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!

New Warps on the Looms and a Visitor!

Over the last few weeks we have had several projects come off of the looms. Well you must know that means new warps going onto the looms. Our students Angie and Colleen are at it again with new colors to work with.

Susan #3 is already sleying the reed on her new project!

Shannon is getting ready to put this lovely warp on her loom! (I didn't get a pic of Shannon!)

Jenny is threading her project that has every other thread going to shaft 1!

We also have 2 tiny looms to share! Samantha brought her tiny inkle and Sally is on a pin loom!

We had a visitor in red today, no not Santa, but Carol came in just before lunch! We were so glad to see her and we had her to ourselves for a whole hour and a half!

It is already time for Show and Tell! Rhonda finished a mixed fiber scarf this week!

Patty brought in some lovely linen spa cloths she has made to sell with one of her friends handmade soap. Here she is serging the edges, getting ready to sew them up! (We had a french seam tutorial with Shannon!)

Dana showed off a sweater she had finished last spring when it was too hot to show it off. I think she said it was the Carbeth pattern from Kate Davies. Bulky yarn and interesting construction sure makes an impact!

That is all I have for you today, come back next week and see what is going on. Until then this is Tina, for all!