Did I do That!

We only get 4 hours each week in the Weaving Studio so a long warp can take a long time to complete, and yet we know that if we persevere we know we will see the last towel/placemat/rug etc. Cathy has spent a lot of time weaving on her colorful towel warp, and I noticed today that she was getting really close to finishing the warp!

Liz S is on the last placemat on her Rep Weave place mats and runner.

Betsy has finished threading her new warp, this will be some fabric with hand dyed bamboo. Betsy was sleying the reed this afternoon.

Kris is making good progress on her towel warp, and Phyllis was back with us today working on her warp as well!

Laura has changed the weft she is using on her placemat and runner project.

Before you know it Cathy was ready to cut off her towel project! I know she is thrilled!

It is time for Show and Tell! We have Linda today with a mug rug project to celebrate our local University football team. Linda warped for a dozen and ended up with 14!

Angie is working on that yummy dark orange crammed and spaced warp for towels. Angie decided to cut the first one off and take it home to see if it was working, cause you know the fun happens when you wash it! We were all really happy with the results!

That is all I have for you today, there was all sorts of other things going on in the studio as well, like inventory management, checking the roster of desk workers for the Fall show that will be here before we know it and also talking about training some of the younger weavers (under 70) to fill in, as needed in some of the nuts and bolts jobs that hold the Tuesday Weavers together. Come back next week and see what else we get into! Until then this is Tina, for all!

On Top of the Barn Loom!

As you all will know we recently lost our long time teacher and friend Carol Pritcher. We have been talking about wearing some of Carols creations to the Celebration of Life. Several weavers then mentioned that they would be willing to share since they have several tops that Carol had made over the years. Carol's husband brought in the last of Carol's inventory for the TW to have first chance at purchasing before the remaining items would go to the show this fall. I think all tops but two were bought by Carol's students/friends here at the Tuesday Weavers. I was trying to get a good picture of all the trying on that was happening and just couldn't get a good angle so I climbed up into the Barn Loom and got some good ones, then I saw Dana taking a picture of me, so I took a picture of her taking a picture of me!

From my perch inside the loom

Now to the weavers and their projects! Judith is getting ready to weave another rug on the Studio loom. We worked out a way she could wind a hank of yarn onto a ball winder without any help!

Liz V was really close to finishing her warp before lunch so that after lunch we knew that she would probably cut this project off before she left for the day.

Jenny too cut her fabric off the loom today!

Time for Show and Tell! Charlotte starts us off with a scarf made out of sock yarn! Then Alice has a finished Baltic Inkle project ready for the finishing touches.

Dana finished a crochet blanket recently, it is an allover pineapple motif! Cathy made us some color cards on the last Dye Day we had. There are a few Cathy wants to re-do, now we know what the colors we have in stock will look like on yarn!

Shannon is continuing to make small notebook covers using her handwoven fabric and leather plus regular fabric from her stash.

Patty has brought in her latest run of kitchen towels. This time she used 8/4 cotton and her warp is light and dark colors with various colors in the weft! Patty also brought in a log cabin scarf she recenty wove it was not her favorite project even though the results are beautiful!

We have some upcoming weaving classes that are slightly different than our usual Tuesday classes. Starting in January Patty and Marie will be teaching a Saturday class from 10am-2pm for 4 weeks, in 4 shaft weaving on our table looms, limit 4 students. There may also be an inkle weaving class around that same time, stay tuned for more information! Until next week this is Tina, for all!

In Celebration and Show and Tell

It is the 5th Tuesday of the month, for the Tuesday Weavers that means Pot Luck!!! Since we just lost our fearless leader Carol last week, we took the opportunity after lunch to share our favorite memories of her starting from the weavers who had known her the longest.

We spent several tearful moments today and gave hugs all around. I had found last week one of Carol's handwoven vest on EBay at a really good price. I thought it might have been felted since it was wool and quite fuzzy in the picture but I figured that if it was we could do something with the fabric! Turns out it fits me perfectly! I brought it today so that anybody who needed a hug from Carol could have one!

Some weaving did get done today, but we will skip straight to Show and Tell instead. Patty brought in 2 skeins that she had dyed during a recent Dye Day, and Ronda found some fabric at a local thrift store that just might be handwoven!

Dana brought in her recent run of towels all woven on the same warp!

Susan S is back from her travels in Africa, and she brought us some examples of fabric that she found in the markets and a blanket that was being woven in the market using a loom with a flying shuttle!

Shannon is working with her handwoven and with leather recently. This week she is working on a custom order of book covers and learning a lot along the way.

It was a sad day here for the Tuesday Weavers, but we celebrated the community that Carol worked so hard to build and we have every intention to keep going in the same manner. Join us next week as we start a new chapter of the Tuesday Weavers. Until then this is Tina, for all!