Jason Collingwood Workshop

The Springfield Fiber Artists and Drury College had the internationally famous Jason Collingwood come to Springfield Missouri for a three day rug workshop. Jason and his father Peter, are well know in the weaving world for their awesome rugs and shaft switching. I didn't get a photo of all the samples, but here is most of them. I understand the class was great, he was funny, and was able to talk to you at 'your level of weaving'. Signs of a great teacher! I was sorry to miss it!!

Weaving Program in July

If you belong to a weaving guild, I am sure at one time or the other you have been asked to give a program. The same hold for us here at the Weaving Diva's Guild. Sometimes you might give a program about a weave or some technique you are well familiar with. To some of us, it's a time to learn, explore, and test the waters of a "new to me" weave or technique. Susan had some exposure to Boundweave, but it was years ago, so she hunted up her book "BOUNDWEAVE, by Clotilde Barrett (1982) and explored. She gave great tips and got several of us excited to explore Boundweave ourselves.

Explaining some of the different treadlings.

Rug: Saddle Blanket Weave

Susan and her sample, which is now a very awesome table runner! ("I ran out of time to finish the edges." )

A Garment is Made

Having a little fun here! I always tell people "I can make the cloth. I can not sew the cloth!" But did manage to make a jacket for my felt granny.

Wool Rug Revisited

I am still around. Mostly weaving brain games!

I would like to share a discovery with you. Maybe some of you remember, I was working on weaving a wool rug. I wove the rug, then went to my 'stash' and took out some different colors of "wool" yarns to play with the draft and color placements. So really, this was to be my sample. To see what the draft could do. Well DH liked it and thought it would fit in front of his chair.

But here is the lesson learned: Don't use wool knitting yarns to weave a wool rug. That is why they make wool yarns for rug weaving. Check out the purple 'pills'! I will still have my sample and DH will still have his own personal rug, and he doesn't care if it pills or not. Gotta Love Him!!

Prayer Shawl

One of our weavers has been battling a serious illness.  To help in her recovery these members got together and wove her a prayer shawl. It's like a big hug and a get well prayer from us to her!

Shirley D., Ann, Becky, Jane, Larry, Bo, Sam, Shirley C., Barbara, Vicki, Peggy, and Dawn.

Again With The Thinking?

Yep, still unable to get to the looms. My Macomber with the baby blanket on it has turned her back on me, the table loom won't even look me in the eye, and the Baby Wolf has been heard whining late at night.

Here is a picture of my tulip tree. This small limb was hanging to close to the lawn mower man's head (hubby) so it was 'nipped in the bud'... Mother Nature sure can come up with some great color pallets, can't she?

Complex Weavers Study Group

I have been a busy beaver. Well, not weaving but reading and doing paperwork. I needed to get my samples and write-up together and mailed off for one of my Complex Weavers study groups. So I put my nose to the grindstone, ah... maybe the computer.... and mailed off my samples today to 'Samples the Old Fashioned Way Study Group'. I like this study group because we work on just about anything we want then share our explorations. The past two years I have been consumed with single two-tie (summer and winter). And I really love to go outside the box.... so my submission is Double Huck with Three Tabbies on a summer and winter threading.

This is just a four shaft draft.

If you are a member of Complex Weavers, you can borrow our study group notebooks to see my stuff and other very exciting stuff. As a matter of fact, their web sight is a place you could spend several days checking out!