Giving

  For those folks who are new to our blog, I should explain that the Tuesday Weavers are all volunteers here at the Appalachian Arts Craft Center.  You can learn to weave here, but, you can also just come and weave with us.  The items that we weave here at the Center go upstairs to the shop.  A portion of the sales price goes to the Center, and the rest comes back to us.  With our money, we buy more thread and weaving supplies, along with an occasional loom.  (I should also tell you that we can keep one item out of four that we weave.)
    Christy isn't weaving right now, but she makes sure that Carl has plenty of blue jean strips for his rugs!  And, Marilyn has finished her beginner's project and she's weaving on a project for her home with thread that she bought.

    Mary is one of our newest weavers, and she's threading a new warp on her loom.









  We missed Bonnie while she was living in Kentucky, but now that she's back with us, it's business as usual!!!  She's still working on the painted huck placemat warp.

  These Ladies are always giving us their time and their talents.  Ms. Ila, Bonnie and Shirley produce some beautiful items (and provide us with lots of laughter!)
  That's Helen in the background....she's winding a new warp.













 
  Betsy drives for over an hour to get here every Tuesday!  Now, that's dedication!!!!  She cut off the placemats that she had started, and found the threading error.  It's been corrected, and she's back to weaving her pattern.




  Charlotte weaves at home and brings her lovely, finished projects to the Center.  Today she was learning how to twist the fringes on her shawl with the twister.  Heavy books (or a well trained cat) work best to weigh down the piece!












  Carol gives generously of her time and talents to the Tuesday Weavers.  As our fearless leader, she teaches the beginning weaver course as well as keeping up with the inventory that goes upstairs to the shop.  Each piece has to be tagged and priced.  She's our "go-to" person when we have weaving questions.







  Jocelyn has a rich art background, which she brings to her weaving projects in the studio.

















  Yes...another warp going on Alyce's loom.  This will be two wraps when she is finished!!!!








  Ray is on his stool....that means he's back to work on the double weave project.  Keep your fingers crossed that all goes well!  (This has been a troublesome warp!!!) 
  You can see Linda B. back there on the black placemat warp.  She's using a combination of blues, gray and black to weave new placemats.









   Hey, Carl!  We missed you today!  Your loom is waiting for you!

  I missed getting pictures of Linda, Sharon and Frieda today.....they'll be first on my list next week.  And, Marie and Tina breezed in after lunch....missed getting a shot of them, too.  These folks give so much of their time to our little group!

Have a good week!
LouAnn