£150 plus £5 on the day for materials
If you know the basics, maybe set up your own loom and woven some patterns, or have never done any weaving before and would love to have ago.
The 2-day course will take you through the whole process of winding a warp and dressing a loom to weaving your cloth, Jan will provide you with all the tips, tricks and techniques to ease your path into weaving.
About Jan
Jan moved to Cumbria in the mid 80's after completing her BA Hons in Textiles. She has over 30 years' experience in the textile field working in Higher Education running a Constructed Textile Resource at University of Cumbria, formally Cumbria Institute of the Arts until 2010, when she decided to concentrate fulltime making and exhibiting her own work. Jan is a member of the Wool Clip, a co-operative of local craftspeople based at Caldbeck in North Cumbria. As well as selling her work in many galleries around the UK Jan runs specialist weave courses for a wide range of abilities.
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