Off With The Old.....

 
  It's always exciting when a new weaver cuts off their first warp.  (It's also a little scary!!!  You've been so careful keeping the scissors away from the warp!!!)  Today was Leslie's day!



















Of course, when one warp comes off....you need to get busy winding a new warp!  Uh-oh....there might be a tangle involved!

  Jocelyn cut off her shawl warp today, too.  This warp was labeled "two shawls" but it yielded FOUR shawls!!!!

  They just kept rolling off the cloth beam!!!!

  Three scarves came off of Frieda's loom today!

  These are all from the same warp, but when you change the weft and the treadling, you get different results!

  Please note that Helen is back with us again!!!!  She's all healed and ready to treadle!

  No, Liz is not lying down on the job.  She's just making an adjustment!  (You can see her weaving in the previous picture.)  Her huck towels are looking very nice!











  Bonnie is tying on her shawl warp....weaving next week!  Marilyn is cruising along on the placemat warp.


 

 Her new colors have a spring look to them, don't you think? 

  It's a bee hive of activity!  Laura is working on her first warp while Marie adds additional heddles on one of the Ashford looms.
  Christy is prepping more blue jean legs to sew together.

  Margi took on the job of cutting the blue jean panels into weft strips for Carl to weave.


  And, Carl.....he just keeps on weaving those blue jean rugs!!!

  It's a team effort!

When Ray isn't trouble shooting equipment problems, he gets some weaving done.  Mary's brake required a little TLC...but she's back to weaving on the white placemat warp.














  Ahhhh.....crammed and spaced threads in the reed can cause some confusion.  Carol to the rescue!  Alyce's bamboo wrap will be lovely!!!!

 Bonnie's new warp is a lovely dyed bamboo.  Wonder what pattern she'll select?  Ms. Ila is already threading her new warp.













  Ms. Ila made sure we were well fed again....this is her banana bread with raisins and walnuts!  (It went FAST!)







   And, the birthday girls brought their own cake.  No...they are not twins, but they are sisters with April birthdays!
  Happy Birthday Barb and Shirley!
  Thank you for the lemon cake.....it didn't last too long, either!!!!

   New warps going on next week....stay tuned!

LouAnn