De Steek have seen around the world how the textile industry is accumulating more and more waste every day. It is hard to make these huge companies start to change their commercial models, but we can start changing our behaviors as consumers now!
That’s why De Steek and Camila created this fun workshop, where you can learn a great way to reduce your textile waste. At the end of the workshop you will earn a new piece of textile for your home or for a friend, and also you will learn a beautiful way to practice mindfulness!
What are you going to do?
You are going to weave a place mat (28 cm x 32 cm) from waste that they have found and also waste that you probably have at home, using a Rigid heddle Loom.
What are we going to learn?
1. You will learn how to convert some textile waste that they have at home like T‑Shirts, bed sheets or table cloths into material for our weaves
2. How to select the right material for warp and weft
3. How to set a Rigid heddle Loom
4. Weaving techniques (this techniques are applicable for any other kind of loom)
