Wednesday 24th February 2016

A really good session though we were sad to be missing a few members.

Joan is coming back from Jamaica on Saturday so we will try to have a gathering asap.

Elizabeth carried on knitting her sock and was very pleased that it fitted snugly

Marie had finished her scarf during the half term break and had washed and pressed it. Tikka will be impressed

She has fallen in love with the yarn and wants to make something else with it

Flome modelled the scarf for us, really chic!

Jenny made a fair bit of progress but had to spend some time sorting out the shafts which weren’t lifting properly

 

Mair has nearly finished her rug. The rug is getting greener though the camera has not picked this up

Flome is getting on fine too, more interesting petterns emerging

 

Wednesday 10th February 2016

Last session before half-term and some good work was done by all

Mair wove a few more inches

and so did Flome

Jenny got her piece going and wove another few inches

and Marie-T got going on her scarf too. She hopes to take it home and finish it over half-term

Elizabeth got on with her sock knitting, it is just getting to the interesting bit where she turns the heel

she is also hoping to make another of these fingerless gloves

detail of Jenny’s weaving – spot the mistakes…….

wednesday 3rd February 2016

We had a brilliant session, seven of us altogether! Tikka came back for the first time this term, she has not been too well and was still very tired but she is gearing up to do new stuff. Hope that will revive her. She brought some lovely little bags and pouches that she had made with Mair’s weaving but we didn’t get a any photos (can we have some photos please?) She also brought along a friend, Myuki (?), who is thinking about joining us. Myuki is off to Japan for a week so let’s hope she remembers us when she gets back.

Elizabeth did a little reworking of her coat and is now happy with it. We all thought it was absolutely stunning. It is entirely woven on the small two shaft loom in strips and is 3/4 her own spinning as the warp is totally handspun and the weft is Noro yarn plied with her handspun

She had had problems with the back but has now inserted one narrow band instead of the two wider bands that were bunched up

Tikka realised she was not happy with this warp so took it off the loom. We are sure that she will make some lovely things with it

this is a detail of Tikka’s warp. She will make a fresh start next week

Marie-T is nearly ready to weave. She had a few learning curves getting to this point but did it all herself (with help from Elizabeth)

Flome weaves on and is getting a nice pattern effect with her variegated yarn. Might be worth one of us trying this “almost ikat” warping technique some time as it makes use of variegated yarn:

Mair weaves on, surely nearly there……

Jenny managed to start weaving but the loom is a bit ricketty still

she is hoping to make a softly draping shawl, very unusual fine work for her