Weaving Lessons - Spinnerstown

Home-School Students . . . After School Lessons . . . Adult Enrichment

Fiber Artist, Sue Shelly, Welcomes Students to her Home Studio in Spinnerstown, Pa
Sue´s background in art includes a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Kutztown University, with a special interest in weaving and fiber arts. Her experience ranges from silk painting and dyeing, to spinning, knitting and weaving done on 4 and 8 harness looms using various weave structures: twill, advancing twill, tapestry, transparent tapestry, double weave, overshot, bound-weave, summer/winter, log cabin, shadow weave, etc.

The studio is equipped with several looms. Some are already warped with specific projects, and custom lessons can also be developed according to student interest and skill level.

Sue has experience working with children and sharing her craft, as an aide in a learning support classroom, an instructor for a home-school arts program, and also a demonstrator of colonial spinning and weaving in historic Bethlehem, Pa. She also displays and sells her own pieces at local Fine Art and Craft Shows.

Located minutes off the Quakertown Turnpike Interchange
Please e-mail weaversong@verizon.net with inquiries or to schedule a class.
Photos of sample projects can be forwarded on request.

Introductory- One Session- Weaving Class (ages 10 through adult) $40.
2 hour class, Materials Included

This lesson is designed for beginners to complete a plain weave project in one session
Students will weave a table mat or runner, on a pre-warped 45" Gallinger loom.
Discover how cloth is woven and how the loom works
Learn weaving terms: Warp and Weft, Treadle and Shuttle, Beater and Beam, Shed and Pick, etc.
Hands-on learning, with exposure to history, craft, mechanics, and fiber, all woven together one thread at a time
Take your finished project along home that same day

Twill Sampler on 4 Harness Loom (ages 12 through adult) $160.
4, 2 hour sessions, Materials Included

This sampler was designed as a twill study with 4 different twill patterns already threaded on the loom
The student will learn how to read a weaving draft and understand how the loom is threaded
They will learn how different treadling orders will produce different patterns in the cloth
The finished piece can be used as a table runner and a twill study reference
Hand outs with drafts, terms, and treadling patterns included

Traveling Workshop
Introduction to Fibers, Spinning, Knitting and Weaving
For groups, ages 5 and older, minimum of 8 people, maximum 25

1 hour class for ages 10 and under- $5 per person
2 hour class for age 10 and up, could include a dyeing or weaving project $10 per person
material cost for projects included

Sue will bring fibers and tools from her vast collection, for a hands-on learning experience
Students can touch various fiber samples and learn about fiber producing animals and plants
Wool, Llama, Alpaca, Mohair, Cashmere, Camel, Yak, Angora Rabbit, Cotton, Flax, Bamboo, etc.
Demonstrating the process of turning fiber into cloth
Washing, Carding, Spinning, Dyeing, Weaving, Knitting, Felting
Sue will wear colonial attire for the demonstration, if requested