Diana Buck, Instructor
Saturday, June 21 & Sunday June 22, 2025
Saturday: 9 AM -5 PM & Sunday: 9 AM – 3 PM
This class will pick up where “Introduction to the Warp Weighted Loom” leaves off. We will cover the set up and warping of the loom for tabby (plain) weave, with hands on experience. Small warp weighted looms will be provided for use during the class. And as this is a two-day class, time should allow for the completion of a small project, such as a scarf, table runner, or production of enough fabric to sew a small project at home.
**Students interested in a beginner version of this class can register for “Introduction to the Warp Weighted Loom” on April 26. Click here for more information.**
Diana Buck
Diana has been involved in fiber arts for most of her life. She grew up in a family of knitters, crocheters, quilters, needle workers, and sewers, and learned these crafts as a child. As an adult, she continued to expand her knowledge and experience, until she found her true calling to research and teach textile arts through history. She has been involved in living history for over 35 years and, over those years, has focused her studies and activities on both women’s roles and historic textiles of early 18th Century through early 19th Century time periods. Currently, as co-founder and co-leader of Njordhr’s Wanderers, her focus is on the agency of women in textile production and commerce in the North Sea region during the Early Medieval period (Viking Age). Through partnership with her husband Krag, they have conducted experimental and reconstructive archaeological projects in textile production. This has focused on re-creating tools and equipment based upon excavated examples, through the redevelopment of skills and techniques to create the different textile examples found in excavations.