Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Wide Variety of Fabrics from the loom

Anni B. is interested in weaving for clothing.  Recently she put on a long warp and wove it off in a variety of  different fabrics, all in the same colorways, so that she could combine them in garments.  The yardage in the photo to the left might be a top or skirt.  Anni hasn't decided yet.


The photo below shows off the different sides of another piece of yardage.  This could be a lovely way to have a jacket with one side of the fabric showing and make the lapels with the reverse side showing.  Hopefully, Anni will have something sewn soon so we can feature her garments in another post.

 


A brand new member, Zoi, joined us for her first Sage Weavers meeting and brought som stunning pieces for our show and tell.  The photo below is a baby blanket woven from instructions in a book by Tom Knisely.  Zoi hand dyed the yarns for this piece and you can see how the colors change across the piece.  She gave one similar blanket to her grandson - what a lovely give for him to keep and treasure.



Zoi also brought this overshot scarf that she wove.  I believe that the white patterning is done with wool and it fulled gently when she wet finished it.  A lovely piece which will be a joy to wear on a winter morning.

3 comments:

  1. I won a loom in an auction, and bought some books to learn to use it. I produced a nice first start but nothing as beautiful as these! I live in Fallon, I would love the opportunity to join you. Do you except extreme novices?

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    1. Certainly, we would love to have you join us and we welcome new weavers in all stages of their learning curve. Go to http://renofiberguild.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html and there are instructions on how to join the guild.

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  2. Some very creative and beautiful work. :-))

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