Show and Tell December 2024

Lynn C. –  Woven Flower

Woven with cotton warp and DMC pearl cotton weft, 10 epi, 20×20″.                                            The flower is done with soumak stitch.

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Ange M. – Bronson Lace Top

Ange’s top was made to wear on a textile tour last summer after she was being chided for not having any handwoven items on her last textile tour.                                                                 20/2 cotton Bronson lace of her own design.

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Carol C. – Handspun Cormo Christening Blanket

This handspun and knitted Cormo Christening Blanket was made for Carol’s granddaughter Adelina.                                                                                                                                    The blanket won Best of Show at the 2024 Monterey Wool Show AND 4 awards at the Santa Cruz County Fair. 

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Kathleen D. – Deflected Double-Weave table runner

Deflected double-weave table runner woven by Kathleen D. of Duet 5/2 cotton/linen blend, 18 epi, from a pattern by Elisabeth Hill. 

Johanna G – Various Tunics with handwoven fabrics

  Gail B donated the material for this black and white tunic, per Simplicity pattern1461

   

   

Lynn C – Woven fabric with Soumak stitch

From Lynn Curry: 8 x 14″. Woven with cotton
warp thread and pearl cotton weft. The lines
are done with soumak stitch. “I was trying out
some ideas I may use for a larger design and I
improved my technique and learned some
things from weaving this. “

Gail B – My Cottolin Project

I finally completed the Cottolin project that began as an attempt at a set of dishtowels. It instead morphed into a shawl, which I hurriedly finished with twists to wear to a June family wedding.

Over the summer, I also tied a new color scheme onto the center of the remaining warp to make a scarf. This week, after finishing its twists, I forced myself to better align the knots on the shawl as well, at last trimming the ends cleanly. It was fiddly work – after 224 twists in all, I’m ready to move on to a new project. 

The shawl wet-finished softer than the  scarf, even though they’re both Cottolin of identical sett. I think I gave the shawl a hot-water wash, while the scarf got a cold one, so I may eventually rewash the scarf. 

Stripes are woven in a 3/1 twill between areas of basket weave. 

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Donna D. – Dancing Blocks

These were intended to be a set of dinner table napkins.  The warp was a neutral linen that I bought in Latvia.  The weft is 5/2 cotton in various colors. 

The pattern was from handweaving.net ( # 16103 ) with the addition of the plain weave border.  I called it “dancing blocks”!

Gudrun P. – Handspun scarf

John H. – Rock Weaving

I took a Zoom class two weeks ago on off-loom weaving using rocks, aka Rock Weaving. The class was taught by Lark and Bower (Sarah Ward Podlesney), @larkandbower on
Instagram.

I made one log cabin weave on an actual rock and two twill weaves on some old, dead cell phones that I had lying around.

Ulla de L. – Woven Fabric for a skirt

My US looms are still packed away but I have one in Sweden on which I set up a color/weave pattern last summer. The house was full of kids so the carport would have to do.

The pattern is on 7 shafts and quite subtle.

I have made it on 15 shafts in the past and then the pattern is much more clear.

The blue cottolin shrank more than I expected and I had to add a panel to be
able to wear the skirt. That extra panel made for a handy pocket.

Stefanie S – Huck Lace scarf experiment

Since our Weave Structures Study Group was exploring Huck and Bronson lace weaves, I combined a number of my colored Rayon yarns to see if I could get an effect of iridescence. While this did not truly pan out, I was able to weave in an opening to drape the scarf around my neck, which worked out ok. 

It is a fun piece to wear and light enough for the summer. 

Ange M – Bench Rug

I made this little bench rug in March in a Nancy Kennedy class at Pacific Textile Arts in Fort Bragg.

It has enclosed plain weave hems and card woven selvedges, and the body of it is woven in Summer and Winter.

Great class, fabulous techniques!

Show and Tell April 2024

Sarah A – Huck Lace Scarf

Huck lace scarves from Handwoven March/April 2008. I wove the first in grey and teal to give a little depth to the color (the published pattern is all one color). I added black
into the weft for the second one after consulting Knisely’s Huck Lace book, which has lots of color examples to play with. Thank you to all the weaving wizards who helped me
struggle with fraying tencel warp threads! – Sarah A.

Stichfiberart – Handmade Bag with Sashiko & Boro

A very interesting take on a modern Japanese Rice Bag by Black Sheep member @stichfiberart, done with Sashiko and Boro. “More hand stitching than I had planned after I broke the needle on the sewing machine, but a good leaning experience. ”

Stefanie S – Flower Scarf

This is a modified version of a 24-shaft pattern from an old German Weaving book from 1771 ( Handweaving . net # 56988)

I was able to reduce the number of shafts with Tim’s Threadle Reducer to work for my 16-shaft loom. The warp is Merino wool and the weft is wool, the sett is 18 KF per inch. 

Johanna G – Latest work with handwoven cloth