Did You Say More Shibori?

Yes, I said more Shibori! Here is a piece that I put a little crochet on the ends. The feel of the fabric makes me think of those doilies that my grandma and mom had. The thread (tencel) I used for the crochet is also hand dyed. This would also make a nice piece to put on your piano (if you had one), or for a bridal shower. You just need to find a bride with "green" as one of the colors! My two children had purple and green, but that was years ago!

Woven Shibori experiment

I have finished one of the woven Shibori pieces. It didn't come out as I had hoped, but is still kinda nice. The drape of this 12/2 rayon (warp and weft) is very nice and will make some great scarves. But right now, I am trying to work on the dyeing process. The weaving of the shibori I get...... the dying.....not so much.

I have pulled out all the resist threads and will now need to wash it.

Washed and dried. I love the colors! I was hoping for more of the yellow to show, but since this is magic at work, I will take what I get. 

Outside in the early morning light on my gray deck. The base fabric for this experiment is plain weave. 

Check out the tiny holes. A sign it was a Shibori technique. 

Must be an M's and O's party!

The rest of the show and tell from our August 2015 guild meeting in Cabool. So interesting to see how the weave structure of M's and O's was interpreted by these awesome weavers. And check out the cottolin Shirley and Larry used.  And who wouldn't want to plant their toes on Gayle's rugs?

Jane has been weaving towels. These are M's and O's. 

Great colors!

Becky continues to play around with painted warps. Here is her M's and O's using tencel for a great scarf. 

Becky found these kits on the "Weaversloft.com" websight. Looks interesting.

Larry shared his cotton and cottolin Tree towels. Same draft, just different fibers. 

Vicki has more of her M's and O's tencel scarves. We think they are breading like rabbits at her house. 

More of Vicki's scarves. These are shadow weave and M's and O's.

Shirley is working on hemming on of the towels she did. She has used cottolin and a snowflake twill. She had a bunch more towels but I missed getting a photo of them. 

Here we have our 'snow bird' Gayle with some rugs she has finished. This first one is made from loopers.

This rug Gayle used selvedges.

Using poly-cotton, Gayle wove this green rug. 

More August in Cabool Weaing

Now I will share some of the show and tell items. What great projects. So sit back and soak it in!

Katie has been weaving mug rugs. She wove them four across then cut them apart. 

Katie wove some place mats in the Wall of Troy overshot pattern. and paired them with some twill napkins.

Katie's brown/blue slub placemats.

Here Katie has woven red place mats with some great napkins for her son. It might be a secret, so don't tell him!

Here we have Barbara with her Nuno felting scarf. Yikes, that is a lot of pretty!

Barbara has also been crocheting. Here is a purse she just finished. She thinks that doing free form crochet is very exciting. I agree and hope to see more of this kind of thing from her in the future.  

Stay tuned tomorrow for more of the show and tell from the August 2015 Cabool weaving guild.............

August 2015 in Cabool

What a great day we had for a weaving meeting. What great projects and tips and tricks we saw and learned. So here goes.... Katie had the program on how to wind a two color warp. Excellent demo, excellent questions, great job!!!!!!

Katie is demonstrating how she winds a two color warp. She is tall, so having her warpping board on the table works for her. Besides, she said she learned this way because she didn't have a place to hang it when learning!

We learned how she attaches her threads when switching colors. No cutting, no tying on..... just hitch slip and go!! 

In this photo you can see how fast Katie is. 

Shibori and Color

Now my Shibori warp is off the loom and is ready for some magic! I am going to try putting some dye on the fabric before I pull my resist threads in hope that some of these colors will stay put!

Hopefully we will see a hint of theses colors at the awakening.

Now I have gathered up the resist threads and put my dye on one side.

Flipped it over and applied dye to this side. 

Shibori and the Loom

Really having fun playing around with this Woven Shibori warp. I am just doodling and hope the dye will look as good as I am envisioning. This started out as a 4 shaft overshot, turned into a 6 shaft summer and winter, turned into a woven Shibori experiment!!

Sometimes I will design at the loom and then go to the computer and record. This should also turn out to be pretty cool if I do the dye colors the way my 'inside brain' sees it!