HOT! Off the Loom

This is an informal Show & Tell. Guild members are invited to share a photo of a recent project. Send a good quality .jpg along with a caption describing your creation to Pattie Lamb at lambweaves@yahoo.com

Jean Johnson

Deflected doubleweave scarf woven in Valley 8/2 tencel (shale and black) and Jaggerspun 18/2 superfine merino (vanilla). Elisabeth Hill workshop, June 2017.

Birches, by Jackie Heller
Size mounted is 20 x 20"
Combination of wet and dry-needle felting. Machine stitched along the trees.
She says " it 3 years ago in CT and finally finished it!"

A mixed warp linen table runner, woven by Pattie Lamb. The warp a mixture of 16/1, 16/2 and 8/1 tow line in 4 colors. The structure is a point twill threading woven in an M&W treadling.

Pattie Lamb, Janice Kohl, and Jane Patterson have been weaving "More Than Pink" cotton and linen scarves for the Warpsters upcoming Race for the Cure event on May 6th. The Lam-Moore family mascots, Oswald, Jr. and Esmerelda will join us on our walk.

From Diane Byrne a tapestry collage: "This small tapestry was an experiment with different textures, using wool and ribbons as weft. The Contemporary Textiles study group looked at collages in February, and I was inspired by one of the collage artists to combine my tapestry with papers, painted gingko leaves, petrified wood, and a colorful postage stamp that I had on hand."

On the left, from Diane Byrne: "This Boro-inspired collage combines a small tapestry with torn Japanese papers, gingko leaves, and a tiny hummingbird button. I tore the edges of the paper to represent a Japanese technique known as Boro. Boro means "ragged" and refers to fabrics once used to patch garments of fishermen and peasants. (The Contemporary Textiles study group also studied Boro in February)."

Wall hanging woven by Kelli Crispin for the 2016 Weaver’s Challenge. Her challenge: bright colors, hand-dyed yarn, 2 weaves, finish with beads. Her piece: wool warp, commercially dyed wool/mohair weft and edging cords, hand-dyed cotton weft, plain weave and diamond twill, Jasper and glass beads, 17" x 24"

Scarf woven by Janice Kohl. She says “This is one of my handpainted warps from that workshop and my new scarf hot off the loom. It is 8/2 bamboo for the warp set at 36 epi. Weft is 16/2 bamboo in a light gold color called honey. Scarf is woven in a simple 2/2 twill. I can't wait for another dye workshop.”

5 mats woven by Sharon Grubb. She says” I followed the pattern for "Little Rep Gems" by Susan E. Horton in the May/June 2014 Handwoven, pp. 42-43. I substituted my own color scheme and improvised the treadling for some of the mats.”