Show and Tell

I couldn't make it to the Center last Tuesday and Mark was kind enough to send me some pictures of Show and Tell! Kathy showed off her latest cowl project!

Shannon shared a spinning project that she had done and a new yardage counter for measuring yarn!

I'm not sure what this is.....

Joycelynn brought in all of the projects she had made from her Crackle weave warp.

Linda hemmed the last placemats she wove using the same pattern as the Table Mat she wove last Fall.

Mark was gifted a rubberband loom! I can't wait to see how he uses it!

Next week it will be back to life as usual. As we enter into this brand new year, we are embarking on a new Challenge for 2026 and it is the "What are you waiting for?" Challenge. Is there anything you have wanted to do and for whatever reason you keep putting it off? Is it because you are afraid to try? We are going to help each other tackle the things we are afraid to try on our own. Join us and let us hear about it in the comments! Until next week this is Tina, for all!

Skeleton Crew

There were just a few of us at the Center yesterday. Tis the season to be busy with festivities for sure! There were so few of us that those of us who rarely weave but have duties teaching or troubleshooting were able to bring out our alternate crafts! Dana and I always have a back up on hand, Dana's is a baby blanket and mine is a pair of colorwork socks.

Dana brought in some chocolate covered cherries to share!

Susan has finished the t-shirt rugs she was doing and she found some blue jean strips in the annex. She spent an hour or so getting the strips sewn together and wound on the rug shuttle and in no time she was weaving a blue jean rug!

Linda stopped by for a chat while Patty and Nikki were getting a scarf warp onto Nikki's loom.

Joycelyn has her golden warp tied on and is ready to weave after the holidays!

Karin was trying to continue her work on the online library but the wifi was out so it was on again and off again!

We only had one show and tell! Collen brought her lastest project in to show us!

Tomorrow is Christmas day! I do hope that you will have a tranquil Holiday Season wherever you are and whichever holiday you celebrate! Until next week, this is Tina, for all!

Blues and Grays

It has been cold here this week, colder than December usually is, more like January cold really. Today isn't quite as cold as yesterday it could be because we have grey clouds overhead. On days like today we really look forward to spending our day at the Center where our friends are waiting to chat while we work on our projects. The projects today have a lot of gray and blue in them, there is the occasional gold and brown but on the whole the blue/gray family. Betsy is weaving with wool on the barn frame loom, we have been talking over what could be done with this glorious fabric and I think Betsy has some good ideas.

Laura changed the threading and the tie up on the baby Mac! This is the same warp that the lawn chair towels were on.

Linda is almost done with her placemat warp, in fact I think she should finish it after I left today.

Rhonda has also changed her pattern from the original project!

Liz #2 is working along on her placemat warp and she already has a warp wound for matching napkins!

Jenny brought in some of the Gansey books she had for me to look through, and here are my knitted swatches from the yarn I brought in last week.

Guess what? It is time for Show and Tell! Rhonda brought in some sharp scissors for the Weavers to use here at the weaving Center. The scissors have lanyards attatched to them!

Betsy says that this should be a Patty show and tell but Betsy wove a shawl with this fabric and found that she never wore it! She brought it to Patty to make a top and you can tell by Betsy's face that she is so pleased!

Last year Linda's Sons brought some wool yarn back from a trip to Scotland. She wove them a scarf each, making sure that there was a random quality to the wefts!

In January we will be starting our "What are you waiting for?" challenge. My challenge is to get better aquainted with my sewing machine and sewing in general and to make things I can use and wear. Well I couldn't wait and so yesterday I made 2 tote bags out of 2 feed sacks!

Last week Mark challenged anybody to bring in the ugliest scarf they had ever woven. Nobody did except him! We all told him to take the ends off and make a mobius scarf, then Judith would be happy to wear it!

That is all I have for you today! We will be back next week for another fun filled day with the Tuesday Weavers, come and join us! Until then this is Tina, for all!

Golden!

Karin and I were talking back and forth this week via text. I was telling her about my new spinning project where I was trying to recreate a 5ply sport wt yarn for a Gansey. She told me she was just reading about Ganseys this week! I told her I would bring in my spinning samples and all of the books I have collected. So far the breeds I have sampled are Polypay and Tunis. I have a couple more to sample before I make my decision.

Speaking of Karin, She is almost done entering all of our Library books to our online library so that our weavers will be able to check and see if we have a book to borrow!

There was a stack of items ready to sell on the table. Marie gets to enter them into the book, tag them and request inventory stickers for next week.

Susan #3 is making rugs from the Tshirts she cut out a couple of weeks ago!

It may because it has been cold this week but the golden color of Joycelynn's warp caught my eye and I had to include it in today's blog!

Jenny was in the process of threading these heddles earlier in the morning, but I suspect by the end of the day she was ready to sley the reed.

Guess what! It is time for Show and Tell! Jenny starts us off with a vest she recently finished! It is Alpaca and wool in their natural color and Jenny used an Italian bind off!

Rhonda dyed the roving to spin this skein of yarn and she chain plied it to maximise the colors!

Last year sometime Dana brought her son to one of the Dye Days and he had so much fun dyeing a warp in peacock colors! This year Dana sampled some weaving patterns while she was weaving some towels and chose one for that very special warp. She wove 2 shawls and a cowl and they are stunning!!!!

Well friends that is it for today, come back and see what we get into next week! Until then this is Tina, for all!