Weaving on 4-harness looms looks intimidating, but if you just take one step at a time you can master it quite simply. In this class for beginners or returning students who need basic skills refreshing, we will read drafts, calculate our yarn requirements, wind warps and dress our looms in either tabby (plain weave) or a balanced twill threading. Students will weave a scarf with yarns they have chosen prior to the class. I work with students ahead of the class to come up with a plan so that we start immediately to work on the first morning. Workshops are held from 9:30 am to 4 pm in 3 full days that are separated to give you extra time to weave independently in our studio during the week. You will learn to warp on a warping board or mill, beam on, thread your heddles and sley your reed, and then proceed to weave and finish your beautiful and useful project. https://www.ceceswool.com/events-and-classes/

Skill Level: Beginner or returning (rusty) students.

Dates: Wednesday, January 10, and Tuesdays, January 16 and 30 (9:30 am to 4 pm)

Workshop fee: $225. plus materials.

Location: CeCe’s Wool Weaving Workshop, 2080 Western Avenue, Guilderland, NY 12084

Practice makes perfect!  The next step after your beginner class (or if you are a rusty returning weaver) you will want to try a new weave structure, while building your confidence in repeating the entire warping process.  Choose from a more complex twill and weave an Inaugural Ladies scarf, or weave a series of twill tea towels using different colors and treadling.  Finer yarns and more complex patterns can be used, or you may choose to stay simple.  The Instructor will work with you to choose your project and yarns prior to the class, and you'll start the process all over again. https://www.ceceswool.com/events-and-classes/

Skill Level: Prerequisite of taking the 4-Harness Beginners Intensive, or proven prior weaving experience.

Instructor:  Stephanie Morton

Class Fee: $225 plus materials

Schedule: Tuesdays, December 5 and 12, 2023 and January 2, 2024, 9:30 am to 4 pm

Get ready for the holidays by weaving a colorful runner for your home or gift-giving! Looms will be pre-warped up with overshot, krokbragd and one 8-harness twill in a star pattern. 

This is an intermediate class and not for beginners. Students will choose their patterns ahead of the class, and materials cost will be calculated at the end of the class.

Instructor:  Stephanie Morton

Class Fee: $150 plus materials for 8 hours of instruction and a pre-warping fee. Open bench time will be during shop hours Monday through Sunday, and we will meet in the afternoon on November 28th to cut our runners off the loom.

Schedule: Tuesday, November 7, 2023 9:30 am to 4:00 pm

                     Tuesday, November 28, 2023, 1:30 to 3:30 pm

Weaving on 4-harness looms looks intimidating, but if you just take one step at a time you can master it quite simply. In this class for beginners or returning students who need basic skills refreshing, we will read drafts, calculate our yarn requirements, wind warps and dress our looms in either tabby (plain weave) or a balanced twill threading. Students may choose from several basic projects such as a scarf, table runner or a tea towel. I work with students ahead of the class to come up with a plan so that we start immediately to work on the first morning. Workshops are held from 9:30 am to 4 pm on 4 days that are separated to give you extra time to weave independently in our studio during the week. You will learn to warp on a warping board or mill, beam on, thread your heddles and sley your reed, and then proceed to weave and finish your beautiful and useful project https://www.ceceswool.com/events-and-classes/

Skill Level: Beginner or returning (rusty) students.

Dates: October 16, 18, 24 and 31, 2023 (9:30 am to 4 pm)

Workshop fee: $300. plus materials.

Location: CeCe’s Wool Weaving Workshop, 2080 Western Avenue, Guilderland, NY 12084

(Please note that if this class is sold out you can email me at stephaniemortonhandweaver@gmail.com to be put on the wait list.)

Using one of the traditional patterns for your family name, we will warp our looms according to authentic Tartan patterns and weave a treasured family heirloom.  You may choose between weaving a cotton tea towel (or two), a wool scarf or a cotton table runner.  Prior to the class you will work online with the Instructor, Stephanie Morton, to research and choose your pattern.  Don't have a Scottish surname in your family?  Not to worry - you can choose a Black Watch or other regimental tartan to weave, or design your own, unique plaid.

During this 4-day workshop you will calculate your warp and pattern colors, wind/beam on/thread and sley your warp on 4-harness looms in straight 2/2 twill.  The threading is simple, but the interplay of colors will create your impressive pattern.

Instructor:  Stephanie Morton

Day 1: September 18, 2023, 9:30 am to 4 pm

Day 2: September 19, 2023, 9:30 am to 4 pm

Day 3: September 20, 2023, 9:30 am to 4 pm

Day 4: September 30, 2023, 9:30 am to 4 pm

Class fee: $300 plus materials.  (Materials list will depend upon your project.)

