A Bit of Green!

There was a flurry of texts last Tuesday afternoon when Carol realized that today would be St Patricks day! The conversation went on for some time Tuesday evening and by the next day there was the beginning of a plan to throw a St Patricks day party. We are talking Irish stew, shepards pie, soda bread, oatmeal cookies and some iced tea and lemonade to wash it all down. Everyone wore a bit of green today and there were a few green head dresses bobbing about the place as well. Patty wore a green elf outfit that was a real treat especially when she had to take her car to the shop for repair!!!! Before lunch however there was some work to be done. Pearl was intently threading her newest project on the loom with a bit of tinsel on top!

Kris was also threading her project.

(Meanwhile Patty was getting lunch prepared in the kitchen.)

Rhonda got her next project wound onto her loom this morning.

Laura is needle weaving some misplaced threads on her never ending pile of towels.

Finally it was time to have some yummy lunch! Thank you Patty and Marie for organizing this lunch!

Liz brought in 2 batches of finished handtowels. The first batch was woven using some Fibonacci principles and the second batch was 8 harness twill blocks.

Laura showed off some of her finished towels. We call these Lawn Chair towels but they are from Stricklers 8 shaft book.

Dana as part of the "What are you waiting for?" challenge used her sewing machine to make 2 project bags.

Kris finished a quilted piece with applique, so beautiful!

That is all for this week, next week some of us will be going on a field trip! Come back and see where we go! Until then, this is Tina, for all!

Next Step!

Last week we went full circle from winding a warp to cutting the finished fabric off. This week Alanna, a new student, is pressing the towels she too off the loom last week and getting ready to hem them.

Alice is back at the inkle loom making shoe laces with a Lady Vols vibe!

Last week we wound a warp for fabric on the barn frame loom and this week Betsy is sitting inside the loom threading each thread throughthe heddles.

Angie is winding a towel warp today, after lunch she and Patty were winding the warp onto her loom.

Cathy finished her towel warp and cut it off of the loom.

Time for Show and Tell! Patty starts us off with some plain weave towels in "color and weave" I believe she alternated between dark, dark, light and dark, dark, light, light!

Linda wove a scrumptious scarf using mohair in the weft!

Angie brought in the towels she had recently taken off of the loom here at the center.

Alanna showed off her very first weaving project!

Jenny brought in a skein of yarn that she finish spinning this week, it was so so soft!

Mark had recently brought in a rubber band loom for one of the grandkids. Mark said he decided to see if he could have as much fun as kids seem to have with this loom.

Did he do it? Why yes he did!

That is all for this week, come back next week and see all of the new projects that were loaded onto looms today! Until then this is Tina , for all!

Full Circle!

What a beautiful day it was today in East Tennessee, the sun is shining and a warmish breeze is blowing! We are having quite a false spring coming up this week and it is trying to fool the gardeners in the group to plant all the things now! Most of us are going to not believe a word it is saying, but we do enjoy the sun when we can get it. The studio is in full swing as well from winding warps to weaving cloth, it is all happening. Angie finished her napkin warp last week and today she is already winding a new project. (towels I think)

Susan is helping Jenny wind on her new shawl warp.

Tina and Sally are helping Betsy get her new wool warp for fabric onto the huge back beam of the barn frame loom.

Nikki is threading the scarf warp she recently wound.

Mark has tied on the innaugural placemat warp on the Herald loom we put together last month!

Liz has switched from a complex twill pattern to plainweave on this shawl warp. There were too many broken threads happening!

Rhonda was ready early this afternoon to cut her towel warp off the loom. She already has plans and yarn set aside for the next project, so she will be winding a new warp next week. That is full circle here in the studio!

It is time for "Show and Tell"! Shannon finished weaving a waffle weave towel last week! (She is already putting on another waffle weave towel warp this week!)

Peggy stopped in today to show us some shadow weave that she had finished recently at home.

Laura brought in the finished poncho from last week, all it needs now is buttons! Rhonda kindly modeled is for us!

Mark brought in a couple of towel he finished at home. One was in plain weave and he said that the second one is part of this years "What are you waiting for?" challenge. He wove it in twill!!! There is a first time for everything!

Speaking of first times, this afternoon Susan #2 learned how to warp and thread a ridid heddle loom!

That is it for this week, come back next week and see how we get on with the new projects on the looms! Until then this is Tina, for all!