Boxing Day

It is boxing day! Yay, it is one of my Favorite days, all of the hustle and bustle of the season are at an end and there is time to take a breath or two and look around us. Imagine my surprise to find quite a few weavers in the Studio today when I arrived (later than usual)! The first thing I saw was Ruth and Pearl in the back row. They had established themselves in temporary residence since the usual "back row" occupants were not coming in today. I noticed at once that their projects were of a very similar color. Pearl has a white warp while Ruth has a natural warp. The weft for both of them is a green that is very similar in color.

I caught Patty still threading her loom and Linda still working on her towel warp. I can't wait to see what that fabric looks like once it has been washed. I hear it will be textured a bit like waffle weave.

Bonnie has finished the fabric that she has been working on, it will be a top.

She is already working on her next project!

Time for show and tell! I recently finished a shawl. It is a Stephen West pattern "Vertices Unite" I made it with some of the handspun yarn that I had made over the last few years. Garter stitch is so forgiving!

Molly, one of our new weavers, brought in a couple of pieces that her mother has woven.

Susan took a rug project off of her loom last night and brought it in to show us. It is amazing that these were all woven on the same warp.

That is all there is today, Happy New Year everyone! Tina for all

This and That

The first thing that caught my eye this morning was Bonnie's fabric. It is amazing what a difference the weft makes!

Judith has been working on a tangled warp and I got to help a little bit this morning, as did Samantha and Carol. This is the tail end of the tangles and I think we are getting ready to call it enough!

I caught Patty threading heddles!

Marie said that the door to the cabinet wouldn't close so, she decided to fix it!

Time for Show and Tell Marie finished some towels this week and she can't decide which side she likes best.

Barbara visited Navajo Nation to take a class or two and brought back a beautiful beaded necklace of a grandmother weaving to support her family.

Patty brought this fabric shawl in for Carol to look at, they are planning something wonderful with it.

Samantha brought in a really soft towel that she had finished. She said that Marie helped her with the IWeave it program.

Finally, Mark made a scarf with pink in it for his Son-in-law! A proud Daddy of a new Daughter!

That is all for this week, Tina for all Merry Christmas everyone!

Cloth Beams and a Warp Beam

What struck me this morning when I walked in was the fabric on all of the cloth beams. Linda'a towels, Marilyns towels, Joyselyn's shawl's, Bonnie's fabric for tops, Pat's rugs on the barn loom, Pauls rug's on the Studio loom, Laura's towels on the small Macomber, Susan's fabric for bowl cozy's, and Ruth's towels.

I caught Patty just in time as she was cutting a wrap off of her loom and then she modeled it for us.

Karin too cut a scarf off of her loom!

Just before lunch I saw Paul and Pat cutting strips for Pauls next rug, and Patty and Marie were putting a new warp on Patty's loom.

Time for Show and Tell! Pat brought in a beautiful linen mat that she had woven, Liz brought in 2 baby blankets that she had finished and is ready to hem them.

Once again Mark is back on Campus, with something to show! He wove a rug for his Sister, we all said that we were sisters!

While all of this was going on Betsy and I restrung the cords on the large Macomber. The strings on the second beam seem to be in good shape, but the first beam needed the attention. We added a few eye bolts to the back beam and ran a metal rod through them. This seemed a whole lot easier than the original system!

That is all for today, see you next week, Tina for all