Courses will be held on the following dates from 10am – 4pm Any of the courses can be taken on any of the dates listed. Choose any combination of days and dates.

It can sometimes be beneficial to have two or more days on any one subject. Please contact me to confirm there is a place before sending booking form. Natural Time Out Please ensure you have had a Covid19 vaccination COURSES Course dates for 2021 2021 Butterfly Cottage, 37 Castle Street, April: 15/16/17/18 and 22/23/24/25 Nether Stowey, Somerset TA5 1LN May: 6/7/8/9 and 13/14/15/16 June: 10/11/12/13 and 24/25/26/27 Tel: 01278 732266 July: 15/16/17/18 and 22/23/24/25 [email protected] September: 16/17/18/19 and 23/24/25/26 www.janetphillips-weaving.co.uk October: 14/15/16/17 and 21/22/23/24 Instagram: #janetphillipsweaver November: 11/12/13/14 and 25/26/27/28 December: 2/3/4/5 Warps will already be made! - will already be threaded! A chance to concentrate on the design possibilities of a Accommodation will be in local B & B’s weave structure with expert tuition. (Information supplied on request or visit www.quantockonline.co.uk) ------Choose to come for just one day or up to four days. JANET PHILLIPS is also tutoring at: Tuition: £60 per day East Lavant, West Sussex Materials: £20 per project unless stated differently. ‘The Mary Mant Workshop’ – 11/12 September 2021 4 shaft Summer and Winter, 8 shaft Two Tie Unit Weaves Details from Janet Phillips – 01278 732266 [email protected] DESIGNING WOVEN FABRICS

by published 2008 Janet Phillips Janet Phillips studied at the Scottish College of Textiles where she gained a First Class Honours Degree in Industrial Design. After working in industry for “Janet Phillips’ book is truly an inspiration for weavers and an absolute joy”. several years she bought a George Wood and began Commission URSULA STEHLE – Brisbane, Australia Weaving rugs and fabrics for private clients. She has taught weaving for over 25 years and lectured and run workshops around the country. She has written three books: ‘Weavers Book of Fabric Design’ published in 1983 ‘Designing Woven Fabrics’ EXPLORING WOVEN FABRICS was published in 2008 and reprinted in 2010 and 2015. ‘Exploring Woven Fabrics’ was by Janet Phillips published 2020 published in September 2020.

“Can I just say Janet how magnificent your new book is! I’m simply blown away The workshops are practically based. Flexibility is the key to ensuring that with it. Really clear instructions and wonderfully inspiring! Thank you so very much each student receives the information they need to enable them to for putting it together”. NINA RINGSTED - UK continue weaving at home. I will tailor a course to meet your needs so please contact me to discuss your requirements.

Choose one of the following subjects: SUMMER & WINTER FOR FABRICS – The OVERSHOT – A very traditional yet BEGINNERS: only four shaft block weave which innovative structure. INTRODUCTION TO WEAVING/Weave a cushion cover in a day – enables large square patterns and Making a warp – Dressing the loom – Colour & Weave Effect – for textured areas to be woven. THEO MOORMAN TECHNIQUE – A Fabrics – Weave a Chenille scarf in three days - Inkle Braid Weaving finger manipulated ‘inlay/’ LACE WEAVES – The four shaft weaves technique, which allows variation such as Huckaback, Bronson and in weave density. DESIGNING Mock Leno will be threaded up on the Criteria for Design - Colour in Weaving – Project Design looms to allow students to experiment COLOUR & WEAVE EFFECT – The with lacy textures. traditional tweed patterns created RUG WEAVE STRUCTURES by simple colouring & Skip Plain Weave – Krokbragd – Twills for Rugs – Double SHADOW WEAVE – By developing Log plans are woven and developed. Corduroy/ Knotted Pile – 3 end Block Weave – Summer & Winter for Rugs – Cabin weave, block patterns made Warp Faced Rugs/Repp – Introduction to Kilim Weaving – Boundweave. up of vertical and horizontal hairlines SOUTH AMERICAN BROCADING can be designed. TECHNIQUES – The enchanting 4 SHAFT WEAVE STRUCTURES FOR FABRICS patterns produced by South Summer and Winter – Lace Weaves – Shadow Weave – Double Cloth – 4 SHAFT DOUBLE CLOTH – This American weavers on back strap Twills for Fabrics – M & O’s – Honeycomb – Overshot – Bedford Cord – workshop explores how to weave looms are explored on a 4 -shaft Theo Moorman Technique – Colour & Weave Effect – Warp Repp – tubes or double width cloths as well as loom. South American Brocading Techniques – Wavy Twills - Shibori on the loom – bold free-woven patterns. Weaving Pleats – Collapse Weave. INKLE BRAID WEAVING – A simple TWILLS FOR FABRICS – The four shaft technique for weaving braids. 8 SHAFT STRUCTURES FOR FABRICS twills will be explored together with Twills – Double Cloth – Block Weaves – Bold Colour & Weave Effect/ the many threading plans that can WARP REPP – Warp faced plain Deflected Double Cloth. – Summer and Winter – Shadow Weave and Repp be developed from them. weave for fabrics. A sampler of – Zigzag Shadow Weave and Repp - Network Drafting – Echo - Colour & loom controlled and finger Weave/Dice Weaves - Lace Weaves - Diversified Plain Weave – Stitched M & O – The block threading of manipulated techniques will be Double Cloth - Honeycomb. M & O is explored with traditional and woven. new wefting plans to develop DYE WORKSHOPS textured fabrics. BEDFORD CORD – A textured Dyeing with Acid Dyes & Fibre Reactive Dyes – Random Dyeing of warps – weave that produces a horizontal Painting warps – Shibori on the loom HONEYCOMB – The honeycomb type cord on four shafts. The traditional cell structures traditionally used for weave will be developed and blankets and towels will be explored. explored.