Please contact the Instructor at stephaniemortonhandweaver@gmail.com for your materials list and to start your research.  It is critical that your pattern and yarns are chosen before the class so that you can get your project done in time.

(Please note that if this class is sold out you can email me at stephaniemortonhandweaver@gmail.com to be put on the wait list.)

This (4-full days) workshop introduces the beginning handweaver to the steps of weaving on a 4-harness loom from start to finish. You will first learn how to read weaving drafts, which are the "sheet music" of handweaving.  You may choose to weave a tea towel, table runner or a scarf using your draft to plan your project and calculate how much yarn you will need.  You may choose to weave a simple tabby (plain weave) that focuses on texture and the interplay of color in fiber.  Or you may choose a twill weave structure that clearly illustrates how patterns are created by the interplay of threading in the harnesses and treadling in different sequences.  During these four days you will lay down a solid foundation each step of the way, from the design stage, winding and beaming on your warp, threading the heddles and sleying the reed, to weaving and then finishing your project.  No prior experience is required, but textile experience that proves patience is helpful!

Instructor:  Stephanie Morton

Session 1: Tuesday, August 8, 2023, 9:30 am to 4 pm

Session 2: Saturday, August 12, 2023, 9:30 am to 4 pm

Session 3: Tuesday, August 15, 2023, 9:30 am to 4 pm

Session 4: Saturday, August 19, 2023, 9:30 am to 4 pm

Total instruction time is 24 hours.  Between classes current students may work on their projects in the studio during shop hours (11 am to 6 pm) every day of the week.

Class Fee: $300. per person, plus materials.  All yarns are available through CeCe's Wool, but if you are a fiber farmer who wants to weave your own yarn you are very welcome to bring it and inspire us!

A deposit of $150 is required to secure your spot once you have SIGNED UP through the CeCe’s Wool website at https://www.ceceswool.com/events-and-classes/.  If you have more questions about the class please email Stephanie at stephaniemortonhandweaver@gmail.com  

This 3 and a half day workshop explores using thin strips of fabric “Yarn” to weave a 3-shaft weave structure called Krokbragd (crooked path) that hails from Norway. The class is being held at the New England Weavers Seminar in Worcester, Mass, from July 20 through 23, 2023. Class is FULL and there is a waiting list through NEWS.

The time-honored Japanese tradition of blocking areas of fabric with string and wood blocks is explored in this two-day class hosted by Sweet and Savory Farmette in Buskirk, NY. We will bind and prepare our fabric and set up our indigo vat on the first day. On day two we will dip our bundles successively until they are a deep hue of indigo. We unwrap our bundles and enjoy each other’s amazing designs, and take our work home to give them their final wash. https://www.ceceswool.com/events-and-classes/

Workshop Fee: $175. Please Contact me to register for this class and to discuss materials. NYhandweaver@gmail.com

Students bring: Thoroughly washed plant-based fabric pieces, ie. linen, cotton, ramie, rayon. Silk can also be used in this room-temperature indigo vat.

“Stephanie Morton is a highly organized, patient, and knowledgeable teacher. Her creativity is inspirational and classes are fun. She nurtures her students individual ideas and has helped me transition from class work to independently using taught skills to launch my own business.”

Meryl R-B, textile artist

You will weave your colorful wool rugs during the month of May, with 4 full days of instruction and open bench time in between classes.  https://www.ceceswool.com/events-and-classes/

Skill Level:  Beyond Beginner to Advanced weaver.  Prerequisite of 4-Harness Beginner instruction

Instructor:  Stephanie Morton

Class Fee:  $300 plus materials.  

Schedule:

Tuesday, May 2, 2023, 9:30 am to 4 pm

Tuesday, May 9, 2023, 9:30 am to 4 pm

Tuesday, May 16, 2023, 9:30 am to 4 pm

Tuesday, May 23, 2023, 9:30 am to 4 pm

This (4-full days) workshop introduces the beginning handweaver to the steps of weaving on a 4-harness loom from start to finish. You will first learn how to read weaving drafts, which are the "sheet music" of handweaving.  Choosing from a variety of projects such as a tea towel, table runner or a scarf, you will use your draft to plan your project and calculate how much yarn you will need.  You may choose to weave a simple tabby (plain weave) that focuses on texture and the interplay of color in fiber.  Or you may choose a twill weave structure that clearly illustrates how patterns are created by the interplay of threading in the harnesses and treadling in different sequences.  During these four days you will lay down a solid foundation each step of the way, from the design stage, winding and beaming on your warp, threading the heddles and sleying the reed, to weaving and then finishing your project.  No prior experience is required, but textile experience that proves patience is helpful! https://www.ceceswool.com/events-and-classes/

Skill level: Beginner and weavers returning after a long hiatus.

