Winter Weaving School at Enschede Textielstad
Are you looking to delve deeper into textile technology during the winter months? This December, Enschede Textielstad invites you to the second edition of ‘Winter School Weaving’. In an intensive three-day programme, you’ll discover how digital design and machine weaving come together. By the end of the course, you’ll have a textile product that you’ve designed yourself and which has been industrially woven.
What can you expect?
During this 3-day* winter school, you’ll be introduced to the basics of industrial weaving and circularity. It is an intensive, hands-on experience; you will learn to work with specialised CAD weaving software and translate your own design onto our industrial Picanol loom with Bonas jacquard. Under the guidance of the experienced weavers at Enschede Textielstad, you’ll explore weave structures, material properties and the behaviour of circular yarns on the machine; from the initial digital weaving patterns to your own jacquard-woven end product. Depending on the participants’ experience, the level of difficulty of the final product to be woven may vary.
Who is this Winter School suitable for?
For professionals, teachers and students interested in weaving techniques.
The programme*
*The final programme and its duration will be determined once the group size is known. Language of instruction: depending on the participants: Dutch and/or English
Day 1: Introduction and getting to know each other
We’ll start with a technical introduction on the weaving floor. You’ll be introduced to the machinery, ranging from traditional heald frame and dobby looms to our advanced Smart Creel. Afterwards, we’ll dive straight into the theory of weave structures, yarns and industrial weaving software.
Day 2: Digital design and test weaving
The theory is put into practice. You’ll set up your own design in the software, select yarns and test different weaves on the jacquard loom. Using woven samples, you’ll optimise the pattern and fine-tune the machine settings.
Day 3: Production & evaluation
This day is all about producing your final product. Each participant will weave their own design on the loom. We’ll round off the programme with a joint presentation and a detailed review of the design process and the results.
Interested in taking part?
Would you like to take advantage of this unique opportunity? Please send an email, including a brief explanation of why you wish to take part and, ideally, a CV, to esra@enschedetextielstad.nl.
Enschede: City of Textiles – a brief overview
Enschede Textielstad is an industrial weaving mill that produces fabrics for the fashion and interior design industries using natural and locally sourced yarns. Our aim is to produce as locally as possible and to provide high-quality fabrics in an accessible way to brands that are already working towards sustainability and/or reshoring.
Image credits: Enschede Textielstad