Come out for a festive evening of weaving! Your body becomes the loom. This is a great class for the beginner weaver.
Each participant gets to take home their very own apple heddle and worm shuttle designed by myself and Walker's House from Vancouver Island. Light snacks provided.
Band weaving creates functional and gorgeous textile bands that can be used as trim, ribbon, lanyards or as a stylish clothesline in your campervan. The best part? This style of weaving is meant to be taken outside! The compact nature of the 3" by 3" apple heddle makes it easy to slip into your backpack and pull out by the camp fire.
During this workshop participants will learn to warp a rigid heddle and set up a simplified backstrap method. What is back strap weaving you ask? Your body becomes a loom! Clip one end of the warp threads to a picnic table and the other end to your belt loop and your loom is weaving ready.
Cost: $26.25
Shannon McCann began sewing tiny stuffed pillows with embroidered faces at the tender age of 6 years old and has maintained a lifelong passion for textiles and design. Shannon enjoys bringing a playful, sparky edge to functional garments and natural fibres. Whether she’s sewing at her kitchen table or chasing her toddlers around the alpine, Shannon’s boundless energy and detail orientation present themselves in every project. Shannon’s work has been featured internationally in Tauko Magazine, but most of all she loves to keep things local! Shannon has hosted workshops and events with local Squamish businesses and public library. Shannon is passionate about her career in Prosthetics and Orthotics and works full time as a Certified Orthotist in Vancouver, specializing in paediatrics.