Beginner and up. Must be able to read a draft and thread a loom.
Turned Taqueté is a perfect opportunity to step into the fun of color as the basis for exploring pattern and geometry in weaving. You will be amazed at how easy it is to use color to create designs with this simple and diverse structure. Using color in Taquéte will convince you there are no “bad” combinations. You will learn how colors can create exciting shapes and designs that are individual and stunning.
In this hands-on class you will thread a warp with a straight draw on 4 shafts. Keeping It Super Simple! Your individual colors and treadlings will allow you to create multiple widths of squares, rectangles, lines, and crossed intersections. This is a chance for your personal aesthetic to come alive as you weave multiple designs from one warp. You will weave a 10” wide sampler.
Friday evening is design and wind warps. Saturday warping the loom and starting to weave. Threading will be done in class on Saturday – that is where the MAGIC happens. Sunday is weaving, design ideas, trying colors, group review.
When: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, September 25, 26, and 27, 2026
Time: 10 AM – 5 PM
Tuition: $300.00 (credit card); $285.00 (cash/check) Includes all yarns
Minimum: 6 students; Maximum:: 10 students
Using Color to Create Pattern with Turned Taqueté with Suzi Ballenger
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Suzi Ballenger was born and raised in Indiana. She completed her BA at Keene State College in New Hampshire and her MFA in Artisanry-Fibers from UMass-Dartmouth. She has worked in New England as a weaver and teaching artist since 1996 and currently serves on the Board of The Handweavers Guild of America. Her work has been published in Handwoven Magazine, Surface Design Association, and The Textile Society of America. She has a curiosity for material that stimulates her woven language; believing the fullest expression of a fiber can be realized through observation, rhythm, and structure. When not in the studio, Suzi can be found outside in the garden, swimming in the ocean, or walking on local trails.