WAVY TWILLS – Exploring simple 4-shaft COLLAPSE WEAVE – Use of over-

pattern variations of undulating twisted , or differential If the course of your choice is not listed let me know what you wish to diagonal lines. shrinkage on simple structures give study and I will prepare a course for you to fit your needs. textured cloths!

CRITERIA FOR DESIGN – We will 4-shaft RUG WEAVE STRUCTURES 8 SHAFT TWILLS – Six different threading 8 SHAFT ZIGZAG SHADOW WEAVE explore ‘off loom’, sett, , plans on one sampler allow for calculations, colour and stripe PLAIN WEAVE AND SKIP PLAIN WEAVE numerous diagonal zigzag and 8 SHAFT BLOCK SHADOW WEAVE proportions, and general design FOR RUGS– Simple colour patterns and diamond designs to be woven. theories. finger manipulated design techniques 8 SHAFT NETWORK DRAFTING – on plain weave. 8 SHAFT DOUBLE CLOTH - weaving curves. MAKING A WARP/DRESSING THE Interchanging plain weave in warp LOOM – A reliable method for TWILLS FOR RUGS –exploring weft and weft is sampled using colour, plus SHIBORI on the LOOM – pleated warping accurately and preparing colour sequences that produce combing double plain with plain and /or resist dyed fabrics on 4 or 8 the loom for weaving. interesting patterns. weave, twill and colour and weave shafts. effects. INTRODUCTION TO DOUBLE CORDUROY/KNOTTED PILE – WEAVING PLEATS using 4 or 8 shafts WEAVING/Weave A Cushion This workshop compares the 8 SHAFT BOLD COLOUR & WEAVE Cover. –Some of the simple four techniques for weaving pile rugs either EFFECT/DEFLECTED DOUBLE CLOTH – shaft weaves will be practised to by loom control or finger manipulated Clear two-colour patterns can will be weave a square of cloth suitable methods. designed that create areas of double for a cushion. cloth which distort on washing. 4 END BLOCK WEAVE – SUMMER AND DYEING WITH ACID & FIBRE WEAVE A CHENILLE SCARF – Two WINTER – This course will cover the 8 SHAFT STITCHED DOUBLE CLOTH – REACTIVE DYES – A course, which days to weave a scarf if I prepare design possibilities and texture delicate patterns. gives students a chance to the loom or 4 days if you do this possibilities of weaving summer and random space dye a scarf part. Material charge £30. winter as a rug weight. 8 SHAFT BLOCK WEAVES – Many four warp with Cold Water dyes and shaft weaves can be combined to dye or silk hanks with hot COLOUR IN WEAVING – An ‘off 3 END BLOCK WEAVE – Similar to create pattern and texture. This water Acid Dyes. (Silk and wool loom’ day. Students will explore Summer & Winter block weave in that sampler explores some of the yarns charged as extra). methods of choosing and large geometric colour block patterns possibilities. designing with colour. Should be can be woven as a rug weight. PROJECT DESIGN followed by two ‘on loom’ days 8 SHAFT COLOUR AND WEAVE EFFECT/ I have been asked to help with the weaving the colour schemes. WARP FACED RUGS – This course covers DICE WEAVES design process of specific projects. the designing of the ‘warp repp’ This has taken the form of flexible weave as a rug weight. Loom 8 SHAFT DIVERSIFIED PLAIN WEAVE – three/four-day sessions whereby a controlled and finger manipulated Texture and form woven together. fabric is designed, sampled and techniques. then a full project planned for the 8 SHAFT ECHO TWILL – Multi-coloured student to weave at home. Email INTRODUCTION TO KILIM WEAVING KROKBRAGD – This is a Norwegian rug twill fabrics. or telephone to discuss projects. – This workshop offers a chance to weaving structure, which produces weave a mini-Kilim (3” square). small intricate designs Middle Eastern slit tapestry techniques will be woven on a WEAVING PEOPLE – BOUNDWEAVE – A small frame loom. chance to weave delightful figurative patterns on four shafts.

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