New Student and an Old Friend is Back!

Mary is our newest student but she is a little camera shy so I made sure she was happy with my photo. she is winding her first warp onto the table loom (Guess who else is here!). Phyllis is calmly weaving on placemats in "Ellen's Pattern".

Joycelyn is weaving yardage to be turned into garments and Liz #2 is threading the Macomber with her next project.

Susan is also weaving a project in "Ellen's Pattern" and she also brought a head band that she had bought at a fiber show!

Now it is time for Show and Tell! Judith wore a vest that she got years ago at a fiber festival, Carol felt like she recognized the work of the weaver, but she couldn't think of their name! Today some of the crew were putting on some of the new "Tuesday Weaver" lables in some of the finished towels.

Shannon is back after a couple of weeks away, she has been weaving at the Heritage Center in Townsend. She was weaving some placemats over the last couple of months and chatting to the public as you do, and she found as she was taking the finished placemats off of the loom that she had 7 placemats and a runner instead of the intended 8 placemats!

Shannon also brought in an end of the warp project. She had woven a blanket for her new grandaughter and after that piece was finished there was enough warp on the loom to weave some cloth. She chose a darker shade for the new piece and we were delighted with the beauty of the cloth and what a difference the choice of color can make in fabric.

Now for the big surprise, Dana is back! Well almost back, she is going to be back next week, but will be back for good after Valentines day!!!!! Yay, we are so happy to see her! While she was away she did a lot of weaving. One project was that she made towels out of a warp that her 12 year old son had dyed during one of the recent Dye Days! Dana also brought in her very first Overshot project, Mug Rugs woven out of 8/2!

Not to be outdone, Jenny is wearing a vest that is made out of her own handspun! Jenny also brought in a skein of Angora bunny/Merino yarn and a skein of Merino both of which she had handspun. Just Lovely!

Patty took on a commision for napkins and wound enough warp to make a second batch to sell in her booth. Mark brought in his latest placemats "Fall" in Ellen's Pattern and a scarf that he had made for his Daughter. He had miss measured and it came up a bit short! Judith suggested getting a scarf pin to keep the scarf in place! Brilliant!

That is all for this week, next week should be just as much fun as this week was! Until then this is Tina, for all!

We are Back!

Between sickness and weather I haven't been ablt to make it to the Studio for weeks! Today, I was determined to come no matter how cold it was! It wasn't long before I was in the thick of things with Liz #2 and Marilyn. They are getting a new warp on the Macomber for Liz #2. I went over to be a third set of hands and before you know it we were laughing and talking while the warp was wound onto the back beam.

Shirley was at her loom today, and on the table near Carol I saw Shirleys last project all washed hemmed and pressed! Patty wasn't there yet but I got a picture of her newest project. When she got there she told me that it was a project in "Turned Taquet", there hasn't been anything like it in the Studio, it will be fun to see it progress!

Linda is on the job, she is weaving yardage for our line of Twisty or Boxy Poncho Thingies, and around on the other side of the room Judith is weaving a colorful rug.

One of our signature patterns is what we call "Ellen's Pattern", it is a Crammed and Spaced pattern. There is one particular thing about this pattern that you have to watch out for and that is when you have woven several placemats or runners the spaced out sections get too slack to carry on weaving. Rhonda ran into that problem today and we decided that it was time to cut off what she had woven and tie the warp back on.

It is already time for Show and Tell! Roxy has been playing at home and she brought in some towels that she had woven.

Mark brought in some of the placemats that he had finished on his loom here at the Studio (Ellens Pattern) He also brought in some placemats that he had woven at home including the end of the warp piece that we decided could be folded over to make a hot pad!

Just like that we are at the end of day and weavers are packing up their stuff, putting on their coats and heading home. I sure missed the fellowship and laughter while I was gone! It is good to be amonge friends! Until next week this is Tina for all!