Design projects that are uniquely yours
Transform any draft into a kaleidoscope of beautiful, original designs.
February 1 - March 31, 2025
A world of infinite possibility
Do you feel like your designs could use some extra pizzazz?
You could take a draft and weave it straight up…
…but wouldn’t it be more fun to create something that reflected your tastes? Gloriously beautiful projects that are uniquely your own?
With stripes, you can transform a single draft into an infinite number of looks, each more beautiful than the last. You can hide or highlight parts of the pattern, grab the eye’s attention, and create visual movement in your design.
Once you understand how to coordinate stripes with your woven pattern, you’ll be able to create a bevy of enchanting designs.
From just one draft...
create many amazing designs!
Stripes + Drafts = Magic!
Create new designs that suit your style
You'll learn how to:
- Select colors to make your designs shine
- Transform a draft completely by highlighting or hiding different parts of the design
- Create focus and emphasis - draw the eye wherever you want
- Troubleshoot design problems
- Create beautiful, unique projects from any draft
Just $49
What you get
- 12 in-depth lessons available 24/7
- Video demonstrations showing how to think about and practice design
- Hands-on exercises where you create your own designs, step by step
- Live instructor access throughout the course
- Powerful, easy to use design tools to make design fast and fun
And here’s how we’ll support you, every step of the way…
- 60 minute Live Lecture diving deep into the material, recorded for those who can’t make the live session
- Two 60 minute Live Q&A sessions to get your questions answered (also recorded)
- Q&A forum built into every lesson - ask questions as they come up!
- 2 months of access to all materials
Just $49
About Your Instructor
Color in weaving fascinates me. I’ve studied it for the last decade, weaving and dyeing thousands of swatches to develop deep color expertise. My work has been published in Handwoven and collected by a museum.
I’ve helped thousands of students master color through my online classes.
I love helping other weavers by demystifying color.
Frequently Asked Questions
We do! The focus of our online school is helping weavers design projects that reflect their personal style and that thrill and excite them.
Our members learn about all aspects of weaving – color, weave structure and drafting, project design, and weaving technique.
One membership gets you access to dozens of courses, and we release a new live course every 4-6 weeks.
You don’t need Academy membership to register for this class! Everyone is welcome.
No worries! You’ll learn how to design in this class, and you’ll get plenty of opportunities to practice, with step-by-step instructions.
You don’t! The Draft Editor that you’ll use to create designs works in any browser, so the only thing you’ll need is a tablet or desktop/laptop computer. (We do recommend using a stylus for those using tablets, to make editing easier.)
The Draft Editor is easy to use. We’ll provide instructions and demos on how to use it, too.
This class is suitable for all shaft looms as well as rigid heddle looms. The drafts in the exercises are 4 and 8 shaft, but the principles apply to any draft on any number of shafts.
Nope! This is entirely a design class. There are no woven projects, though you are welcome to design and weave your own during the class!
(And if you do, we’d love to see it!)
Both! You get the best of both worlds.
The lessons are entirely self-paced (and available at the start of the class), but you’ll get live webinars and Q&A sessions, as well as an in-class discussion forum where you can get answers to your questions. The live sessions are recorded, closed-captioned, and transcribed for those who cannot attend “live”.
All live sessions are recorded, so if you can’t make a live session you can watch the replay.
For Q&A sessions you are welcome to send your questions in advance – we’ll answer them in the session.
Dates/times for the live sessions:
- Live Lecture, February 8, 2-3pm Pacific Time
- Q&A #1, February 26, 4-5pm Pacific Time
- Q&A #2, March 26, 4-5pm Pacific Time
We want our students to be happy! If you’re not satisfied with the class, you can get a full refund within the first 14 days or class (until Feb 15). No questions, nothing to fill out, no strings attached. Just drop us a line.
If there’s something else you need to know before registering, drop us a line at hello@handweavingacademy.com . We’ll happily answer your questions!
Just $49
And I think that the Handweaving Academy teaches us how to put that piece of our soul into our weaving. Not to just be like everybody else, using textbook formulas, but to put ourselves into our weaving.”