Feast and Fashion

We had our last Wednesday weaving class for this session of weaving classes. It is our custom to bring food and feast while weaving and chatting very animatedly. Most of the contributions were very healthy choices, and those that were not were an indulgence. I once heard Paul Anka say in an interview: Everything in moderation; even moderation. A good motto for a life well lived.

I have had many people contribute great pictures to post on our weaving class blog and I want to thank everyone for their contribution. We've had so many that I will not be able to post everything today and will keep some for later posts as the summer progresses. There's lots to inspire and keep us all motivated and productive.



Somehow we haven't shown work from Jane very often. The quiet ones sometimes get overlooked so I wanted to make a point of making sure we featured Jane's latest creation. It's a bamboo baby blanket, fringed on all sides, with a turned Spot Bronson, a variation of a huck type design. Jane found the pattern in a handwoven magazine.












Detail of bamboo baby blanket in turned spot bronson by Jane Tucker










We haven't seen much of Susan Abrams work either. That's because she's been working diligently on two bound weave rugs, in a summer and winter type effect. That is to say, the rug is done in two colours (this one being blue and olive), so where the rug is blue on one side, it is olive on the other and vice versa. The rugs are approximately 28" x 42".

Susan is a volunteer at the Textile Museum of Canada. She wanted me to let you know that the Museum is hosting its annual yard sale where plenty of weaving related bargains are to be had. You should get there as early as possible. It's a frantic mob trying to grab everything in in site. I've attached the link to this blog so that you can find out more about it. http://strandnews.wordpress.com/more-than-just-a-yardage-sale/

Ellen Alias has natural and well honed desinger abilities being trained as an interior designer. She is posed her with me (Line) in front of her loom before cutting off her project. She carefully designed and adapted this summer and winter pattern from Marguerite Davison's Handweaving Pattern Book to create a number of bags. The warp was a 4/8 cotton and in the weft, she wound about 5 thin yarns from cones in her stash that she wanted to use up. If you want to learn more about Summer and Winter patterning let me know and I can help you learn more about it.




Ellen with the bag fabric cut from the loom. So, see you next week. We'll be visiting Judith Fielder's studio and going to the Textile Museum of Canada to view the Ikat exhibit.