Quiet Day in the Studio

It was a quiet day in the Studio this week. Betsy was here for a little while to wind a warp for her new towel project, Karin set to work right away making lables for the new 8/2 yarn that came in this week, and JP took the placemats off of his loom. Rhonda will be taking over the from JP to do the next round of Placemats.

Show and Tell is back on the menu today! Roxy finished the warp that was on her Dorothy loom when she bought it! (more on that in a minute!) She also got the conversion kit from The Barn Studio and actually made the conversion! (I think I will bring my loom and conversion kit to the Center soon and we can install the conversion kit all together.) Barbara brought in a shawl that she had made from "popcorn" yarn that she had dyed plus some give aways from the Center, she also added a bit of sparkle, perfect for this time of year!

Rhonda sent some of the fiber from her Alpaca to be made into weft for rugs, she also played the model for one of Patty's new creations. Mark wove some placemats using thick and thin yarns for weft.

Puzzle to solve: The threading for the fabric that was on Roxy's loom didn't get recorded. Since Carol wasn't with us today to consult and I am not the best at drafting from fabric, I plan to pull out my ipad and Iweave-it program after Christmas and see if I can work it out. It is a variation of a huck pattern that I found in the green book. I have the treadling so that is a start.

We will not be in the Studio next week, so I wish you a Merry Christmas a little early! Until New Years Eve, this is Tina, for all!

And We are Back to Normal!

It was a full house once again at the Weaving Dept of the Appalachian Arts Craft Center. There was so much going on that I had better get right to it! There are 2 commision projects that are being worked on. I am working on a set of 3 table runners and Laura is working on a project that consists of 6 placemats and a table runner!

Marilyn is sleying the reed on her project, it is almost the full width of her loom! Joycelyn is choosing the weft for her project, one of the pretty multi thread wrap/twisty/block shawl thingies we have been working one recently.

Susan is making progress on "Ellen's Pattern" and JP is also working on "Ellen's Pattern" placemats. It is almost time for JP to cut off the placemats that he has woven and re-tension his warp. That is one of the quirks of this spaced and crammed warp, the tension can get uneven and need to be tightened.

Rhonda finished the last of the Christmas fabric for bowl cozies, and Jenny is busy threading her project.

Just before lunch we had a special visitor who had to come by so that we could take our annual Christmas Photo!

There was no Show and Tell today, so that is all I have today! Until next week this is Tina, for all!

Skeleton Crew

Several weavers took advantage of a field trip today, so there was only the skeleton crew at the Center today.

Alice is busy threading her loom today.

Kris is weaving steadily, Carol is keeping a look out for anyone needing help.

Karin is taking advantage of the quietness of the room by working on the library, and Marilyn has a commitee helping her add some heddles to her loom, and Rhonda is weaving fabric for more Christmas bowl cozies.

We didn't have any show and tell today but I do have 2 special orders that need to get done. One special order is a scaled down version of our Ellen's pattern for placemats and a runner. The other one is a set of runners for Christmas, this year! I have the first loom threaded and tied on, Laura will be weaving that one. The second project has been wound onto the back beam and threaded through the heddles. Wish me luck as I will be weaving that project and I won't be able to come in extra this week, maybe next week I can come in an extra day.

That is all for today, until next week, this is Tina, for all

New Students and Old Projects

I got some pictures of weavers and their work to show you today. Roxy, our newest weaving student is weaving on her own Dorothy loom, and it is the cloth and pattern that the was already on the loom. Whe she brought it in we were puzzling over how to get the fabric with the threading that was on the loom. Roxy remembered that there was a piece of paper on the loom that she had left at home! We were thrilled when her husband sent her a picture of the treadling! Kathy another student has cut off her latest project on her loom.

Rhonda, another one of our newish students has been loom hopping today. She finshed a warp on one loom that was Christmas fabric for Bowl Cozies. She then went straight to a second loom that was already in progress for the very same project.

Phyliss is continuing work on her accidently new adaptation of "Ellen's Pattern". Linda took of the last 4 towels on her loom.

Time for Show and Tell! Jenny was the only one with something to show us and tell us about. She finished this project last week I believe and she brought in all of the shawls to show us. These shawls are all from the same warp, amazing isn't it what a difference the weft makes!

That is it for today! Until next week, this is Tina, for all