May Weaving

  We're back at it on this lovely May morning.  Ms. Ila is almost finished threading her warp....she always saves a few of the dyed threads to use for repair threads....just in case!!!!  Those are usually thrown off the back of the loom.
  Margi is working on her black placemats...each mat will have a different colored weft.  These will pair nicely with Fiesta dishes!

 
 
After working a shift upstairs, Ray was back to work on the loom.  He is co-teaching a class on Saturday, so he double checked the supplies for the students.  It's always something!
  Mary finished another placemat and she's weaving the hem area now.  Keep those white placemats coming, Mary!!!!
















Time to wind on that warp!  Marie and Pearl jumped in to help Jocelyn get the towel warp on the loom.

  Wouldn't you know it....a thread got crossed!  Note Peggy UNDER the loom rescuing an errant thread!!!!  Shirley has the right touch getting the threads just where they need to be.




 









  Laura is one happy weaver!  Her warp is on and she finally got to throw the shuttle.  She also found out about UNweaving today!   Oh well....another tool in her tool belt!

  Bonnie and Marilyn held down the back row all morning just weaving away on their warps.









  Tina set up her harp band loom out of the main stream of traffic.  She was able to get a little weaving done this morning.


 






  But, it wasn't long until she was pressed into teacher mode for Linda.  Not only did Linda learn how to chart her new pattern, but she learned how to warp her Inkle loom. 

  Patty finished her first warp on her Inkle loom, and she cut it off this afternoon.  That's another band for our key chains!
 Pat and I started working on making the key chains this morning since we already have a small tub full of finished bands.  I sewed and Pat fringed the bottom edge and added the Tuesday Weaver card.  We had a system!!!











  Carl emptied one shuttle and started on another.  That's a nice roll of rugs on the cloth beam!












  These are Ms. Ila's "snake skin" shawls that are all finished and ready to go upstairs.  That is such a neat pattern!!!

Some more bands for your approval!

Betsy is weaving the blue, green and yellow band while Frieda is weaving the blue, pink and green band. 

Someone might think we're having too much fun!!!

I'm sure there will be more to show you next week.

Happy Weaving!
LouAnn