Irish Weaving Workshop

Learn to weave- Irish style! In this class you will make a “crios” (belt, in Irish) using whatever yarn you want to bring to learn on! While your crios will not be nine feet long, and we will modify slightly from tradition by using a small wooden heddle, you will design and warp according to tradition–you’ll even learn some history! After that is well underway, we will pause and weave one or two of Ireland’s famous Brigid’s Crosses, using reeds gathered in RI.

Bring whatever leftover yarn you like, about one or two skeins worth, nothing too bumpy, fine (baby yarn) slinky or slippery. Ordinary acrylic worsted weight is perfect, but nearly anything will work. We will share yarn so as to have a variety of colors available. Here’s a chance to clean out that crochet basket! Even small amounts of yarn are useful! The instructor will also bring some of my own bits and bobs!

Register today: in-person attendance will be extremely limited! 

About the Teaching Artist:

Laura Travis specialize in stonecarving and traditional Irish weaving crafts. In both, she is inspired by folk art traditions, material objects and artifact, travel, and music.  As a teaching artist, she loves sharing skills and knowledge with others. Her studio is located in an old mill building in the waterfront town of Warren, where she enjoys the lively arts scene. Laura  loves teaching in Newport, where she lived in the 1970s, and where she began her 30 year career as an art educator, as well as her lifelong devotion to Irish music.