IN PERSON WORKSHOP
Date: November 11, 2026
Instructor: Kristin Crane
 
Workshop Description: 
In this workshop, Kristin will describe how creative journaling enhances and forms work at the loom. She will share images of her own journals and sketchbooks, as well as her favorite tools and supplies. During this workshop, Kristin will share exercises and prompts for gathering and documenting inspiration from experiences as big as world travels to as small as morning walks. As a group, we’ll work through some of these exercises and then discuss how we can take this inspiration and translate it into finished products, whether an art piece or functional cloth. 
 
Students are requested to bring to class:
Students should bring a sketchbook, pen, and their most comfortable tool to create color such as colored pencils, crayons, or markers.
 
Attendee Limit: 12
 
Instructor Bio: 
Kristin Crane is a weaver, designer, and dyer living in Riverside, RI. She graduated from Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science with a degree in textile design and began her career designing Jacquard-woven fabrics for the residential home furnishings market. Today, she works in marketing for Berroco Yarn and has designed patterns and written articles for Gist Yarn. She weaves on a Macomber loom, Mirrix tapestry looms, and on the go with a tiny pinloom.