This is a hands-on workshop. For experienced inkle weavers only. Students must be proficient at warping the inkle loom and be comfortable doing plain weave. Experience with Baltic pickup is also strongly recommended.

For weavers who have already been doing speckled (or Baltic) pickup work, you will be amazed at how easy it is to add more color and complexity to your pattern motifs and create fantastic new ones. Unknown to most modern weavers, Three-Color Pickup is an older technique for which pattern books have not been readily available until now. To weave this variation, it's very helpful to have a working knowledge of regular Baltic pickup.

First we will look at samples and discuss what makes this different from the typical Baltic patterns. By viewing the samples, students will get an understanding of the difference between asymmetrical and symmetrical threadings as well as tips for choosing colors to make the patterns pop.

Students will then warp their looms and practice weaving various motifs using pattern charts supplied by the instructor.

Annie will share tips for warping, making heddles, fixing mistakes, starting and stopping, and keeping selvages straight. She will also demonstrate how to temporarily remove and replace the warp, as well as how to cut the final project off the loom and handle it when it is complete.

As time and student interest allow, we can also explore a free online tool for creating patterns.

Date: Friday, June 25, 2027

Time: 10 AM – 5 PM

Tuition: $146.00 credit card; $140.00 cash/check

Includes all materials.

See discounted prices below if you are registering for more than one workshop.

Minimum 7 students, maximum 10 students

Discounted pricing if registering for more than one Annie MacHale workshop. All prices include materials.

Credit Card:

1 workshop: $146.00

2 workshops: $138.00 X 2 = $276.00

3 workshops: $130.00 X 3 = $390.00

4 workshops: $123.75 X 4 = $495.00

Cash/Check:

1 workshop: $140.00

2 workshops: $133.00 X 2 = $266.00

3 workshops: $125.00 X 3 = $375.00

4 workshops: $119.00 X 4 = $476.00

To register to pay by cash/check or to register for multiple Annie MacHale workshops, see or email Beth to sign-up

Three-Color Pickup for Inkle Weavers with Annie MacHale

$146.00

At the age of seventeen, Annie MacHale first discovered the inkle loom, sparking a lifelong love affair. She built her first loom in 1976 with the help of her dad and a library book. Since then she’s woven miles of bands including over 1,200 guitar straps. She loves to play with colors and patterns and the inkle loom provides a very satisfying way to do this.
Annie is known to many through her blog, ASpinnerWeaver.com. The popularity of her patterns shared there led to the 2019 publication of a book, “In Celebration of Plain Weave: Color and Design Inspiration for Inkle Weavers”. This was followed by another book in 2021, “Three-Color Pickup for Inkle Weavers: A Modern Look at an Ancient Baltic-Style Technique” in which she shares a rare, older Lithuanian technique which has fallen out of use.
In her workshops she shares her decades of experience as a weaver working exclusively on inkle looms, her unique insight into working with color, and her discovery of three-color pickup.

Three-Color Pickup for Inkle Weavers with Annie MacHale

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