Beth Ross Johnson returns to Penland to teach a one-week workshop this November called Weaving: The First Layer. The workshop is designed for beginners as well as experienced weavers “who dread the warping process.” Students will learn to warp “with multiple threads, to beam on without tangles, and other tricks of the trade” to “establish a foundation for fabrics that will go where we want them to go.”

Interested? You may also want to check out this illuminating blog post by Hollie Pocsai, who took the photographs above. Hollie was a student in Tali Weinberg’s summer weaving class at Penland. She writes: “I was expecting to be amongst the youngest in the class, but to my surprise I was on the older end of the scale in our class made up of twelve women. And some really extraordinary woman at that.” Hollie writes about the work, magic, and one strange nightmare that happened during her stay–a well-rounded post-game view of a Penland weaving class.

To learn more about Beth Ross Johnson’s workshop (November 2-8, 2014), click here. If you live nearby, don’t forget to check our standby policy if you’re thinking of enrolling.