Long Thread Media Workshops

Strategies for Structures and Selvedges

Explore more than a dozen structures—and strategies to end up with exactly the selvedges you want.

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Weave Patterns on the Pin Loom: Build Your Skills with Textures Beyond Plain Weave

Learn how to weave patterns and textures for richer designs.

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Weaving Lace with Madelyn van der Hoogt

Dainty or dazzling, laces are among the most magical of weaves. In this updated course, Madelyn van der Hoogt teaches everything you need to know to weave lovely, lacy cloth.

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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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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From Wool to Waulking: Spinning Wool and Creating Cloth with Norman Kennedy

Following his passion for weaving and spinning, Norman Kennedy has traveled around the world, watching traditional artisans create textiles as they had for generations. Norman has preserved skills that were on the verge of disappearing.

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Spinning for Lace

Tried and True Methods for Spinning Fine Yarns from Merino and More

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[Video Only] Needle Tatting: The Basics and More

In Needle Tatting: The Basics and More with Georgia Seitz, you'll discover the art of needle tatting! Master tatter Georgia Seitz shows how to create gorgeous lace, using just a tatting needle and thread.

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[Video Only] Shuttle Tatting: The Basics and More

Master tatter Georgia Seitz shows how to create intricate lace with tatting to use as edgings, doilies and tablecloths, and embellishment.

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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] 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] 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] Orenburg Knitting: Knitting Gossamer Webs

Experience this rich tradition as Galina Khmeleva shares the history, the stories, the patterns, and the knitting techniques of the talented lace knitters of Orenburg, so that you can create your own gossamer webs.

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[Video Only] Knits of Yore

A close look at some curious, perplexing, and estimable knitted objects from the past 200 years.

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[Video Only] Weaving Lace with Madelyn van der Hoogt

Dainty or dazzling, laces are among the most magical of weaves. In this workshop video from Handwoven magazine, Madelyn van der Hoogt teaches everything you need to know to weave lovely, lacey cloth.

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[Video Only] A Potpourri of Odd Sewing Tools

A lady's needlework tools were an expression of her personality and place in the world. Loene McIntyre takes you on a magic journey through some of the treasures in her extensive collection.

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