Skeleton Crew

Several weavers took advantage of a field trip today, so there was only the skeleton crew at the Center today.

Alice is busy threading her loom today.

Kris is weaving steadily, Carol is keeping a look out for anyone needing help.

Karin is taking advantage of the quietness of the room by working on the library, and Marilyn has a commitee helping her add some heddles to her loom, and Rhonda is weaving fabric for more Christmas bowl cozies.

We didn't have any show and tell today but I do have 2 special orders that need to get done. One special order is a scaled down version of our Ellen's pattern for placemats and a runner. The other one is a set of runners for Christmas, this year! I have the first loom threaded and tied on, Laura will be weaving that one. The second project has been wound onto the back beam and threaded through the heddles. Wish me luck as I will be weaving that project and I won't be able to come in extra this week, maybe next week I can come in an extra day.

That is all for today, until next week, this is Tina, for all

New Students and Old Projects

I got some pictures of weavers and their work to show you today. Roxy, our newest weaving student is weaving on her own Dorothy loom, and it is the cloth and pattern that the was already on the loom. Whe she brought it in we were puzzling over how to get the fabric with the threading that was on the loom. Roxy remembered that there was a piece of paper on the loom that she had left at home! We were thrilled when her husband sent her a picture of the treadling! Kathy another student has cut off her latest project on her loom.

Rhonda, another one of our newish students has been loom hopping today. She finshed a warp on one loom that was Christmas fabric for Bowl Cozies. She then went straight to a second loom that was already in progress for the very same project.

Phyliss is continuing work on her accidently new adaptation of "Ellen's Pattern". Linda took of the last 4 towels on her loom.

Time for Show and Tell! Jenny was the only one with something to show us and tell us about. She finished this project last week I believe and she brought in all of the shawls to show us. These shawls are all from the same warp, amazing isn't it what a difference the weft makes!

That is it for today! Until next week, this is Tina, for all

Another Tuesday, Another Show Coming up

It was another busy day in the Studio this week! Karin and I were putting the finishing touches on her new loom, and Mark and Judith were working on their respective projects, and Pat wasn't with us this week, so I took a picture of her latest rug on the Barn Frame Loom.

Liz came to the end of her towel warp and Susan #3 is winding more weft for her "Ellen's Pattern" placemats.

Carol (our fearless leader!) is modeling one of the many ways she has found to work with the textured and many colored fabric we have been weaving in the studio recently. Carol and Patty have been winding warps holding 6 threads of yarn all of different weights and textures. Then we have the yarns that Carol used to wind the warp for Joycelyn and the warp on the loom ready to thread.

Next I have Shirley and her warp and after that Patty is at the loom with a warp that she has planned and wound. In each of the warps that have been on the looms over the last few months a weft has been chosen that almost dissapears and lets the colors of the warp do all the talking.

Pearl is taking the opposite path, she has a single color warp and is using all sorts of things in the weft. There really is no end to the possibilites of you can do at the loom is there?

Oh, what show you ask? In Oak Ridge, TN this weekend, there is a show that has be going on for years. We are getting a small space this year in order to see if this is something we could be able to do going forward. Liz #2 is making sure that the inventory has been accounted for and she and Marie and Linda are heading up the booth planning and set up. Several of us are manning the booth in turn, so we shall see how it goes.

Now for Show and Tell! Mark got a Countermarche loom and this is the first project that he has done. It is wool warp and wool weft. Barbara brought in a scarf that she had done at home combining 3 different short warps into one project!

I will get some pictures of the booth at the Pilot Show this weekend to share in next weeks post. That is all for today, until next week this is Tina, for all!

Putting Together a New Ashford Loom etc

Karin and I worked on getting her Ashford table loom together today. We had some help along the way but we didn't quite get it finished! We still have to put the beater assembly together, but by 3pm we were beat! We will finish up next week and post more photos! (Oh, and we basically took over the kitchen area!)

I was very much occupied with the above project and some really nice weavers took my phone and got a few pictures of Jenny taking her project off of the loom.

While all that was happening there was a Bowl Cozie sewing bonanza going on, of which I got absolutely no pictures! (Sorry gals!) Carol said that she and Laura sewed together 21 bowl cozies!!! These cozies will be going to the Pilot Craft Show in Oak Ridge, TN the weekend of the 22nd, which is why they were sewing like mad! There is another 6 yard Christmas Cozies warp on the wolf pup and yet another 6 yard warp that can go an another loom next week to have for the shop upstairs. Time to start thinking about Spring time cozies soon! Now, it is time for Show and Tell! Peggy came in today and showed us some wonderful 8 harness towels she had made and also several scarves and a shawl.

Shannon sewed a bag for her to wear on vacation with a Halloween theme. She also made the cutest Heart shaped pillow out of the fabric that she had woven and had been so disappointed that the colors ran in the wash a few months back! She had some fabric in her stash that was a perfect match to back the heart. That goes to show you that you never know what mistake will in reality just a change of direction!

Mark and Judith helped out at the Museum a couple of weeks ago and it was a really chilly day! Judith took a towel that was for display and wrapped it around her neck to keep the cold out. (She got so many compliments!) So Mark decided to use those same colors and make Judith an actual scarf!

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