In July I went with members of our spinning and weaving group to the Bendigo Sheep and Wool Show. We had a great time adding new fibres to our stashes. Above are a couple of scarves I wove, using the same warp, and then added a green wool as the weft to the one on the left, while the one on the right has the same wool as the warp. Amazing how different they are.
Above: Some of the stash I acquired on the Bendigo trip. Now I just have to find the time to weave it all.
We did a huck lace workshop with Liz Calnan in June. The scarf above I did at the workshop, using a fine silk. Then later I did two more huck laces scarves in laceweight yarn, 90% fine merino, 10% bamboo. I dyed the warp and weft slightly different colours, with tea, to make the pattern stand out a bit more.
This 3 1/2 metre piece was fun to do. I painted various lengths of yarn in different colours. Blues, greens, and a bit of mauve.This was used as the warp and as many elements in the weft. Then I added lots of different yarns to the weft as well - mohair, novelty yarns, sari silk, whatever I could find that fitted. I entered this in the Bendigo show. Although it didn't win a prize, it got a good score, and looked great hanging in the showcase. Now I have to decided what I am going to do with it!
I acquired a lot of cotton chenille. Had fun dyeing it - above. Then wove the cowl below.
Still a lot more chenille to work with later.
The scarf above is woven from a mix of commercial and handwoven yarns.
The pink one below is silk, woven with a huck lace pattern
The wrap above was woven using up leftovers from my stash. I multicolour dyed some yarn to include in the warp, and added lots of novelty yarns and yarns of different thicknesses. Then I used a fine warp yarn to let the weft yarns stand out.
This scarf was again woven with thick and thin warp yarns, many hand dyed.
The cowls above and below were arm knitted using novelty yarns and plain wool.
They look great on and are comfy to wear.
I haven't given up beading. I made this bracelet for my daughter for her birthday
