Janet's sockathon continues with 2 perfect pairs of cosiness.
Meg's assistant Gin tests her latest crocheted cotton throw for design, colour, style and comfort. It's purrrfect!
Janet's on a Sockathon using up all of the odd balls of sock wool she's been tempted to buy over the years. These have been knitted toe-up using the Magic Loop method; a new challenge for Janet. 6 more pairs to go!
Monika has been really busy!
Woven scarf (top left). Yarn - Sirdar Crofter. Warp plain mint colour. Weft fair isle effect, dn knitting nylon/acrylic.
Blue & white scarves are woven in thin cotton.
Woven scarf (top right) made out of 75% merino/25% polyamide. Yarn - Algeria (Nanos Del Uruguay). Warp - variegated yarn. Weft is plain yarn but with an inch either end using the variegated yarn.
Woven brown scarf (far left) using Alpaca Rose 4 ply. Warp - plain using a darker colour called Amethyst. Weft using a lighter colour called Tourmaline. The yarn is 50% alpaca/50% Rose fibre.
Knitted basket weave cowl. 4 ply yarn, 70% baby alpaca/30% silk. Colour, Rhubarb Fool. The buttons undo.
Knitted red scarf in a heart pattern using Yarntelier’s Cashmere lace.
Meg's assistant Gin has been helping her with the latest spinning project. Puurrrfect!
Louisa's new loom kindly made for her by her husband Tony. The work is underway and is a great way of using up leftover yarn.
Louisa's Tree Tapestry - the kit was bought at Unravel 2020.
Unravel 'oil slick' fibre with gold running through it. It's called Dryad and it comes in a batt from Spin City. https://spincityshop.com/
Louisa's spun it and made a beautiful cowl.
12"x36" yarn bombing strips for The Southern Wool Show. 2 down and 1 to go. Using super value Stylecraft 100% acrylic dn.
Tony Homden's impressive leather handbag. Lucky Louisa!
Rosie's been busy with the yarn bombing squares. All of the yarn bombing pieces will be sewn together to make Refugee blankets
Stefanie recently finished this gorgeous mochila which was crocheted with mercerised cotton using the method of the Wayuu tribe of South America. The cord was Kumihimo braided with macrame tassels and the strap woven on the inkle loom.
Lesley's been busy! Clean house. Read all sorts of stories. Knit a pair of socks.
Nicky's finally come to the end of the latest experimental weave using Drifter weft and neutral Linen Drape warp. It might be made into 2 conservatory window blinds/shades.
Louisa's 'oil slick' yarn cowl. Looks like she's wearing a pair of Mariana's fabulous upcycled woven earings.
The 'oil slick' fibre is spun.
The finished plied yarn ready to knit.
New weaver Anne Reddan tells us about her recent success:
On the left is a piece of double width cloth using natural dyed yarns in the weft and on the right is a tubular-weave pouch, woven with a commercial yarn for holding bobbins or other other small items. The double width cloth looks like any regular piece of weaving but this was a new technique for me and it worked!
Weaving Guru, Janet Phillips' sample blanket completed!! It was very addictive and the result is impressive. Couldn't agree more Jenny :-)
Jenny's challenge!
Bookmarks on the floor inkle loom. I offered to make bookmarks for our fun produce show in September to save money buying rosettes. Didn't think it through, 44 classes x 3 rosettes = 132!
26 done, 106 to go!
Jenny Gribble's experiment using a wavy shuttle. Ghost warp ready to put onto loom.
Rosie's Bourette silk scarf in dark green and red. Weft green.
Rosie's Bourette silk scarf in red and dark green. Weft red.
Lynne has had this pattern and material for years and has finally got around to making the bag.
Here's the other side of Lynne's woolly knitting bag
In progress...This is Lynne's first attempt at dyeing, using cream silk which she dyed using Wingham landscape dyes to produce sea tones and fish colours. The design is Lynne's own, modified from a bought one. The wavy edge was sea-like, so with the addition of fish is perfectly suited to the theme of next year’s exhibition.
Texel Sheep, a new fibre for Lynne, spun at East Hendred this year and made into her 35th sheep!
Lynne's shawl knitted with fibre from the 2019 Wingham weekend. It was carded merino and silk; colour Cherry Truffle. Lynne ran out of that, and had to supplement with strips of Winghams browns merino and silk tops.
Lynne's double weave stitched fabric in Bourette silk. This is an ongoing project. Lynne's made 56” so far; still a lot more to do!
Lynne's kaftan made from a Silk Sari she bought in India.
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