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| Lisa will be teaching the Ryijy workshop in June She is holding her woven Thimbleberry Flower Ryijy. |
Melissa wove the placemat in a double weave block class last year with Phyllis.
She bought an old loom and wove the rug below but she found it did not beat as hard as she needed to make a tight rug. But a very beautiful rug!
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Using the Theo Moorman book ‘Weaving as an Art Form’ Marci was able to weave this Theo Moorman sample on a 4-shaft loom.
She also wove a sample with a computer generated warp for the Art and Silico exhibit at MTU. See the Below left picture.
Cynthia brought her small coiled baskets for show and tell, which have a leather base and paper wrapped wire, and many other fibers.
She also makes stretchy knitted beaded bracelets with a 0000 US needle, using Perle cotton or silk. A very nice bracelets.
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| New member Cynthia A |
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| Knit beaded bracelets |
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| Coiled baskets by Cynthia |
Nancy wove these 8-Shaft twill towels with a 6/2 cotton warp, 8/2 cotton weft and 20/2 cotton in the weft for the hems.
Jimalee made these coasters and a gold neck shawl with Habu Silk Yarn.
She knit a Brioche stitch head band and made knit liners for her Selbu mittens to make them
warmer to wear.
In 1982 she wove the overshot wall hanging.
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| Overshot wall hanging woven 1982 |
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| Habu coasters |
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| Brioche knit headband |
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| Jimalee wearing the Habu scarf and Selbu mittens |
She used a mending loom to patch the collar of her shirt, which she started with a row of chain stitch on the fabric.
Wrapped dowels and tinkering on 16 gauge wire.
Nathen wove a point twill sample with 8/4 cotton warp with a weft of acrylic, cotton or wool.
Kathie enjoyed going to Sew Cranky in Hancock for one of their many sewing kits to make on the hand crank sewing machines. A great group event with your friends or kids.
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| Woven Linens and Moscow bag |
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| Kathie made a Sew Cranky Calico Fish |
Mary M finished knitting her Lopi sweater and she added a collar and a hat. The hat is really cute but my picture was not!
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| David shared his quilted square from a day sewing at Sew Cranky in Hancock, shown here with his Alpaca yarn |
Lois has been doing rehab and not weaving but she enjoyed taking the Finnish American Folk School Embroidery class with Heather Allen Hiekala last month.
She also did an online class ‘Soul Collage Cards’.
Below is an antique ‘Weave it Loom’ she found at a resale shop.
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| Lois’s Sole Collage cards |
She also received a second hand find from Anita. The jacket fit her
Phyllis shared a
the embroidery sampler that was done by Heather Allen Hietala. It uses many stitches Heather taught in the folk school workshop in April.
Below is her woven 8 shaft twill towels at 20 ends per inch.
She recommends the book ‘Ashley’s Book of Knots’
The Ashley Book of Knots is without parallel when it comes to knot tying. Published in 1944, this book is still the number one reference to all things knotting. There are over 7,000 drawings of 3,900 knots and their application in the 619 page knot tyers tome.
In April Mary finished weaving her double weave towels on her 4-shaft loom that she started in January. She really enjoyed weaving these towels, it was a refresher of double weave she tried long ago.
She used a skeleton tie-up to make a 4 block pattern on a 4-shaft loom. See Handwoven N/D 2023 page 42 to see the skeleton tie up she used.
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| Double-weave block towel |
In New Mexico Mary visited Steve Robinson and Leslie Toombs who were members of the Buellwood Weaver’s Guild in 2011 - 2014.
Leslie is now painting rather than tapestry weaving and shared a silk painting technique she just learned.
These are Mary’s silk paintings from Leslie’s instructions. Leslie is using some of her silk paintings as window coverings.
Steve gave up weaving rugs and is now repairing old looms.
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| Gutta Resist from Dharma with Silk dye |
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| Crayon as resist with silk paint |
Next Buellwood Guild meeting is Saturday May 18th 1 pm
Topic: Clare will share what she learned about Natural Dyes
Wonderful to get a chance to see what everyone has been making, since I was unable to be there in person!
ReplyDeleteI try, as we have such a talented group of members.
ReplyDeleteThank you Mary for your wonderful report! I am looking forward to the summer & fall months when I will be able to attend. Judy
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