Dye Day Update

I have some pictures from Thursday and Friday last week. Carol told me that there were 6 warps and 7 skeins of yarn for weft dyed for the Tuesday Weavers. There were several that brought their own projects to dye, and there were many there to help out and learn the process. The names I got were: Mark, Jenny, Barbara, and several of the new weavers came out to play with color as well. Dana and Patty helped do a Tie dye class for kids one of the days.

Today, Lou Ann was busy rinsing and spin drying the skeins and warps, we really love the spin dryer! Next week I hope to have some pictures of the dry skeins.

Pat cut her warp off of the barn loom today, I think I count 4 rugs! (Didn't she just put that warp on the loom!)

Jenny cut her rug warp off as well! Liz is working on er textured towels and John Paul and Mark are up to something in their corner of the Studio!

For show and tell I have a picture of John Paul holding a stick shuttle that he made and Mark has another baby blanket to add to his stash.

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

Thick Weft

There are several projects in the Studio that call for thick wefts. Thick of course is a relative term, I suppose I mean weft that is far thicker than the warp. John Paul is weaving rugs with strips of floral fabric. Jenny is weaving rugs with strips of T-shirt material.

Pat is using Blue Jean fabric strips for her rugs, and Liz used fabric strips for the placemates she finished and cut off today.

There are several new warps on the looms, Carolyn has a new warp on the loom, as does Shirley and Joycelyn. There are probably a few more, but I didn't get pictures of them.

While all of that is going on Karin is loading the shelves of 8/4 with the new cones that came in this week.

After lunch it is time for Show and Tell! Charlotte brought in some of her masterpieces today, I added a close up of the table runner she wove with lots of different thick wefts.

Betsy finished several more baby blankets, I think she said she had 9 so far, and I brought in a skein of handspun Yak/Silk, I had bought the fiber in 2018 and just now got the nerve up to try it!

Susan and Carolyn brought in the first projects that they had ever woven, you can see how thrilled they were!

Peggy brought in some scarves she made with the last bit of yarn she had from "Sharons stash", and Mark showed us some towels that he wove, one with a 10 dent reed on the left and one with the 12 dent reed on the right. You can see the pattern much more clearly with the closer sett.

That is all I have for you today, see you next week! As always, Tina, for all!

Prep for Dye Day

Today it was almost lunch time before I picked up my phone to take pictures for the blog! As usual there is a lot going on in the studio. There is a lot of warp winding and skein winding for Dye Day that is coming up next week on Thursday and Friday, But first let's take a looks at some of the other things that are happening today. Pat has started weaving blue jean rugs on the Barn Frame loom, that is using the wool rug warp in different greens.

Jenny is working quickly through the t-shirt rug weft.

Hold the presses, I forgot to put in a picture of our new student Kris cutting her warp off of the loom.

Now for the main activity of the day. There were at least 2 warping boards in action as well as the skein winder. If I am not mistaken, I saw Judith, Dana, and Ruth all either winding warps or making skeins to be dyed. There may have been other helpers, but I did not see them.

Now for Show and Tell! Ruth brought in the hand towels that she took off of the loom last week.

Joanna brought in 2 wool shawls that she had woven on a large triangle loom.

Dana brought in a skein of yarn she had finished, it is 2ply fingering in Merino wool. It is spun using the fractal method. Where you split the braid in half spinning the first half as is for the first single and you split the second half into several pieces for the second single. Then you ply it together and the magic happens!

Last but not least Mark brought in 2 scarves that he had finished for a friend and his wife.

Next week we will be winding 1 more warp I think and several skeins of yarn for the wefts, be sure and join us in two weeks for the results of Dye Day! Until next Tuesday, Tina for All!