Long Thread Media Workshops

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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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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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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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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The Loom Owner's Companion with Tom Knisely

Tom Knisely has maintained and woven with hundreds of looms in more than three decades of teaching. In this course, filmed on location, Tom explains how to get the most from your loom.

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Weaving with Linen with Tom Knisely

Linen is a strong and durable fiber, ideal as a warp for carpets and other items that get a lot of wear. It's also beautiful, with a lustrous sheen and beautiful drape, and works as both a warp and weft yarn for many kinds of projects.

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Designing Handwoven Projects with Tom Knisely

Whether you are relatively new to weaving or have been weaving for years, this workshop will guide you through everything you need to consider before designing your own projects.

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The Weaver's Yarn Companion

Tom Knisely has been weaving for more than four decades. In this course, filmed on location at his studio in Pennsylvania, Tom helps you navigate the vast array of yarns available to weavers today.

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[Video Only] The Loom Owner's Companion with Tom Knisely

In Loom Owner’s Companion, master weaver Tom Knisely will show you the ins and outs of four different different types of weaving looms: jack looms, countermarch looms, counterbalance looms, and table looms.

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[Video Only] The Weaver’s Yarn Companion

The choice of yarn can make or break a weaving project, making the weaving experience and the finished project either satisfying or disappointing. In this video, master weaver Tom Knisely teaches you how to choose the perfect yarns for your projects.

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[Video Only] Weave a Good Rug with Tom Knisely: From Fiber to Finish

In Weave a Good Rug, weavers will learn how to weave a rug from beginning to end in this beginning weaving tutorial. Master weaver, Tom Knisely, will take you through fiber selection as well as preparing materials.

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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] Weaving with Rags: Making Rag Rugs and More

Tom Knisely teaches you how to design and weave rag projects for every purpose, using both purchased and recycled fabric, as well as how the interaction yarn and cloth create gorgeous results.

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