Celebrate!

We had reason to celebrate on Tuesday this week! Our dear Karin has retired from her day job! I have talked to her since Tuesday and she has been enjoying her first week of freedom!

Patty was busy all morning rinsing hand dyed warps and skeins from Dye Day. Having the spin dryer really helps!

I caught several people doing weaving related things this morning. Laura was checking her towels for errors, Erin, one of the students has moved up to the direct tie wolf pup and Pat was busy at the Barn Frame Loom, oh, and Rhonda cut her first project off of the loom!!!!! Last week Carol wound a warp that she wanted me to weave off so that she can make something with it for the show. I needed to get it woven this week, because I will be out next week. I wasn't sure that the brown weft Carol chose would look good, but as usual she was right!

Time for Show and Tell! Some of these pictures were taken earlier in the morning while some were taken during our lunch time Show and Tell. Irene has been weaving some boundweave fabrics and making them into really nice bags. Jenny brought in a shawl she took off of her loom and also some skeins that she had dyed during last weeks Dye Day. Patty also brought in skein after skein that she had dyed, (they just kept coming out of the bag!) and Carol wore a T-shirt that she had tie-dyed last week!

That is it for this week, until next time, this is Tina, for all!

Pictures From Last Weeks Dye Day!

While I wait for my computer to recognize the photos from Tuesday, I thought I would post some pictures from last weeks Dye Day. There was quite the crew that took part of all the fun, Carol, Jenny, Judith, Rhonda (I think), Patty, Kris and Charlotte were all there. (I hope I got everybody!) Thursday was a bigger crew than Friday, but they got a lot done!

Now for Fridays fun!

That is it for last weeks Dye Day, I'll try to get a post about Tuesday tomorrow, til then this is Tina for all!

Full House!

We were full to bursting this week in the Weaving Studio that is at the Appalachian Arts Craft Center, located in Norris, TN. Every Tuesday we have a busness meeting after lunch, so I thought I would insert here a few pictures of the crew today.

As soon as I got to the weaving studio, I saw Phyllis and Shirely hard at work getting this lovely warp on Shirley's loom!

Irene is working on some bags using a boundweave technique. She loves that you can do so many things with the same threading! Patty is weaving some fabric with a colorful warp and a nubbly weft.

Judith and Mark are back with us this week and working on their respective projects and Barbara is continuing her work on fabric for soup cozies.

Betsy is weaving on her fabric to use as a gift wrap around a bottle of your favorite bubbly, and Karin is cutting off the last scarf from this hand dyed warp.

Time for Show and Tell! Pat was back with us today and while she was at home recovering she did a lot of weaving! She wove a couple of runners and placemats and then she wove lots of green fabric! Some of it she is donating to the weaving center to be used in different craft projects.

Patty has been weaving rugs with the most wonderful corespun Alpaca! One of the rugs was made from manufaturing waste in the form of selvedges.

Karin and Mark wrap it up for Show and Tell this week. Karin handspun and wove a shawl for the Musem of Appalachia and Mark brought in the placemats that he had cut off of his loom a couple of weeks ago.

That is it for this week folks, until next time this is Tina, for all