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N. nolahooks.com St. Louis, Missouri 314-640-6344 nola@nolahooks.com |
If you are traveling to St.
Louis, please let me know. I'd love to see you! Come to the studio for a
visit! |
upcoming events and nola's schedule
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Hang Out & Hook 2011
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Wool Club 2011 Saturday September 17 / Monday September 19 Saturday October 15 / Monday October 17 Saturday November 12/ Monday November 14 Saturday December 10/ Monday December 12
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Kris McDermet October 28-30, 2011 or October 31- November 2, 2011 |
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Tipp City - Nola Teaching with Karen & Alice September 29 - October 1, 2011 Thursday-Saturday |
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Nola Vending at: Old Ironworks Days Saturday October 8, 2011 Sunday October 9, 2011 |
Nola Teaching at: The Foxy Lady's Group near Chicago Saturday October 22 Sunday October 23 |
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Nola Teaching at:
Granville Ohio November 7-11, 2011 |
| Nola Teaching at: Hooked in the Mountains Shelburne Museum Shelburne VT |
| Holiday Open House at the
Studio December 2, 2011 |
N.
nolahooks.com
St. Louis,
Missouri
314-640-6344
nola@nolahooks.com
Kris McDermet
krismcdermetrugs.com
I have been teaching braiding for 30 years and "After the Hooking Comes Braiding" for about 9 years.
For a three day class, I ask students to come to class with the following items hooked and blocked-if needed:
1. A five inch circle
2. A five inch square
3. A five inch heart
4. A six inch wheel
They learn to braid around hooking in the four shapes listed above plus make a 9 Loop Braided Center and the Picot decorative edge.
Everything is pictured in the photos below.
They will learn to prepare the wool for braiding, straight braid, make braided double corners (heart), braided triple corners (square), make a 9 Loop Braided Center to be inserted into the center of the hooked wheel, and make a decorative Picot Edge braided border to be laced onto the straight braid around the circle. Butting is the process of joining the six raw edges of the braid, and I have a fairly easy method for this (not my invention but students feel it is quite easy compared to most methods).
I don't sell wool and like students to bring their own so that it matches or is complimentary between the braid and hooking.
With the above skills, students will be able to braid around any size hooked piece and go back and forth between hooking and braiding.