Swedish Huck Weaving Class

Swedish Huck Weaving is a fabric embellishment that blends surface embroidery with weaving and produces seemingly complex geometric and linear designs on a particular type of fabric called huck fabric. To learn the techniques, students will embroider a hand towel from a pattern provided by the instructor. Multiple project idea books and samples will also be available for students to view. Students are encouraged to bring vintage items woven with the technique if they have them.

Saturday, April 26th from 12:30 to 3:30pm
Registration deadline is April 12th!
Materials fee: $25

Supplies needed: Reading glasses will be helpful for those who use them. A materials fee payable to the instructor will include the handouts, pattern, one prepared Huck hand towel (approx. 16 x 24 inches), and a set of 3 Huck needles.
3 skeins of embroidery thread can be purchased in the needlework shop before class.

Instructor bio: Wendy J. Johnson is a fiber arts author (Yarnworks: How to spin, dye, and knit your own yarn), knitting designer, and fiber arts presenter and instructor based in Minnesota. She first fell in love with twined knitting techniques at a national knitting conference workshop and has since visited the Tvåändstickning (Two-Ended Knitting) archives at the Dalarnas Museum in Falun, Sweden, and has taught and designed with the technique for nearly 15 years. Wendy’s joy is in researching and sharing the history and techniques of Swedish fiber arts. She is currently a teacher at Ingebretsen’s, the American Swedish Institute (where she received the ASI Teaching Tools Grant for 2022-2023), Weavers’ Guild of Minnesota, Plymouth Parks & Recreation, and the Three Rivers Park District (Gale Woods educational farm). You can learn more about Wendy at her website: SagaHill.com.