Long Thread Media Workshops

[Video Only] Life After Warping

Liz Gipson believes that weaving should be a fun and easy process for everyone. In Life After Warping you'll learn about the proper tools to use, how to transition colors smoothly, and what to do if you bust a warp thread.

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[Video Only] Weaving with Novelty Yarns

In this video, master weaver, mythbuster, and yarn explorer Tom Knisely shows that weaving yarn doesn't have to come on a cone, and that weaving with novelty yarns opens a whole new world of design possibilities for woven fabric.

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[Video Only] Overdyeing with Natural Dyes

Just as primary colors—blue, red, and yellow—combine to produce the rest of the color wheel, natural dyes can be combined and modified to produce the full color palette.

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[Video Only] Spinning Gossamer Threads: The Yarns of Orenburg

In Spinning Gossamer Threads, Galina Khmeleva takes you on a journey back in time to the place where the iconic Orenburg shawls were first created.

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[Video Only] Spin Flax and Cotton: Traditional Techniques

In Spinning Flax and Cotton, Norman Kennedy will teach you the time-honored techniques of spinning these two types of fibers. His master techniques will take you through the steps of processing and spinning flax and cotton.

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[Video Only] Slots and Holes: Three Ways to Warp a Rigid-Heddle Loom

In Slots and Holes, Liz Gipson will show will show you how to warp your rigid-heddle loom quickly and easily so that you can create anything from plain fabrics, to plaids or complex stripes.

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[Video Only] Wet-Finishing for Weavers with Laura Fry

In this video, professional weaver and teacher Laura Fry shows you how to wet-finish different kinds of fibers and cloth, from the magic that happens in the water through to proper pressing and drying techniques.

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[Video Only] The Efficient Weaver

The most common complaint of weavers is that they don't have enough time for weaving. Production weaver and teacher Laura Fry has an answer: weave more efficiently so you can make the most of the weaving time that you have.

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Block Weaves

Madelyn van der Hoogt designed Block Weaves specifically as an overview of all of the possibilities that you can use to create with block weaves.

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[Video Only] Get More Spun: Spinning For Sale

Join handspinning expert Abby Franquemont and delve into the pros and cons of turning your hobby into a small business.

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[Video Only] Weaving Well

The instructor for Weaving Well, Madelyn van der Hoogt, has heard her fair share of tips for weaving well.

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[Video Only] Get More Spun: Spinning to Knit Large Projects

Join internationally-acclaimed handspinning teacher Abby Franquemont as she shares tips and techniques for staying on track, and gives you the confidence you need to tackle spinning for big projects.

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Weaving Overshot

From heirloom coverlets to dazzling contemporary household textiles and garments, overshot is one of the handsomest of weave structures.

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Knitting Lithuanian Socks

In Knitting Lithuanian Socks Part 1, you'll learn about the rich history of Lithuania and how it's knitting culture has been translated into contemporary culture.

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[Video Only] Andean Spinning with Nilda Callanaupa Alvarez

In Andean Spinning expert spinner and native Peruvian, Nilda Callañaupa Alveraz will take you through the Andean spinning techniques that she is known for preserving in her country.

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[Video Only] Wet Felting with Sharon Costello

Felting is fun! Just take wool, water, and a bit of soap, and you can make instant fabric in any color and shape you can imagine. Make a purse or a hat, slippers or a garment.

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[Video Only] Spinning Energized Yarns

In Spinning Energized Yarns, Kathryn Alexander will show you how to really liven up your yarns with brilliant handspun knits.

[Video Only] Big and Lofty Yarns

In Big and Lofty Yarns, you'll learn how to get back to the basics of spinning to create big, full, and beautiful yarns with Maggie Casey.

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[Video Only] Learn from My Spinning Mistakes

Much as we hate to think about it, every spinner makes mistakes . . . In her new video workshop, Maggie Casey opens her trove of finished projects (and unfinished ones!) that didn't come out as planned and discusses where she went astray.

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[Video Only] Start Spinning

In Start Spinning the talented Maggie Casey guides Eunny Jang through the basic techniques and common problems of spinning yarn. Maggie will show you how to pre-draft your fiber, adjust your spinning wheel, ply and finish a good skein and much more.

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[Video Only] Creative Weaving: Designing with Hemstitching

In this video, Sara Bixler will show you how you can use hemstitching to add interest to the body of your fabric, as a way to enhance handwoven lace, as a lace technique in itself, and as a way to add color and graphic elements to your weaving.

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[Video Only] Boutonné

Delve into the rich history of Canadian coverlet weaving and give a modern twist to the craft of boutenné weaving with weaver and teacher Sarah Bixler.

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[Video Only] A Fiber Artist’s Guide to Color

In A Fiber Artist's Guide to Color, artist Laura Bryant will take you outside of the color wheel so you can create vibrant optical mixtures that are anything but ordinary.

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[Video Only] Building Blocks of Spinning with Sarah Anderson

In Building Blocks of Spinning with Sarah Anderson, Sarah teaches the building blocks you need for a lifetime of successful spinning—twist, draft, and control—and takes us on a tour of the yarn universe to see what you can create.

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[Video Only] Creative Weaving: Brooks Bouquet with Sara Bixler

In her Creative Weaving series, weaver and teacher Sara Bixler shows how you can make exciting, attractive cloth on a rigid-heddle loom or any loom.

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[Video Only] Creative Weaving: Clasped Weft Patterns

Join expert weaving instructor Sara Bixler to learn the unique Clasped Weft technique, an impressive way to enhance and customize your woven projects.

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[Video Only] Creative Weaving: Leno Lace

Join weaving expert Sara Bixler and learn an easy yet impressive technique for your rigid heddle loom or any floor loom. Create open weave lace patterns by physically manipulating individual threads to change their orientation and appearance.

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[Video Only] Spinning Exotic Fiber Blends

Do you have a small collection of precious or exotic fibers you’ve been waiting to spin? Join handspinning and fiber blending expert Sarah Anderson and learn to prepare, blend, and spin silk, cashmere, cotton, sari silk, and more.

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[Video Only] Andean Knitting

In Andean Knitting with Nilda Callanaupa Alvarez you'll explore a culture of knitting from the highlands of Peru that has recently experienced a resurgence throughout the world.

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[Video Only] Creative Weaving: Six Fringe Finishing Techniques for Weavers

Learn creative and practical techniques for finishing your fringe! This video will teach you six different fringe finishing techniques – each one with unique properties and visual appeal.

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