afterwards, you will weave choose different types of yarns, colors and patterns, before weaving your own project by yourself from start to finish.
And you'll leave with your very own hand-woven linen!

The following technical notions will be covered:

    Choosing yarns for warp and weft
    The basics of reading a weaving project (pattern)
    Weaving in itself
    Removing the project from the loom
    Tips and tricks for good weaving
    Common problems and solutions
    Finishing a piece

Prerequisite skills
none

What to bring
● note-taking equipment
● indoor shoes

Inclusions
● loan of all necessary materials
● yarn to make and leave with a first project

The course is presented by :
Catherine Malichecq
A lifelong enthusiast of art in general; she parates dance, music, drawing and also different types of crafts, in particular miniaturism, embroidery, felting and weaving. She attended numerous workshops and courses, taught, and won various prizes in embroidery and weaving.
A logical progression, between business and crafts, in September 2019 she creates the boutique Tisse et File and in 2020, the Cours Tisse et File.

Location:
Tisse et File, at 571 Boul. St-Jean-Baptiste in Mercier.

How it works:
Classes run from 10am to 12pm and from 1pm to 4pm.

Conditions of sale :
Number of participants
A minimum of 2 registrations and a maximum of 7 people are required for the course to run smoothly.
Due to the small number of participants, we are unable to exchange or refund the purchase of a course.