Instructor:  Stephanie Morton

Class Fee: $300 plus materials

Schedule:

Tuesday, April 18, 2023, 9:30 am to 4 pm

Wednesday, April 19, 2023, 9:30 am to 4 pm

Friday, April 28, 2023, 9:30 am to 4 pm

Saturday, April 29, 9:30 am to 4 pm

Open bench time in between classes gives students time to weave independently.

Beginners will weave colorful rugs in tabby or balanced twill patterns. More experienced weavers will choose from a variety of weave structures that are suitable for rag rug weaving, such as Goose eyes, various other Twills, Rosepath, Krokbragd, or Double-Bind. Students work with me prior to the workshop to choose their warp colors and weave structures.. Teaching focus will be on warping a 4-harness loom, determining appropriate widths of rag to cut for each weave structure, perfecting edges, appropriate warp tension, handling multiple shuttles and color interplay. Students will choose from a variety of ways to finish off their rugs, including bound-weave headers appropriate to their rug design. https://www.ceceswool.com/events-and-classes/

Skill level: Beginner to Intermediate level

Workshop fee: $260.00 plus materials. You may purchase your Brassard et Fils 8/4 cotton through CeCe’s Wool, but please consult with me first to choose appropriate colors. What to bring: Your washed, ironed uncut rag or fabric and ideas! Contact me to register for this class and discuss materials. NYhandweaver@gmail.com

Using sturdy cotton warps and chunky, corespun local yarns you will weave a luscious bedside rug that will make you happy to get up out of bed on a cold winter morning! Starting with colorful and study headers, you will warp and weave a 26” by 3 to 5 foot rug in just two days, depending upon your skill level. CeCe has recently had her Jacob’s sheep fleece spun up by a local mill just in time for this class! https://www.ceceswool.com/events-and-classes/

Skill Level: Beginner to Advanced weaver.

Class Fee: $175 plus materials.

Workshop dates: December 1 and 2, 2022. 9:30 am to 4 pm each day.

Using CeCe's wool roving or corespun yarn from her Jacob's sheep, you will weave a fun, colorful pillow or a beautifully soft rug to be enjoyed by your pets. Our large floor looms will be warped (20" wide) with sturdy 8/4 cotton in tabby (plain weave) so that a beginner will find it simple and easy to weave in one day. The Instructor will guide you through the steps of weaving a sturdy header (the binding at the beginning and end of a rug), and creating neat edges. This is a great opportunity to try a 4-harness loom before you take on the challenge of warping one.  Come join the fun for one or more of the 2 days in October at our weaving studio! https://www.ceceswool.com/events-and-classes/

Skill Level: Beginner - no prior experience necessary.

Instructor:  Stephanie Morton

Class Fee: $50 per day plus materials

Class Schedule:

Tuesday, October 11, 9:30 am to 4 pm

Tuesday, October 25, 9:30 am to 4 pm

It’s been my privilege to work with a yarn designer/natural dyer and several New England fiber farmers to design and weave blankets with their beautiful yarns. Fiber farmers who want to weave their own yarn into heirloom blankets will work with me to first design and then weave a product which can become their farm’s signature product. But if you are not a farmer and have local yarn that you want to weave into a blanket, you are also welcome! On day one we examine your yarn and consider the properties of your particular fleece before designing a blanket that showcases the strengths of your particular yarn. We will then wind a warp, dress the loom, weave and finish the ends and then wet-finish (full) it before you go home. Focus is on correct tensioning and beat, maintaining even selvedges, working with multiple shuttles, and different finishing techniques. Depending upon your level of ability and the size of your blanket, you will spend three to five days completing your project.

Skill level: Beginner to experienced weavers. I have taught complete newbies to weaving in this class and they have returned home with beautiful blankets to chreish.

