Teamwork

We have had a day of different kinds of teamwork. From moving heddles while threading was in progress to rolling up a run of rugs that Judith had on the Studio loom, in fact lets start with Judith and the Studio loom. The cloth beam was definitely full and Judith was trying her best to get the last rug finished when Pop! One of the cords that is part of the Jack system broke. Patty and Rhonda and I got the cord replaced and Judith was able to finish the last rug!

It wasn't long before I was called over to snap a picture of Judith removing the rugs. As the bundle of rugs grew, Betsy stepped in to help hold the weight.

Once Judith had finished getting the rugs off of the loom she stepped over to help Mark get his warp wound on to his loom!

Our newest student Karen has wound her first warp and Dana helped her start the process of dressing the loom. I love her color choices!

Shannon was having trouble with a fine warp that was having too much fun bunching together while Patty and Pearl tried to tame it from the front of the loom!

Angie is almost finished threading the heddles for this project.

Kris has wound her warp onto the backbeam (Susan #2 helped) and is ready to thread next week.

Hey, it is time for Show and Tell! Liz finished her shawl warp and got the fringes done over this last week. She put it on to show how the hand dyed warp wrapped around her and continued through the fringe.

Rhonda took a placemat that she was not happy with and made it into a drawstring purse!

Alice has finished a couple of pairs of Shoe strings and Dana found the cutest way to display them! Laura, Kris, Susan (who were winding Kris'warp onto the backbeam) and Betsy looked on with joy!

Last week Laura was looking throught the Janet Meany rug book during Show and Tell, and all of a sudden she exclaimed "Thats my Mom's pattern!" Evidently Laura had been looking for a long time for the only threading pattern that her Mom used for rugs for years, and there it was in plain sight!

That is all for today, join us next week to see what we get into next! Until then this is Tina, for all

Not so Hot July 7th

The recent heat wave in our area has broken at least for this week, our temps shouldn't reach 90F, fingers crossed! Even so it was great to pass from the parking lot into the air conditioning of our Basement class space at the Appalachian Arts Craft Center near Norris, TN. We had a full house today, almost every loom has a weaver in tow. Several looms are being warped many projects are at the weaving stage and at least one warp was cut off this week! Joycelynn cut her shawl warp off before she left today and she wants to try a more decorative fringe treatment that just twisting the fringe.

Shannon has a scrumptious warp ready to go onto the loom!

I think this is Cathy's warp because of the variegated weft yarn.

Rhonda's blanket warp is progressing.

Colleen is weaving hand towels in "Summer and Winter"!

Mark is putting a napkin warp on the Norwood loom.

We have a new student today! Karen was winding her warp as I was going out the door!

Before you know it lunchtime has arrived and after that a moment to discuss business.

Following our lunchtime we always have an opportunity for Show and Tell. Rhonda took advantage of the blazing heat in her greenhouse and did some solar dyeing of Mohair locks from her own Angora goats!

Shannon finished a custom order of bowl cozies in Shadow weave using 8/4.

Patty handwove a liturgical stole for her husband's cousin who was recently ordained. Patty also did the embroidery and taylored the stole to fit neatly around the neck.

I took advantage of several days alone recently and in honor of our "what are you waiting for" challenge I hand dipped 64 beeswax candles! I also blended some home grown Nigora with silk and made a lace weight 2 ply yarn to finish a project that I have been working on.

Mark brought in the last of his placemats and true to our policy, he wove to the very end and ended up with a tiny one!

That is all for this week, check back next Tuesday to what else we get into! Until then this is Tina,for all!

Fifth Tuesday Tradition!

Years ago, our dear friend LouAnn came up with an idea for spacing out our Potluck lunches. She simply pointed out that the months that have 5 Tuesdays are spaced evenly throughout the year. Ever since then we have continued this tradition, and each time we do I think about LouAnn and how much she influenced our group. She was the one who came up with our various challenges, she worked together with the rest of us to get the booth set up at the Fall show and for years she was the main poster of this blog. We lost LouAnn 3 years ago this month, and those of us who knew and loved her miss her very much. This being a fifth Tuesday, I got a chance to take close up pictures of all the yummy things on the kitchen island before lunch.

Before lunch I managed to capture a couple of pictures of pretty warps and wefts to show you. The colorful one is what Cathy is working on and the Liz is working on the second warp.

Just before lunch a couple of the girls (you know who you are!) let me know that Mark had a tangle in the warp he was winding!!!

After lunch Samantha pitched in to help him get the tangle cleared.

After lunch it was time for Show and Tell! Peggy came by to show us what she has been working on. One was a set of open weave structure wall hangings and the other was a bunch (lots!) of placemats woven with a design Peggy found in Weft Magazine.

Alice has finished several pairs of shoe laces and brought them in for us to admire, and Betsy showed us a vase that her Husband did for her on his 3D printer! I think he may have started something!

Linda wove 6 hand towels with cats in them! Meow!

As part of this years "What are you waiting for" Challenge, I have finally begun to work through my tubs of Nigora fleece. I dehaired 1 fleece using special combs and then I blended that fleece with Tussah silk which is almost the same color as this Nigora fleece. I spun a fine lace weight yarn with this blend and am knitting a small scarf with the resulting yarn. I wanted a yarn with a bit of halo and while so far it isn't as much as I had hoped it would be it may improve after it is washed and blocked.

Mark brought in his latest placemats with a hint of Chartruese! Zing!

Well friends, that is all I have for you this week, who knows what we will get into next week! Until then this is Tina, for all!