Long Thread Media Workshops

Spinning Garneted Fibers: Textured Handspun from Recycled Yarns, Silk, and More

Grab your stash of scrap yarns and fibers and learn how to prepare, blend, and spin them into handspun with pops of color and incredible texture.

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How to Weave a Rag Rug: Techniques for Creating Exceptional Rugs

Transform your recycled and new fabrics into vibrant rag rugs for every room.

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How to Make Dorset Buttons [Slideshow Webinar]

Join Kate Larson as she shares some of the history of Dorset buttons and guides you through making several button styles.

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Baltic Pick-Up on the Inkle Loom

Explore Baltic pick-up, from setting up your inkle loom to weaving bands efficiently to getting tidy selvedges.

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Spindle Spinning Essentials

Build your spindle skills with techniques for effortless plying, fiber control, long draw, and more.

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Beginning Weaving on the Rigid-Heddle Loom

Go from novice to completing your first project in just a few days! This comprehensive course teaches all the basics of warping, weaving, and beyond to get you started confidently. Sponsored by Kromski

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The Beauty of Boundweave with Tom Knisely

Create mesmerizing weft-faced designs for rugs, placemats, mug rugs, and more using your favorite 4-shaft twills.

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Spinning Fractal Yarns: Create Colorful Self-Striping Effects

Spin your favorite batts and braids of dyed top into incredible colorful yarns with self-striping effects.

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Experiments in Deflected Doubleweave: More Dimensions, Layers, and Connections

Add depth and dimension to your weaving with these creative approaches to deflected doubleweave. 

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Twill on the Rigid-Heddle Loom: Weave Diagonals, Diamonds, and More

Set up your loom for twill and learn how to convert multi-shaft drafts to start weaving astounding designs.

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About Silk: Mini-Series with Karen Selk

This 5-part mini-series taps into Karen's decades of experience to share knowledge, tips, and interesting tidbits about silk. Sponsored by Treenway Silks.

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New Dimensions in Deflected Doubleweave with Janney Simpson

Learn to weave exciting cloth with fewer shafts using this dynamic structure that lends itself to curves, new shapes, and interesting texture.

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Spinning Wheel Mechanics: 2-Part Series

Explore the science of motion and how you, your fiber, and your wheel can work together in harmony.

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Pick-Up Stick Basics and Beyond with Sara Goldenberg White

Learn pick-up stick skills for the rigid-heddle loom that will take your cloth from plain weave to wow.

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How to Spin on a Charkha with Kate Larson

Develop your cotton skills, find the rhythm of charkha spinning, and get everything you need to troubleshoot along the way.

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Huck Lace on the Rigid-Heddle Loom

Explore amazing lace patterns and gain the skills to start weaving lace using just your rigid-heddle loom and a pick-up stick.

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Designing Shadow Weave: Create Your Own Dazzling Patterns in Simple Cloth

Explore five key design principles to take your shadow weave skills to the next level.

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Color-and-Weave on the Rigid-Heddle Loom

Learn to weave graphic, complex-looking patterns on your rigid-heddle loom—no pick-up stick required.

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Spinning Wild & Unusual Silk with Judith MacKenzie

Join beloved teacher Judith MacKenzie in a course to help you build confidence and uncover new skills for spinning, carding, and blending silk.

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Introduction to Shadow Weave: Dazzling Patterns in Simple Cloth

Renowned weaver Jannie Taylor shows the basics of shadow weave and how simple cloth can become the fabric of your dreams.

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Weave Turned Krokbragd on an Inkle Loom

Learn to use a simple inkle loom to weave delightful three-shed bands.

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Drumcarding Basics & Beyond

Learn to use a drumcarder for fiber preparation, color blending, texture, and more.

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Beginning Weaving with Tom Knisely

This course covers the basics of multi-shaft looms, warping comfortably, planning a project using your chosen yarn, weaving tips, and much more!

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Beginning Spinning on a Wheel

Get ready to start Beginning Spinning on a Wheel with Kate Larson. Basic plying techniques, how to draft your fibers, and much more!

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[Video Only] Spinning to Get Even: How to Spin Consistent Yarn

Improve your spinning from first drafts to finishing with step-by-step spinning instructions from Beth Smith. Learn to make even, uniform yarns with 52 minutes of watch-and-learn instruction.

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Weaving Summer and Winter with Madelyn van der Hoogt

This course covers the basics and variations of the summer and winter weave structure, a reversible design that creates a lot of patterning with just a few shafts. Suitable for 4 shafts and up.

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Felt It! Needlefelt Mini Gnomes

Learn how to create adorable 3D mini gnomes out of sheep's wool with a simple needle tool.

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Card Wool for Color

Get ready to Card Wool for Color with Esther Rodgers. Learn about choosing and placing colors, using a drum carder, and much more!

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Weave a Good Rug with Tom Knisely: From Fiber to Finish

Tom Knisely teaches all the ins and outs of rug weaving. From fibers to finishing, Tom explains everything you need to know to successfully and comfortably weave attractive, sturdy rugs you’ll delight in having underfoot.

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Tablet Weaving Made Easy

Get ready to start tablet weaving with John Mullarkey! This course will cover tips for the best tablet-weaving tools and materials, how to read a tablet-weaving draft, and so much more!

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