I spent today weaving and after warping two looms before
Christmas I have been avoiding weaving. I can’t believe I have been so lazy
about getting down there and weaving. I think the problem was I was debating
about whether I should sample with the 8/2 cotton I warped on my loom with a
Lace pattern to see if the 16 ends per inch sett was correct. Not wanting to waste any yarn, LOL!. I wove a towel
in tabby 34 inches long with a Dukagang border on each end. Thinking it looked
too open, to make a nice towel, but not sure. I cut off the towel and a small
sample of woven pattern. Washed and dried it and it looks pretty nice. So if I
make the sett 18 ends per inch than it might be a little tighter but I will
lose 2 inches of weaving width. But if I don’t try the 18 ends per inch I will
never know which is better. What to do???
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| Little sheep all in a row. |
While the sample towel was washing, I finally started
weaving on the other loom set up with a cotton warp and a weft of an inset
pattern of little sheep in a row. I have to make some adjustments to the height
of the sheep as they are turning out very tall. But they are kind of cute. We
will see how cute they are after 2 yards of weaving. Maybe these could be used
for the Midwest Weavers Conference as our Buellwood Guild donation to the Goody
Bags. I should have about 100 or 120 little cards when I am done. But I need to
have 340. If anyone is interested in
making something or more of these for the Guild’s contribution to Prairie Winds
Goody bags due in May 2013 it would be greatly apprecaited. I hope to have samples to show you at our guild
meeting in January.
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| Holiday Luncheon and Lynn is taking the picture. Small group but a fun group |
Our Buellwood Weaver
and Fiber Guild Holiday party was held Monday December 19 at the Library
Restaurant in Houghton. We had a pretty good showing and we exchanges Artist
Trading Cards for those interested in Participating - instead of gifts this
year. It has become a tradition to have some kind of game to get us into the
holiday spirit and once again Lynn brought along a game to test our fiber
knowledge and provided prizes for us. The fiber questions were a little tough.... Did you know that Woodrow Wilson had sheep on the lawn of the White House? or that Australia is the leading producer of Wool?
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| Artist Trading Cards |
We exchanged
our Artist Trading Cards, which were lovely. Some of us got the directions wrong yours truly included! but they were very nicely done. We all still have five or so left
so if you want to join us bring your cards to the January Meeting on the 21st
and join in the Exchange.
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| Leslie's Cat Tapestry |
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| Leslie's Cat |
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| Leslie's miniature tapestry |
We also had Show and Tell which is always enjoyed at our meetings.Leslie brought her tapestry
fresh off the loom. She has a black and white cat who loves to lie on its back
and she incorporated the cat and rug into her tapestry. She also shared another
beautiful small tapestry she made this fall. Leslie is doing an online Tapestry workshop with a
lady in Florida.
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| Eve's Mug Rugs |
Eve brought along her Krokbragd woven mug rugs to show us.
They are very nice and maybe something others would be interested in weaving. If
there was more show and tell items, I am sorry I have forgotten in all the Christmas
hustle.
January 21st is our next meeting at Gloria Dei
Church at noon. Leslie will show us how to weave Tapestry Mug Rugs. If you did
not receive her supply instructions for the meeting, please contact Leslie or
one of us to forward them to you. I will bring a box of miscellaneous yarn for
all to use but if you have specific colors you want to use – please bring them
along.Yes the mug rugs are side ways in this picture but the Blog is not cooperating with me.
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| Tapestry Mug Rug |
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Prairie Winds 2013 the Midwest weavers Conference
this June will be held in Emporia Kansas. They now have a facebook page
and the classes are now online at Midwestweavers.org
Registration starts January 21st So check out the site.
Happy Weaving in 2013
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