Tutors

This contact information is provided in good faith.
The Braid Society does not necessarily recommend the individuals or organisations listed here.

Penny Akester (London)
www.pitstopx.co.uk
Workshops: I regularly teach a range of beginners braiding classes for braids that don’t use a loom or large equipment – including Japanese braiding (Kumihimo) and single strand braids, as well as a range of jewellery making and beadwork classes.
Shirley Berlin (Devon)
www.shirleyberlin.com
Talks, day schools and longer workshops:
Kumihimo; inkle ikat; tablet weaving; simple cords and braids.
Lecture: “That’s nice dear, but what do you do with it?”
Anneliese Bläse (Germany)
www.gewebte-baender.de/
Courses on inkle and rigid heddle on demand.
Joy Boutrup (Denmark)
jboutrup@braidsociety.com
Workshops: 1) Introduction to loop braiding, basic principles of European and Japanese loop braiding. 2) Letter braids, introduction to historical instructions for letter braids. (General knowledge of loop braiding necessary.)
Jacqui Carey (Devon)
www.careycompany.com
Workshops and Lectures: For all levels, covering many aspects of narrow wares (technical, historical, cultural, creative, mathematical etc.).
Europa Chang Dawson (Bristol)
echangdawson@braidsociety.com
Lecture: Silk in the domestic context in China. Workshop: Chinese Knots.
Anna Crutchley (Cambridge)
acrutchley@braidsociety.com
Talks and Workshops: Passementerie – cords, tassels, braids and fringes for interior decoration. A variety of courses, including weaving, cord spinning and tassel making.
Anne Dixon (Norfolk)
annedixon@braidsociety.co.uk
Talks and Workshops: Inkles, table weaving, Dorset buttons and 4-shaft weaving. Lectures, demonstrations and workshops for groups.
Gilian Dye(Newcastle upon Tyne)
gdye@braidsociety.com
Workshops: Beginners fill gap and other card looms, finger looping. Early bobbin lace – edgings and surface braids.
Anne Dyer(Shropshire)
annedyer@braidsociety.com
Workshops: Snagging methods in weft face and tablet. New approaches to tassels.
Edna Gibson
egibson@braidsociety.com
Workshops: Kumihimo – Marudai, Karakumidai, Disc and Plate, Oblique interlacing / free end braiding.
Julie Hedges (Shrewsbury)
www.juliehedges.co.uk
Lectures: Traditional and contemporary Ply-splitting; Researching Ply-splitting in N West India.
Workshops: Introduction to Ply-splitting; Developments including 3D pieces; Decorative twisted cords. Beginners and for those with experience. Ply-Split mats, hats & scarves in wool or alpaca.
Giovanna Imperia (USA)
www.giovannaimperiadesigns.com
Workshops: 1) Introduction to Kumihimo (marudai), 2) Braiding with wire, 3) additional topics such as takadai also available.
Giovanna teaches in English and/or Italian.
Carol James (Canada)
www.sashweaver.com
Lecture: Fingerweaving - distinguishing from loomweaving
Workshops: Fingerweaving, Sprang.
Masako Kinoshita (USA)
www.lmbric.net
Workshops: Loop manipulation braiding.
Jean Leader (Glasgow)
www.jeanleader.co.uk
Workshops: Assorted braids for beginners including braids on cards, lucet braids, tablet-woven braids and hand-manipulated braids.
Ruth MacGregor (France)
www.spinningforth.com
Workshops: Silk and Spindle – learn to make your own beautiful silk yarns in less than an hour, using simple tools.
Sassy Tassels – Formal or flirty, tassels are fun. Construct one of your own using a simple form and beautiful threads.
Jeanette Mason(Gloucestershire)
jmason@braidsociety.com
Workshop: Tassels and cords. One day workshop to make a two part tassel with decoration.
Averil Otiv(Cheshire)
www.averilotiv.com
Workshops: Soft basketry, baskets made with natural plant materials using braiding, plaiting and other woven techniques to produce decorative and functional baskets.
Rodrick Owen(Oxford)
rodowen@braidsociety.com
Workshops:  1. Japanese Marudai and Takadai. 
2. Peruvian sling and headband braids and finishing techniques.
Lectures: 1. Pre-Hispanic Peruvian Twined and Braided structures 3000 -600 BC.
2. Round the World in 80 braids.
Jennie Parry (Leicester)
jennieparry@braidsociety.com
Lectures and Workshops:  Kumihimo (Marudai; Takadai);  Braids & Bands; Ethnic Embellishments. All levels.
Freda Robinson(Belfast)
www.arabesquebraids.co.uk
Lectures: Braids around the World.  Workshops:  Kumihimo; Kumihimo on a Card; Lucet; Cords and Tassels. French Knitting explored - the use of beads and fancy yarns for jewellery and trimmings.
Ziggy Rytka (West Yorkshire)
www.thelucet.co.uk
One day workshops: from beginner to advanced lucetting.
Jean and Granville Thornton(Staffordshire)
thorntons@braidsociety.com
Talks: A World of Plaits and Braids; Tasselitis. 
Workshops for beginners: Kumihimo; Soft Tassels.