Loop of the Loom

A SAORI weaving studio where sessions are drop-in and improvisational rather than pattern-led — you sit at a floor loom and make something in two hours.

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These 5 classes run on request rather than on a fixed calendar — pick a date and time on the booking page.

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dayAll-Day Zen Weaving SessionPick a date on their booking page$190.00 (white cotton warp adds $30)
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dayDrop Spindle SpinningPick a date on their booking pageA private two-hour beginners' lesson spinning yarn on a drop spindle, including carding and preparing the fibre; you leave with around 35g of your own yarn. Taught at Loop of the Loom's DUMBO studio, 197 Plymouth St; F to York St. $90 with all materials, booked by form or email for any Wednesday to Saturday. It is the only yarn-spinning class on our calendar.$90
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dayNeedle Felting WorkshopPick a date on their booking pageTwo hours barbing loose wool into a solid shape, which needs no loom and no machine. $60 at Loop of the Loom, booked rather than timetabled; the studio confirms whether you are in the Upper East Side or DUMBO room when you book. Brooklyn Craft Company in Greenpoint runs the only other felting sessions we list.$60 / 2 hours
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daySAORI Weaving Introductory SessionPick a date on their booking pageA two-hour first sitting at a SAORI floor loom, where the method is deliberately free-form rather than pattern-led. $75, booked rather than timetabled; Loop of the Loom runs rooms on the Upper East Side and in DUMBO and confirms which on booking. The cheapest way onto a loom on this calendar — Textile Arts Center in Gowanus teaches weaving by the term instead.$75
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daySpinning Wheel LessonsPick a date on their booking pageTwo private two-hour lessons on an Ashford Kiwi spinning wheel, covering fibre preparation, carding, blending, drafting and finishing a hank of yarn to take home. At Loop of the Loom's DUMBO studio, 197 Plymouth St; F to York St. $180 for both sessions with materials, booked by form or email for Wednesdays to Saturdays. The studio suggests its $90 drop-spindle lesson first.$180

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