Plans are underway for an in-person Retreat / Workshop to be held in New Mexico in 2025! Please contact us here to join the early notification list.
Unleash your creative potential with this unique and fun Virtual workshop combining tapestry weaving & journaling!
You will receive a custom, handmade leather journal AND a first-of-its kind mini-loom and weaving needles handforged by Weaving + Forging! We like to say our loom is “Jewelry for Weaving”.
Hosted by Annie Osburn, handweaver and long-time writer and author ~ I am the founder of the Woven Word Loom workshops, a series of virtual (and in-person) workshops for people who love to explore creativity through weaving, writing and intuition. This workshop will meet in three Zoom sessions ~ June 29, July 13 & 27, 2024.
Limited Spaces Available!
The Joy of Journaling + Intuitive Color
We’ll dive deep and enjoy journaling and color selection in Session 1. Together, we’ll get in touch with our intuition and creative dreams. During this session, we’ll do free writing and work with prompts, some of your own choosing and others shared. Your tapestry theme image will reveal itself from this work. We’ll also work with color and some intuitive creativity exercises to explore how you will interpret your image on your mini-loom.
Weaving Your Story on the W+F Mini-Loom
Next, in Session 2, we’ll weave together on the custom, handforged Weaving + Forging mini-loom, designed to express your “journaled” words, dreams and intuitive color sense through tapestry.* (Note: Weaving is a tool! This is not meant to be a comprehensive weaving instruction workshop.) Your loom will arrive fully warped (for those new to weaving, warp threads are the vertical threads that cover the loom onto which you will weave your weft (horizontal threads). Easy instructions for tapestry weaving will be included, as well as instructions to warp the loom yourself later. In Session 3, we'll bring it all together. (If you’re not finished weaving, no worries!)
Questions?! Please get in touch!
A Few Details
Total workshop cost includes shipping and all materials – except yarn for your woven tapestry. Warp yarn will be included, but you will select your own tapestry colors during and after our first session. Don’t worry if you don’t have a huge stash of yarn available! You won’t need much to create your own masterpiece.
Can’t Make All of the Dates?
We’ll meet in three approximately 90-minute Zoom sessions. It’s ideal if you can make all since we’ll be creating together and magic sparks in the moment. But, life happens. A recording link will be sent to all participants within 24-48 hours after each session. Even if you attend in person, you can still access the replays later and watch again at leisure.
*This workshop is not intended to provide comprehensive tapestry weaving skills. No previous weaving experience is necessary – only life experience! Basic instructions for tapestry weaving technique will be provided. All you need is an open mind, an open heart and the desire to enjoy this workshop experience.