New Finished Warps!

We had a couple of warps come off of the looms today. First Betsy has finished the warp that she has been working on, this is fabric for bowl cozies.

Pearl had finished her warp too! Each piece was woven with 2 shuttles and every one of them was a little different.

Laura has finished the Lawn chair towels! Can you see the smile on her face!!! She counted 13 towels that are ready to be hemmed washed and put up in the Shop!

Now that the warp has been cut we all know what happens next!

To tell you the truth the warp on Laura's loom wasn't quite finished but Laura was finished weaving this particular pattern. Here at the Center we put on really long warps on our looms that have sectional warping beams, and I think that this one had 40 yards on it. There have been several weavers on this project and I can't tell you how many of the Lawn Chair towels there have been,(I bet Marie could figure that out for us!) but it has been a lot!!! So with more warp still on the loom we put the lease sticks back in the warp before we cut off so that Laura can rethread the warp with a different pattern!

Jenny is weaving a pattern that requires 2 shuttles.

Before lunch we had a visitor that Karin and I met at the Museum of Appalachia at a recent event. This Mom and son promised that they would come find us and today they did! They toured the studio and before you know it the son was sitting at a loom and Nikki was teaching him how to work the treadles and shuttle. After lunch it was time for show and tell! I brought in my latest Bobbin Lace project. This one is called "Rosebud", it can be found in "A Visual Introduction to Bucks Point Lace" by Geraldine Stott.

Pearl finished the second sock to match last weeks sock, and brought the pair in for us to admire!

Susan brought in her two skeins from Dye Day!

Rhonda has One rag rug and one rug that is woven with several strands of Chenille. So soft!

Alice has more bands off of her Inkle loom some are skinny for lanyards and some are wider for key fobs.

Linda has hemmed the Table Toppers she finished last week, and she has plans for some placemats in a similar pattern.

Dana finished this blackwork embroidery piece for her son last year and her husband built the frame with the same wood that was used to build her weaving studio! Now her son wants his room updated to match!

Mark brought in some yarn that his sister had bought 20 years ago thinking that she would knit a scarf. Mark asked her if she would like for him to weave one for her. Her answer was a decisive Yes! If the scarf had been finished before the end of our "Unfinished Business" Challenge it would have qualified as the oldest entry in the Challenge!

That is all that I have for you today. I am sure we will have more fun for you next week, until then this is Tina, for all! Here is a rare morning double rainbow from outside my back porch.