Round and Round We Go!

There was a lot happening in the Studio today! Lots of prep work and a finished warp, let's start with the prep work. Susan #3 is getting ready to make a rug using Tshirts as her weft. She chose several shirts with many different colors and she sewed them together in a long circle. Today was the day we got to cut the strips. It is helpful to have 2 people to do this job! Here is Susan and I at the table.

We worked for awhile and we finally got the strip cut out and loaded onto the rag shuttles. Here is the warp that is already going onto the loom and I think you can actually see the shuttles on the bench that are ready to work!

Liz #2 is also cutting rag strips but she is making placemats! This fabric is a tight squeeze around our table!

Liz, Dana and I worked almost to closing time but we got the strips cut and Liz is taking them home to fold them while she loads them onto the shuttles. Also, here is the warp that Liz is using for her placemats.

Jenny was doing some prep work as well, this time she is adjusting the heddles for her new project that is really heavy with heddles on the first shaft.

Angie, one of our new students has finished her first warp! Soon after this video Patty was helping her navigate the steps of planning a new project. Now it is time for Show and Tell! Jenny finished another skein of handspun yarn!

I brought a book in that I recently purchased. It is about sewing period accurate clothes to wear for demonstrating or reenacting. Our new Challenge for January 2026 is going to be the "What are you waiting for?" Challenge. So for this challenge I am going to make myself a new skirt and maybe a top to wear at the Museum of Appalachia where I demontstrate handspinning and sometimes weaving.

That is all for today, be sure to join us next week to see what we are getting into. Until then this is Tina, for all!