Melissa wins 'most productive' this meeting. She has been spending her summer finishing all of her winter projects. We are wondering if she is going to open an online store?
These are just a sample of the needle punch gifts she has finished.
Denise brought her spinning wheel to our outdoor meeting as did a few others. She took Mary Sue Fenner's one of a kind jacket class we had in July over the internet. She finished her jacket and brought it along for us to see. It has a very Asian look, since it has been a long time since Denise made a sewn garment she learned a lot from this workshop. The pattern is a Marcy Tilton pattern 9035.
Karen was able to make this meeting and she too had a lot to show . First her mobile for her new grand daughter. It has stitched wool animals and many of Karen's birch stars. Her indigo dyed sample was very decorative with a lot of detail. The cordage below is red Rhubarb skins that made a nice strong cordage. I believe Poppy made this cordage. Since she was indigo dyeing she added some found garments to see the results. then later added the indigo sample to one of them.
Eco dyeing many scarves has been keeping her busy and these are just a few that she will be selling on line this summer.
Jimalee's Norwegian mittens hand knit by her for family.
These are patterns from the Norwegian community of Selbu, copies from museum pieces. She has relied on the book
Selbu Mittens by Anne Bardsgard, a wonderful book that was a big gift to herself during this pandemic.
The male cuffs have an elaborate cuff, with much design. The female mittens often have stripes and/or a chevron pattern. Colored mittens are commonly used for children; black and white, grey and white, neutrals are for adults. The yarn is finger weight Finullgarn by Rauma, 100% wool, a very lightweight two-ply. So, lighter weight than dk. These yarns are imported from Norway.
Melissa M's stash of finished items included needle punch holiday items that she will use as gifts 3 lovely handwoven pillows and pile of dishtowels and some lovely woven runners . I did mention the Handwoven patterns in the previous blog but they are from the M/A 2020 magazine. Which is in our guild library that John keeps for us. Just ask him to bring it to a guild meeting in September if you would like to make one of these items.
Lastly she made a copper bracelet with the remaining warp from a MLH workshop with
Anastasia Azure she found small magnets to use for the closures. Very cleaver and a lovely piece of jewelry.
Phyliss attended an Eco dye playday with Dawn and created some very nice eco dyed samples.
Last she showed a sample of a warp that was left at class that she finished off . It is the red and blue sample below, I believe it is a double weave piece. unfortunately we were not touching all these lovely pieces because of the COVID 19.
Anita showed off her indigo dyed cloth from our June meeting in the park. She also found a purse at resale shop made of silk ties that she bought as a pattern. She found this skein of mystery yarn that the label is in Japanese. It is a lovely soft yarn so if you can read the label she would love to know what fiber it is.
Jim joined our group today with some Suffex wool he cleaned to spin. His wife is a weaver and is interested in joining our guild. We look forward to meeting her.
David another possible new member, moved here form New Mexico to escape the heat. He has Alpaca south of Chassel off o f 41 on Koko Road. He had a quilted piece to show.
Melissa L had some pictures to share of Flax she grew this year.
Laura had many items to share starting with the mohair yarn she spun for a hooker who now does not want it, so it is for sale. She is located south of Eagle River WI and travels a long way for our meetings. We love seeing all her projects. She would like to find a used rigid heddle loom that she can weave over 20 inches. She found that the Rigid Heddle loom is good with fat homespun yarns in the warp. Here are yards of blue fabric on her rigid heddle loom.
She used her Eco dyed sheets from our retreat last year to make a number of books this winter. Below are many samples of the pages she put together.
Mary has been busy testing the Arne and Carlos Wool Slipper pattern and has found that this pattern works very well with Brown Sheep wool. Hand spun wool not so good for slippers as it did not felt as nicely. She has also been knitting socks for gifts. As well as weaving 4 more Finnish hand towels.
Dawn has been a busy gardener but still found time to have an Eco Dye playday at her house.
Lynn brought in her indigo dyed sample form our last 2020 winter meeting.
Clare sent a picture (below) of her sample garment she made with Mary Sue Fenner's workshop. But she is hesitant to cut into her lovely handwoven fabric. I understand as I have been there, many garments ago. She is going to make this Coco Chanel garment with her fabric. This is just the practice version with a yard sale tablecloth before she cuts into her handwoven yardage.
For those who were in the class, She opted for Hong Kong seams as Mary Sue suggested. She still need to work on that technique but really likes the result! She also used contrasting batik binding as she suggested because she had a lot of it in her stash. Between this and mask-making she is happy to never have to cut or sew binding again.
We all wore masks until we spoke and social distanced . It was a successful outdoor meeting despite the threat of rain. We are hoping that we can resume our indoor gatherings sometime soon.
Melissa wins 'most productive' this meeting. She has been spending her summer finishing all of her winter projects. We are wondering if she is going to open an online store? 
