Weaving Project Library
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Project #1: Napkins
In May 2021, we worked on making napkins. Rigid heddle weavers worked in plain weave and explored stripes and warp/weft color interactions. Four and eight shaft weavers explored Huck Lace.
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Project #2: Summer towels
In June 2021, we worked with the soothing, cooling, soft colors of summer. Rigid Heddle weavers explored hand manipulated lace. Four and eight shaft weavers explored bird's eye twills.
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Project #3: Atwater-Bronson
In August 2021, we worked with texture and solid warps and wefts. Rigid heddle weavers worked with pick-up techniques. Four and eight shaft weavers explored blocks.
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Project #4: Jewel Tone Towels
In October 2021, we worked with jewel tones and fun details to create easy towels. Eight shaft weavers explored weaving hearts. This pattern can also be used to create napkins.
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Project #5: Rep Weave Placemats
In January 2022, we explored rep weave inspired by the desert. We used a dense sett, alternating warp colors, and alternating thick and thin weft yarns to weave placemats, table runners, or both.
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Project #6: Spring Napkins
In March 2022, our rigid-heddle weavers explored Supplemental Weft. Four-shaft weavers worked on Monk’s Belt, and eight-shaft weavers wove Overshot. This kit is a celebration of spring!
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Project #7: Waffles & Ice Cream
In May 2022, we worked with waffle weave, which plays around with combinations of long floats and plain weave, to create a fabric that collapses in on itself when wet finished.
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Project #9: Weaver's Gambit
This kit is all about games and blocks. We take one basic idea—the game board—and each club explores it using a different weave structure.
The rigid-heddle project uses Atwater-Bronson lace, the four-shaft project is summer and winter, and the eight-shaft pattern is twill blocks.
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Project #10: Pinwheel Pop
In this project, we create fun, fabulous effects by combining simple weave structures with alternating dark and light threads repeating rhythms in both warp and weft.
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Project #11: Caribbean Picninc
Caribbean Picnic is an exploration of how structure, color, spacing, and high contrast between warp and weft can create fabulous gradients that can be pushed to iridescence.
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Project #12: Ferdinand's Folly
This kit is an exploration of some of the amazing things that are possible with beautiful, hand-dyed yarn. Weave with Malabrigo Silkpaca, 70% baby alpaca, 30% silk…total luxury!
What Club Members are Saying…
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★★★★★
The Vermont Weaving Club is the best club I have ever joined. Love that I am given color choices. The instructions are amazing and so detailed that it seems Dena is sitting right next to me! Best weaving investment I have made besides my loom.
--Linda, member since May 2022
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★★★★★
Vermont Weaving Club is not just a pattern and yarn. Each shipment is well thought out, the design process is explained throughout the instructions. There are different structures to use and different projects to try on each warp. After receiving the club box for over a year now, I've become a more emboldened weaver. It is always fun to see what Dena comes up with.
--Elaine, member since Aug 2021
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★★★★★
Dena has raised the bar on draft writing for her kits.
She answers every question a weaver may have before they know they have it!
I have found Dena’s communications to be excellent and she has a marvelous “we’ll make it work” attitude.
Beautiful designs and a joy to work with.
— Susan
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★★★★★
Dena’s explanations are thorough and the projects are fun, functional, and lovely.
Joining the Weaving Club has taken my weaving to a new level.
The instructional videos and zoom meetings have given me the confidence to try new techniques and expand my craft. The yarns are pretty and easy to use.
— Connie
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★★★★★
I am newer to weaving, and Dena knows how to share her vast knowledge in a precise way that makes sense to the individual. She is willing to go below the surface to make weaving smoother for each person.
–Jen, member since March 2021
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★★★★★
I get a lovely collection of threads and an incredibly detailed pattern to create towels, napkins or something handy.
I love watching what others create and post on Facebook or Instagram and it inspires me to press on and finish my project.
Dena is always available for a quick question by email and she ships things really quickly when you realize you need just a bit more thread to finish a project.
I highly recommend Vermont Weaving Supplies for awesome personal service.
— Meg
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★★★★★
My kits and patterns are arriving on time—lovingly packed and with my name spelled correctly including the accent mark.
Dena’s instructional videos are thorough and gently paced. She gives good notice and good instructions for office hours and zoom time.
I will continue my subscription when it comes up for renewal and I HIGHLY recommend this program and Vermont Supplies.
Dena is ah-mahzing.
— Cristina
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★★★★★
I call Dena my Guardian Weaving Angel.
–Sandy, member since Aug 2021
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★★★★★
Following Dena's detailed pattern instructions is like taking a self-paced class on a new skill.
--Carol, member since June 2021