Workshop fee: $100 per day. Students bring: Your farm’s yarn, either in skeins or on comes (cones preferred if you can ask your spinnery beforehand). (For non-fiber-farmers, I can suggest places to purchase yarn in your local area if you need help.) and please bring lots of ideas and images of other blankets that you like. Contact me to register for this class and discuss your materials. NYhandweaver@gmail.com

The Connecticut River Blanket class:

“Taking Stephanie’s class was a dream come true. I had always wanted to take a weaving class, and this opportunity came at a perfect time. My sister and I took the class together, learning to weave a blanket side by side. Stephanie was welcoming and personable, and shared her clear passion and experience for the craft through stories and examples of her work . Her studio was well-organized, clean and inviting, and was set up for us to get started right off. While nervous at first, and slightly intimidated by the complicated looking mechanics of the looms, we settled into a rhythm and soon felt comfortable, at ease and completely absorbed into our work. In fact, I remember it being tough to take a lunch break, as we were becoming so focused on and enamored by our weavings. Collaborating with another talented fiber artist, local yarn designer/natural dyer Patricia Fortinsky, in this class we used locally sourced and plant dyed wool yarns for our weavings. Stephanie emphasized the importance of quality materials and the beauty of nature’s gifts through plants and fiber animals. Learning about the yarns, how they were spun and dyed, allowed us to feel even more connected to the process and helped us to better understand the importance of this local fiber shed, fiber friendships and the wider fiber community.
Stephanie is a wonderful and dedicated teacher, as well as a gifted artist. She guided us yet allowed us freedom to explore on our own and feel the pride that comes out of creating. She spent ample time with each student, listening to our ideas, answering our questions and giving clear demonstrations.
I highly recommend giving yourself the gift of learning to weave with Stephanie....a truly unique, memorable, educational, as well as warm & cozy for years to come, experience.”

Lauren, a first-time weaver.

Monk’sBelt, front and back view. Local Shetland wool, spun by Battenkill Fibers in Greenwich, NY.

Overshot. Weaving with 5 shuttles. Carrying up the colors, wrapping them as bundles at each edge. These are all the natural colors of the sheep’s fleece.

A Connecticut River Blanket woven with Tidal Yarns spun by Green Mountain Spinnery, Putney, Vermont. Patricia Fortinsky, owner of Tidal Yarns, dyes each skein with natural dyes.

Sampling before finalizing a design. Bottom right: carrying color up the side of the blanket.

Catalognes are traditional rag coverlets woven in Quebec.  Using my 9-foot-wide, Canadian-made, Clement loom we will weave our coverlets together as a group project or individually as a workshop.  Looms will be pre-warped with natural colored, American-grown cotton. The class can be as small as one student working together with me on the Clement, or as a workshop for two students who weave one half of their catalogne on a smaller floor loom. The student then goes home with an additional warp wound in class to weave the second half of their coverlet on their own loom.  The two halves can then be sewn together by hand to create a wider coverlet.  Please contact me directly if you wish to weave a wide width catalogne on your own with me.  Or you may choose to join our Community Loom Project, where we weave as a group to help each other complete queen to king-sized catalogne to take home. (See the Weaving Together page on this site) Please note that all photos were taken in Old Lyme, Connecticut)

Workshop Fee: $535.00 includes pre-warping fee. There is a nominal charge for warp materials. What to Bring: Your washed, ironed and uncut rag.

Community Loom Project Fee: There is no fee for weaving together, but each principal weaver pays for the warp materials for his/her coverlet, and the same weaver also brings their weft materials which will be cut prior to, and perhaps during, the group sessions. Each principal weaver who has the help of other weavers is expected to assist other principal weavers in return for the help they received for their catalogne. Please Contact me to discuss how this project works, or go to my Weaving Together page. NYhandweaver@gmail.com

Students will weave their own 24” x 36” rag rugs from start to finish, first choosing colors and winding their own warps, dressing their loom, cutting their own rag/fabric that they have washed and brought to class, and weaving their own rug. Starting with colorful bound-weave headers, students learn how to create an edge to their rug that is both beautiful and sturdy.  Using the simple plain-weave structure we will focus on perfecting our beat, providing enough slack in our weft and twisting beautiful edges.  Stephanie will instruct you in the cleanest, easiest way to cut strips and overlap them so that your rug is relatively free of surface bumps.  Students may choose between fringed or bound edges, which will be completed in class so that you bring home a finished rug! (Please note that all photos were taken in my Old Lyme, CT studios, but this class will be held in the CeCe’s Wool weaving workshop located at 2080 Western Avenue, Guilderland, NY.) You may register directly through this link on the CeCe’s Wool website: https://www.ceceswool.com/events-and-classes/

Skill level: Beginner to experienced weavers welcome. My classes are designed to include beginners, who are encouraged by completing a useful item during their first weaving experience.)

Workshop Fee: $270.00 includes warp materials. What to Bring: Washed and ironed fabric or rag - uncut, please!

Please Contact me to register for this class and to discuss materials. NYhandweaver@gmail.com

“It’s always peaceful weaving at Stephanie’s. Taking a class or or just being in the studio is a mini vacation.” Cathy P., Old Saybrook, Connecticut