Learn to Weave Woolen Coasters

Learn to weave a set of coasters to take home at Nobletown Fiber Works, using our house-made yarn from local Columbia County wool!

Learn to weave a set of wool coasters at Nobletown Fiber Works! In this class, students will weave on a frame loom, a small simple loom with endless possibilities. Using wool spun on site at the mill, students will warp their looms and explore creating patterns and shapes using weft facing tapestry techniques. A great class for very beginner weavers and anyone who would like to spend the afternoon in the fiber mill crafting with local materials. All materials are provided, including locally-spun fibers and a small wooden loom to take home and continue your weaving journey!

Margot Becker is a Hudson-based artist, weaver, and educator. Her work explores sense of place, the natural environment and the connection between the individual and the communal subconscious. Through tactile processes, she questions our understanding of sustainability, the value of labor and the role of handcraft in late capitalism. Her weaving practice originated from a deep desire to understand the origins and lives affected by the production of the cloths that surround us in our day to day. In 2010, Margot embarked on an independent study to understand the process of creating textiles from start to finish. Following the belief that to know your production line, you must be your production line, this project became an all-encompassing life practice- incorporating animal husbandry, yarn spinning technologies and fine hand weaving. The resulting line of vertically integrated textiles, Margot Handwoven, is now shown nationwide and in Japan. Margot Becker received a BA from Bard College in 2009 and an MFA with California College of Art in 2020

Nobletown Fiber Works is a member of TheWorkshopExperience.org, a group of friends and neighbors who produce exceptional experiential learning through open gardens and workshops on a wide variety of topics in the Roeliff Jansen region, where the Hudson Valley and Berkshires meet.