My Students
Feb 6, March 23, April 18, May 4, 2023 — Carole Brooks Fowler
These pictures are from my "Introduction to Weaving" class. By the time my students finish, their sampler has 60 different patterns in it. I give them each a loose leaf notebook with all the instructions in it and they can always go back afterwards and see what they have learned and weave again.
Carol Brooks Fowler - Making a butterfly as a yarn sample.
Carole's warp colors.
Winding her warp on the warping board.
Adding colors
Warp colors are added
Lease sticks are put through the cross which is formed on the warping board.
Close-up of lease sticks through cross.
Warp is wound onto the back of the loom passing through the raddle which separates the warp and through the lease sticks.
Carole holding her warp.
Threading the heddles with her beautiful warp colors.
Half of Carole's warp is threaded.
Great progress threading the heddles.
Threading one heddle at a time.
A happy weaver. All the heddles are threaded.
Warp is 5-2 Pearl Cotton
Warp is totally through the heddles which makes the pattern.
Warp is through the reed which determines the number of threads per inch and is going through the beater too.
Carole is separating her warp to tie onto the front of the loom.
Tying warp onto the front of the loom
Warp tied onto the front of the loom
Weaving has begun and she is following her patterns by pressing the levers on the loom.
Carole's weaving
Looking great
Getting ready to cut her warp
Carole fixing the extra wefts
Carole's warp is cut
Getting ready to take the warp off the front of the loom.
Carole and her sampler - Side 1
A happy weaver.
Side 1 Carole's sampler
Side 2 - Carole's sampler
March 23, 2023 - Lorraine Blume and Carole Brooks Fowler weaving together.
Carole and Lorraine - March 23, 2023
Lorraine Blume and Carole Brooks Fowler - March 23, 2023