Weaving workshops

Weaving is a slow process that requires a lot of patience and an understanding of how structures work. This 3-day workshop offers you a quicker way. Your instructor will help you in choosing the right material, colors, and pattern and warp the loom ready for you. All you need to do is the fun part, weaving itself. After you reach a certain flow of repeating the pattern, you will start feeling calm and happy.

Your instructor is called Riitta Kiukas. She is a travel professional who decided to learn new skills during the pandemia and started a 2-year education to become a professional weaving expert. After 2 months of training, she realized this was her way of using “rational creativity”. 

The country home is located in Tervakoski, 70km north of Helsinki. You can get there by local train. We can pick you up from Riihimäki or Turenki. 

SAMPLE ITINERARY

Day 1

Introduction to your weaving project. What kind of a shuttle to use? How to fill in the shuttle? How to read the instruction and use the pedals? How to keep the width the same? How do you join weft to the next one? First steps, so that you start to feel confident

• Welcome coffee or drink
• 15-17:00 Weaving 
• Sauna
• Dinner
• Night in the guestroom (=log cabin) 

Day 2

Working with the weaving project. The speed of weaving depends on your project. If you are two, the project can take max 4-6h, so that the other weaves on the arrival day and in the morning and the other one starts then.

• 8:00 Breakfast 
• 9-11:00 Weaving 
• Walk
• 12-13:00 Lunch break 
• 13-15.00 Weaving 
• Afternoon coffee
• 16-18:00 Weaving 
• Sauna
• Dinner
• Night in the guestroom (=Log cabin)

Day 3

Finishing the weaving project(s) and getting instructions how to titivate it back home.

• 8:00 Breakfast 
• 9-11:00 Weaving 
• 11-12:00 Finishing the project
• Lunch 
• Departure home 

Please note! If you can not finish the project during the workshop, you can either stay a bit longer or your instructor can finish it for you.