Loops 2010 at Textile Centre Blönduós 24.-25. june.
Workshop and courses
Textile Centre, Blönduós June 24 – 25. 2010.
Workshop and courses Thursday to Friday, at the Textile Centre in the old Womens College in Blönduós (Northwest Iceland). Blönduósi. In northwest Iceland is a deep tradition of sheep farming and working with the wool. The courses are aiming at exploring the tradition of working with wool fibers and the roots of the knitting/crocheting techniques. The Wool-washing factory of Istex (Icelandic Textiles – the Lopi manufacturer) will be visited as well as the Textile Museum.(www.simnet.is/textile).
On Thursday participants are instructed in the basic wool working and spinning thread on a spindle. All will have samples of the various colors of the Icelandic wool. On Friday needle binding will be introduced which is a fabric creation technique that predates both knitting and crocheting. It is based on working with short pieces of yarn such as the handspun samples made the day before.
In the spring of 2005 the Icelandic Textile Center was founded in the town of Blönduós in Iceland. It's aim is to promote Icelandic and international textiles by holding seminars and to encourage research as well as education within the textile field of art and design. The center will also provide students, scholars and artists with working space to conduct their research and study-trips within textiles and to function as an international educational meeting point to hold seminars, counsels and classes on textiles.
Course program:
Thursday June 24th:
8.30 departure, busstation Reykjavík, 12.30 arriving Blönduós.
13.00 – lunch Textile Centre, Icelandic summertime meatsoup.
14.00 – 18.00 – course in wool working and spinning on a spindle.
19.00 – dinner – fresh Icelandic fish.
20.00 – tour of the old Womens College and evening entertainment.
Friday June 25th:
8.00-9.00 – breakfast
9.00 – visit to the Woolworking factory and the Textile Museum.
12.00-13.00 – lunch, a knitters fish soup.
13.00 - 17.30 – course in needle binding.
18.00 – 19.00 – light dinner for the road.
19.10 – departure, bus Blönduós – Reykjavík
Price 34.500 ikr.
Courses will also be held at the Textile Centre in the Womens College from June 26th – 29th. Further information on the website:www.textilsetur.is and by email: textilsetur@simnet.is.
Embroidery- monograms: Björk Ottósdóttir from Skals handårbejdesskole.
Tatting: Helga Jóna Þórunnardóttir, from Skals semingarium and owner of Nálin.
Gimb: (old techique of lace making). Eva Hulda Emilsdóttir, textile teacher.
Freeform crochet: Edda Lilja Guðmundsdóttir, textile teacher and designer of project 52 caps in 52 weeks. www.snigla.com.
