Weavers and Warps, Choosing New Projects and Mission Impossible!

You saw last week that Kris and Susan #3 had finished their warps, so that means that this week they get to choose something new to weave. They have both chosen to make Napkins, (they both loved Betsy's napkins) something we don't do very much in the Studio, but I am excited to see their new projects take shape.

In the back corner, Liz #2 was really close to finishing her warp today and by they time I got home Patty had sent me the photo of Liz and her finished warp! In the other back corner Betsy's bowl cozy warp is ready to rock and roll!

I thought I would sneak in a couple of warps that didn't have their weavers today. Rhonda's towels and Laura's towels.

Here is our Mission Impossible for this week! An accident happened when Susan's towels were being cut apart and it seemed like there would be little that we could to save the situation. We discussed the possibility of using fabric to stablize it enough to make a hem, but in the end we thought that might not work. I got in into my head that I would attempt to reweave that corner, and over the lunch break I managed to weave in new warp threads to replace the ones that were cut. My student had come just before lunch, so I decided to take the placemat home and work on it in the quiet of my own space.

Mark and Judith were in their regular spaces. Mark is using 5 strands of 8/4 cotton on his placemats this time and Judith is working on a new rug. I get tickled when I see the far corner of shed #1 showing up when she changes to shed #2. I pointed it out and it seemed to tickle Judith as well, can you see it right on the fell line?

Guess what? It is time for show and tell! Shannon did a shawl that she found on the woolery website! It is truly beautiful! Samantha had some lovely towels that she has recently woven at home, she used her own pattern.

I brought in my first entry in the "unfinshed business" challenge and Mark brought in the placemats he had finished last week!

There were a few after hours entries today. Alice showed me her inkle woven key fobs and Samantha showed me some of her first bobbin lace projects. Carol would be proud if she could have seen them.

Now back to my mission impossible! Once I got home I taped down the warp threads and some of the surrounding areas to stablize it all. I wove in the bits and pieces left from the old weft and then I began to needle weave until I got to the end. I brought down my serger and serged it all, then I staggered some of the edges of the reweaving and trimmed the ends off. After it is hemmed and washed it may be difficult to see where the repair was made. I am glad I gave it a try!

That is all for this week and until next week, this is Tina for all!