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Production Schedule

January 2008: Tapestry Weaving (with Sarah Swett)
Sponsor: Just Our Yarn
Tapestry weaving breaks weaving out of the grid and enables the artist to create pictorial representations in swaths of touchable color. Sarah Swett helps us get our arms around this simple-yet-complex art form, and shares many of her secrets of success. In the final essay, I reveal the surprising lesson I learned from tapestry weaving.

February 2008: Historical Weaving (with Marje Thompson)
Sponsor: Cotton Clouds
When you think of weaving in colonial times, do you imagine a farm wife sitting by the fire, weaving on her home loom? Come learn the truth about weaving in early America from noted weaver and historian, Marje Thompson. The swatch of the day will describe how to read old line-and-dot weaving drafts.

March 2008: Multishaft Weaving (with Bonnie Inouye)
Sponsor: Yarn Circle
This episode we explore the opportunities presented by weaving on more than eight shafts.  Bonnie Inouye talks about the design freedoms in multishaft weaving, as well as creating custom weaving drafts.

April 2008: Sewing Handwoven Cloth (with Daryl Lancaster)
Sponsor: Spady Studios
Afraid to cut into your handwoven cloth?  Daryl Lancaster guides us through the steps of turning fabric into wearable art, and tells many delightful stories along the way.  How did I solve my “fear of cutting?”  I gave a pile of fabric to my sewing friend, and then interviewed her about the joys and challenges of sewing with handwoven fabric.

May 2008: TBD (with Pam Howard)
Sponsor: Just Our Yarn

July 2008: TBD
 
August 2008: TBD
Sponsor: Just Our Yarn

September 2008: Rug-Weaving (with Peter Collingwood, interview pending)
 
October 2008: TBD

November 2008: TBD
 
December 2008: TBD