*WEAVE YOUR OWN TRIM ON THE INKLE LOOM
*ADVANCED INKLE LOOM WEAVING
*BIOGRAPHY OF DARYL LANCASTER

Daryl Lancaster
Daryl will be judging our Make It With Wool competition on Saturday and giving a special private class for MIWW contestants on Sunday.


Register - print and mail formWEAVE YOUR OWN TRIM ON THE INKLE LOOM
Friday, October 15, 2010
9:00am - 12:00 noon
Class Fee: $75.00
Class Size: 15 students
No weaving experience necessary!  The inkle loom is portable, easy to warp, easy to weave off, and makes beautiful belts and bands.  Daryl uses it to trim her garments.  Every weaver should own one.  They are inexpensive and children as young as third grade can learn to use them.  Come learn this simple warp face structure, looms are available. Participants should be able to finish a small bookmark. Inkle looms will be available for rent or you may bring your own.
PLEASE NOTE: PARTICIPANTS IN THIS CLASS MAY NOT USE THE SAME LOOM/WARP FOR THE ADVANCED CLASS.

Students should bring:
• 3 Colors of 3/2 or 5/2 Cotton, at least 50 yards of each.  The more contrast the colors have, the better. (If using skeins of Perle Cotton from DMC, available at local craft stores, please unskein them and wrap the yarns on a card before coming to class)
• Scissors
• Tape Measure
• If you own an inkle loom and would like to use it, feel free to bring it along. Please no inkle looms with warp and cloth beams like the Gilmore and the Glimakra.  They require specific equipment for warping and this class does not focus on beaming chain warps.
• If you are bringing your own inkle loom, don’t forget to bring a small belt shuttle, like a stick shuttle except with a more tapered edge along one side.

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A full color 37 page bound handout is included in class fee.  Material for heddles will be provided if you already have a loom and it does not have heddles.

Please let me know if you will need to rent an inkle loom for the class, theweaver@weaversew.com
THE FEE FOR LOOM RENTAL IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE CLASS FEE AND WILL BE COLLECTED BY THE INSTRUCTOR.
PLEASE NOTE: PARTICIPANTS IN THE MORNING INKLE LOOM CLASS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO USE THE SAME LOOM/WARP IN THIS ADVANCED CLASS. THANK YOU.

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ADVANCED INKLE LOOM WEAVING
Friday, October 15, 2010
1:00pm - 4:00pm
Class Fee: $75.00
Class Size: 15 students

For those who are looking for the next step with this simple two shaft loom, this is the class for you.  Come with a pre-warped inkle loom using a pre-assigned draft and learn 1/1 name draft pick-up, standard 7 thread pick-up, and a supplemental warp technique.

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If you are bringing your own inkle loom, don’t forget to bring a small belt shuttle, like a stick shuttle except with a more tapered edge along one side.

STUDENT MATERIALS LIST:

o Each student should bring a pre-warped inkle loom, following the provided draft.  The size of the yarns is important. 
o Scissors
o Belt or Band shuttle (like a stick shuttle but with a knife edge on one long side)
o A small 10” long bungee cord for holding the supplemental warp out of the way.
o Small amounts of your warp threads in case of breakage. 
o Extra heddles or heddle thread.  (Note: since the warp threads will be fine -10/2 cotton, you may want to consider making finer heddles, 3 cord crochet cotton can work here.)
o A sheet of graph paper and a couple of colored pencils.



There are three yarns in this draft, the colors you pick should be vibrant and high contrast.  The “blue” yarn in the above draft should be equivalent to a 10/2 cotton.  The “white” yarn in the above draft should be equivalent to a 5/2 cotton and should be in HIGH CONTRAST to the “blue” yarn.

The “blue” yarn will be the shuttle or weft thread as well.

The “red” yarn in the above draft should be a mid value hue, and be equivalent to a 10/2 cotton.  The “red” yarn will be the base for the supplemental warp.

For the supplemental warp, please bring a larger grist yarn, this can be something interesting, a fatter knitting yarn, it can be variegated, or decorative.  This yarn should be larger in diameter than a 3/2 cotton.  Bring a couple of choices.  You will need approximately 5 yards of this yarn.  We will add it later.

If you are using a Schacht type inkle loom, the length of the warp may be once around the perimeter of the loom, approximately 64”.

If you are using a smaller Ashford Inklette, set up the loom to have at least 60” in warp length.

The finished width of the band, if using the recommended yarns, will be 1 ½”.  Please note, this width is pushing the maximum of the smaller Inklette, if you have a larger inkle loom available, you might want to consider using that one for this workshop.

Please start your warp with the first thread on the upper left of the draft.  This first warp thread will be over the top peg of the loom and will get a heddle.

It is important to follow the draft exactly and to check it carefully.  There must be 15 “white” threads in between the “blue” threads on the left side of the draft, in order to correctly do the name draft.  The center “red” section should have enough threads to create a sufficient ground for the supplemental warp which will be added later.

The seven “white” threads in the section on the right, must each sit between two “blue” threads in order to do a seven thread pick up.

Any questions, feel free to email me, Daryl at theweaver@weaversew.com or call 973 628-0185

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Biography
Daryl Lancaster received her BA cum laude degree in Fine Arts in 1977 from Montclair State College, Montclair, NJ and has been actively workingsince then as a weaver/fiber artist.  Comfortable with the sewing machine for more than forty years, she spent 10 years as a production craftswoman, selling her handwoven clothing in craft markets and galleries throughout the United States.  She teaches garment construction and related topics to weavers and other fiber enthusiasts across North America.  In addition, Daryl exhibits her artwork in galleries across the country. She was the Contributing Features Editor for six years, for Handwoven Magazine from Interweave Press and wrote the Fashion and Color Forecast Column.  A breast cancer survivor, she uses her work as a vehicle to express who she is and the path that she has traveled.  Daryl lives in northern New Jersey (Morris County) with her husband and two teenage children.