Twinsies

Mark and Judith were twinsies today, weaving side by side. Mark is weaving placemats and Judith weaving rugs with delight.

Kris is weaving "Ellens Pattern" but this time her warp is dark green instead of our usual white/natural/black. We are all enchanted with the new color.

JP and I are relieved to say that we have put on a difficult warp. It has taken us 2 Tuesdays untangle what we half way thought might be a hopeless warp. We persevered however, and all in a moment we saw that we had broken through, we had chosen the right way to deal with it. Here it is!!!!

Phyllis cut off her placemat warp today, I wonder what she will be making next. Last week we also had a graduation of 3 students from the Rigid Heddle class that is held on Tuesday afternoons after the floor loom crowd is heading home.

Now for "Show and Tell" Pearl has finished a lovely shawl, a difficult Steven West pattern. Charlotte brought in a shawl that she had finished, though I didn't get a good picture of it, and Mark finished another rug, the last rug of a long warp, I know that he is so pleased!

That is all for today, we will be back next week with more adventures. Until then, this is Tina, for all

Dye Day Prep and More Finished Warps

We have a dye day coming up soon and to get ready for it, we need to know what we need! Dana and Judith got together and pulled out all of the hand dyed warps and wefts that have remained on the shelves and they began to match them up. We also have some cones of colors that will work for some of the more difficult color combinations.

Laura finished a runner for a special order today. There is another warp that will be for matching placemats. It has taken us an unusual amount of time to get this order right! First there were mistakes in warp winding and then in weaving, but I think we have worked out all of the kinks and we hope to get this lovely project to our client soon! (Thank you for your patience!)

Rhonda finished her warp as well! As she was nearing the end of the warp she found that the outer sections were one round shorter than all of the other sections. She decided to cut them off and finish the warp a little narrower!

By the end of the day Susan also finished her towel warp! She has persevered over some pesky warp problems but she made it to the end!

Now it is time for "Show and Tell"! This week Dana brought in her first Overshot project, delightful mug rugs! Irene brought in her latest bag, she is getting used to a new heavy duty sewing machine and she likes it a lot! To finish "Show and Tell", Ray has brought in some books to donate to the Weaving library and he also brought in some projects that he had done using the books! Thank you Ray!

That is all I have for you this week. I expect that next week will be all about warp winding and maybe skein winding for new projects and for Dye Day and who knows what else I will find to show you. Until then, this is Tina, for all!

New Yarn, New Warps and New projects!

Dana was busy today winding hand dyed weft that we use on our hand dyed warps. Next week Dana and Judith are going to spend some time putting together the warps and wefts we have stored in the bookcase by the door.

The yarn order came in and Marie Karin and Dana made short work of getting it on the shelf!

Susan is putting on a new towel warp and Kris is ready to start weaving some placemats next week.

Liz has an overshot towel project that she is working on and Patty has been weaving on a lovely towel warp, though I heard today that Shannon will be taking this project over for now.

Rhonda is almost but not quite finished with her warp that happens to be placemats. Before we put on another 40 to 60 yard warp on her loom she will be doing a short warp to try something else.

Betsy is weaving a very classy towel warp, Mark is doing some cool placemts and Dana was winding those hand dyed wefts all day!

It is time once again for Show and Tell! Rhonda had woven a rug using Corespun Mohair that came from her very own goats! Laura brought in a scarf that she had bought that our dear Sharon had woven and she also had 2 finished scarves that she had woven from yarn that came from Sharon's stash.

Mark finished a rug he made using velour, it is shimmery! He also dutifully wove off the rest of the warp to be used for something, we are not sure what but we will figure it out!

That is all I have for you today, so until next week, this is Tina for all!