So guess what I’ve learned in recent weeks? Etsy Deutschland hosts free craft classes and this past Monday I went to one! While they tend to typically be held at their lab location, this one was held in the quirky outdoors of Kjosk across the street from Gorlitzer Bahnhof. And what did entail? Action weaving!
The gist? The talented Travis Meinolf is the purveyor of a super fun way of weaving – real loom, real warp, real real real – except instead of being on a stationary wooden loom, you can hang it from a branch or really any old thing and weave your project as it is attached to your waist. The class started at 6. The project? A scarf. I turned up at 6:30 because girlfriend does not leave the house before 6pm (I know, I know), but I welcomed into the fray and quickly began my project while surrounded by fellow weavers with accent from far and wide.
The first step? Cutting 40 threads of yarn to compose our warp. We measured these against the bottom of a chair and then sat around, threading it through.
Then the weaving began! You could look around and see the weaving attached to the Kjosk bus, bamboo pegs that lined the stairways and other areas of the lot.
Travis Meinolf
It took me about two hours to complete my scarf. I totally fell in love with the process, oh maybe five minutes into it. I’ve woven before. Back when I was entering middle school I took a craft class at Multnomah Art Center where we wove thing with yarn on cardboard looms. very elementary. And then in middle school we had a textile class. i wasn’t it, but was able to play around with the tools anyway. Oh, and then there’s the failed experiment of getting a beading loom at some point in my childhood. That definitely didn’t work out… But this did! it was such an easy concept to grasp (with the helping hands of Travis and the woman assisting him) and just so do-able. I wanna make more!
Action Weaving
So guess what I’ve learned in recent weeks? Etsy Deutschland hosts free craft classes and this past Monday I went to one! While they tend to typically be held at their lab location, this one was held in the quirky outdoors of Kjosk across the street from Gorlitzer Bahnhof. And what did entail? Action weaving!
The gist? The talented Travis Meinolf is the purveyor of a super fun way of weaving – real loom, real warp, real real real – except instead of being on a stationary wooden loom, you can hang it from a branch or really any old thing and weave your project as it is attached to your waist. The class started at 6. The project? A scarf. I turned up at 6:30 because girlfriend does not leave the house before 6pm (I know, I know), but I welcomed into the fray and quickly began my project while surrounded by fellow weavers with accent from far and wide.
The first step? Cutting 40 threads of yarn to compose our warp. We measured these against the bottom of a chair and then sat around, threading it through.
Then the weaving began! You could look around and see the weaving attached to the Kjosk bus, bamboo pegs that lined the stairways and other areas of the lot.
Travis Meinolf
It took me about two hours to complete my scarf. I totally fell in love with the process, oh maybe five minutes into it. I’ve woven before. Back when I was entering middle school I took a craft class at Multnomah Art Center where we wove thing with yarn on cardboard looms. very elementary. And then in middle school we had a textile class. i wasn’t it, but was able to play around with the tools anyway. Oh, and then there’s the failed experiment of getting a beading loom at some point in my childhood. That definitely didn’t work out… But this did! it was such an easy concept to grasp (with the helping hands of Travis and the woman assisting him) and just so do-able. I wanna make more!
Here’s my finished product:
Parting views of the Kjosk atmosphere:
"Weaving until Kylie Minogue comes!"
Laser looms for action weaving action can be purchased from Travis via his Etsy shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/actionweaver
It’s on my wish list! I hope to get one in the coming weeks!