COVID Fibre Projects
Some of our Guild Members are now finding time for projects that need to be completed or started. Rediscovering stashes of fibre waiting to be spun, dyed, felted, knitted, sewn or woven. Knitting needles, patterns, spinning wheels or looms beckoning now there is less to interfere with our creativity.
Shelley - knit and felted toddler slippers.
Shelley - knitted about 12 inches of the purple scarf.
Shelley - washed, carded and handspun on drop spindle.
Shelley - stitching felted mittens together.
Shelley - pattern for needle felting mittens.
Shelley - finished needle felted mittens.
Birthe - dyed merino pencil roving from Twisted Fae Fibre Works and as a spun single.
Birthe - dyed merino as 2 ply handspun.
Birthe - Ashford Storm merino/silk handspun yarn.
Grace - beautiful hand-knit Norfolk Slop pattern with wool from Topsy Farm.
Grace - Handspun with Blue Faced Leicester from Twisted Fae Fibre Works.
Birthe - Blue Faced Leicester handspun.
Grace - Ed's sweater. The pattern is Beagle by Norah Gaughan. The wool is from fibre I washed and blended with my drum carder. Costwold, Border Leicester, Corridale cross, blended with some BFL and Romney.
I have started knitting the first sleeve.
Birthe - West Coast Colours Falkland wool braid.
Birthe - Falkland handspun yarn.
Birthe - Merino handspun.
Laura - Just off the loom, cutting/serging in preparation for wet finishing. 16 shaft twill blocks, 2/16 cotton, 32 epi. Based on a design from an old German weaving manuscript.
Birthe - West Coast Colour merino, silk & yak handspun.
Grace - Romney X locks that are flicked, butt and tip then put through the drum carder tip end first. The fibre is then dized off to produce a roving.
Grace - washed Romney X locks.
Grace - Locks that are flicked, butt and tip.
Grace - fibre put through the drum carder tip end first. The fibre is then dized off to produce a roving.
Margaret - I finally hit 2 full repeats on the Infinite Love scarf... only eleventy thousand more rows before both of *these* ones are done.
Margaret - One of the weaving projects is hanging from a screw above the back of my couch - the other is my progress shot on my Study Group warp. The last couple inches I mostly wove without looking...
Sue - I have decided to do some clearing by using things up. This is a (primitive) rectangular rag rug I started years ago. I work on one side then the other. I am about half done. No design really. Just flowing minor colours. The rugs look best after they are walked on for a while and they are compressed and the colours seem to meld.
Sue - I was supposed to make my sister a voyageur bear. Well, made a sash and might try to make a better one.
Sue - I am not a knitter or crocheter but am trying to use up some yarn…
Debra knit her daughter a beautiful "something blue" wedding shawl.
The shawl is Skye yarn from Drops. Alpaca , Merino and a bit of nylon.
Congratulations to the new Mr. & Mrs. Kole Sluyter. Married April 18th with just their parents and grandparents as guests.
Laura beautifully woven mermaid pattern.
Mermaid tea towel just shimmers in the light.
Laura knitting a shawl at our first drop-in June 30th.
Rita social distancing while knitting a head band.
Grace showing us her beautiful hand-knit Norfolk Slop sweater.
Margaret with her drop spindle conducting the Zoom meeting.
Shelley working on a scarf.
Bonnie rekniiting her blue sweater.
Rita spinning.
Birthe hand-dyed and spun Merino to match a shawl someone was crocheting but ran out of yarn..
A granny rectangle blanket for the couch. 2 strand acrylic yarn randomly paired by Karen Richardson.
Andrea knitting.
Karin visiting.
Bonnie always has a smile.
Laura giving us update on Sunday Seminars.
Wendy dropping in for a visit.
Grace is just spinning and knitting with great results.
Rita knitting mitts.
Shelley showing us her handspun from the fleece she washed and prepped.
Serena knitting her blue sweater.
Laura knitting red scarf.
Margaret moderating Zoom meeting.
Grace with some of her handspun.
Grace with her vintage Canadian wheel.
Rita and her Lendrum spinning up a storm.
Serena knitting a blue sweater.
Shelley knitting colourful socks.
Deirdre getting to know her new wheel.
Shelley prepping fibre to spin.
Grace modelling the sweater she knit from her handspun.
Great fit Grace.
Rita spinning.
Serena still knitting the blue sweater.
Lisa spinning on her Ashford Traditional.
Margaret moderating our Zoom meetings.
Bonnie Zooming in from home.
Shelley finished her amazing pair of socks.