Holiday Show and Tell including some holiday treats

Jimalee shared her Hmong advent quilt. She also knit an Arne and Carlos 2023 Christmas stocking for grandchild Isla. 

Jade, a Laurium art teacher, showed her high school students fiber work 

9 weaving techniques, needle felting, Singlade (Swedish) balls ( I think she said blanket stitch over fiber ball)

Sue Ellen’s clever use for recycled socks

 Plastic water bottle bag from Nate’s friend

Nate used his Drafting program to weave as tromp as whit pattern

Discontinuous brocade section

Nates workshop weaving discontinuous Brocade with Laura Fisher Nickleson. 

His Twill woven sample

Nates origami bag six sided

Jen hand-spun hand knit stockings for her children the first one is on the right 

 Melissa’s discontinuous brocade weaving 

Melissa knit and felted hat

Melissa quilt made ages ago.

Her Era person is Margarita her vocation is weaver.  Her tablet card weaving below see the same pattern in two different yarn weights.

Sean 34-36 cards tablet woven curtain tie band for Polly. He also made more shoe laces for his best client Polly. The shoe lace is made with 6 cards turned in one direction. The Aglet or the end of the shoe lace was stiffened with 

wood glue which is waterproof.

Phyllis is wearing a Red wool garment from MarySue Fenner’s sale of samples

from her Trunk Show. 



Phyllis took the Discontinuous Brocade class also and this is her finished weaving.

Sample for Phyllis’s double weave workshop this fall.

Clare with woven piece from fall class

Sample of Laura Fisher Nickleson design 

Below are pictures of John and Clare’s weavings from their first classes at Finlandia with Phyllis.

Johns discontinuous double weave sample

Cynthia has been knitting with Alpaca yarn. She found that double knitting gives her hats more strength and warmth. The wrap is double knitted in a Kaffe Fasset theme.

David found some treasures he is willing to part with pure silk.

Mary  knit this toy, a turtle that turns into a frog,

for a friends new baby, Skye



She also knit Arne and Carlos Jingle Bell Christmas Stocking KNL 2024

Our holiday treat table