Learn to Weave on a Four Shaft Loom

This course is THE online class for new weavers. Just bought a loom? This is the course you need. Are you a weaver and looking to brush up on your skills, become more efficient, or learn some tips and tricks? This course is for you! Not sure if this course is a good fit? Send us an email and we will be happy to chat with you.

This course is included in your Gather Weave Online membership.

Introduction to Weaving

'What is Weaving?', Understanding Looms, Parts of a Loom, and Weaving Terms.
Project Planning

Planning Your Scarf Project, Project Calculations, Choosing Materials, and Weaving Yarn Labels.
Making a Warp

Making a Warp (Warping Board or Mill), Warping Tools, Making a Guide String, How to Fix a Knot, Changing Warp Colours, Tying Off Your Warp, and Removing Your Warp.
Dressing Your Loom

Move Your Warp to the Lease Sticks, Preparing Your Loom for the Warp, Suspending Your Lease Sticks, Attaching Your Warp to the Back Apron, Using a Raddle, Beaming Your Warp, Removing Your Raddle, Preparing to Thread, Threading to the Heddles, Choosing a Reed, Sleying Your Reed, Tying on to Your Front Apron and Advancing Your Warp.
Preparing to Weave

Tying up Treadles on a Floor Loom, Winding a Bobbin & Loading a Shuttle, Weaving a Header, and Hemstitch.
Weaving

Reading the Project Draft, Plain Weave, Twill, Zig Zag Twill, Basket Weave, Completing Your Weaving, and Removing Your Cloth.
Finishing Your Cloth

Removing the Header and Fixing Mistakes, Cutting Your Fringe, Twisted Fringe, Wet Finishing, Finishing Your Cloth, and Labeling Your Samples.

Ready For Your Next Challenge?

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Meet the Instructor

Kim McCollum is a visual artist working in textiles. Kim has taught over 1000 new weavers in person and online, specializing in contemporary artistic approaches. Her love of textiles has taken her to India, Morocco, and throughout Canada and the United States to study. Kim has a Masters of Fine Arts from the University of Alberta, is a graduate of Olds College Master Weaver program and is a co-Owner of Gather Textiles.

“I weave because I feel connected to generations of weavers before me, because weaving feels like a quiet resistance to mass production, and because I’m addicted to the tactile process and rhythm of working at the loom.”

Learn to weave with our beginner weaving course.

Our beginner weaving course starts from the very beginning and teaches the basics of project planning, dressing your loom, and weaving.
Intermediate and advanced weaving courses.

Ready to learn how to weave in fancy twills? Try overshot? Waffle Weave? Understand all about weaving yarn? We make it easy to build the skills you need to make your dream project.
Full access to all of our weaving patterns.

Need inspiration? Explore and weave with our library of weaving patterns, perfect for all levels.
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