WEAVECAST FUNDRAISER SUCCESS

The Happy Birthday Mary Meigs Atwater Kit fundraiser to benefit WeaveCast is officially over. During the month of March I received 12 kit orders and am able to send $300 to Syne Mitchell creator of WeaveCast and WeaveZine.

A big thanks to all those who purchased kits!

Inadvertent Collaboration

Back when I was weaving a lot with rayon chenille, I was in the habit of saving all of my thrums, tying my thrums together, and then using them as weft. I asked one of my knitting friends to attempt knitting with the thrums. We decided the experiment was a failure, and I put the 3 knitting samples in a drawer where they have languished for several years.

Last night while I was searching for something I never did find, I came upon the knitted pieces and tacked them up on the wall. I was thinking about art quilts at the moment and how quilts need to be 3 layers, so I wonder if this fills the bill.

By the way, the dimensions are 16" x 29"

Below is the Mary Meigs Atwater Color Horoscope Weaving going on the loom. I have actually finished setting it up, but my camera battery needs to be recharged. I will have more pictures soon.

It looks a lot different without the ikat stripe between each section.

Getting Ready

I ran out of the sample swatches I put in every kit, so this is Mary Meigs Atwater's horoscope weaving warp chains. I will be weaving this to cut up into little strips. I am using Bambu 7.

Below is a Woven Words piece I am weaving in exchange for 10 cashmere sweaters. It has been such a long time since I wound this warp I can't remember what words I am weaving. The recipient selected her favorite colors, and I made the wrapping for her before I wound the warp. And I have the perfect color of cashmere to weave through. Of course I will experiment with some of my other colors---especially beige and gray.


HEALTHY HAPPY FAMILY are the words in the warp. I just had to look it up. I will have a nice picture of the PEACE scarf that I recently cut off the loom, but I am working on a better way to photograph a scarf.

JUST 6 MORE DAYS OF THE MARY MEIGS ATWATER SPECIAL!

INSPIRED BY BONNIE Doubled

Bonnie,
I enjoyed the Color Horoscope Weaving workshop so much that I have a hard time thinking what I would want changed. The class was much more than I expected.
I am thrilled with my finished shawl, errors and all. The shawl really makes me feel good. Yea!
Thank you so much for a great workshop.
I highly recommend taking your class if anyone gets the chance.
Sharon Berglund


Hi Bonnie,

I'm sure you thought I was never going to actually do this project, but I finally got it done. This was a thoroughly enjoyable process -- the online teaching and coaching was fun; the warp planning was inspiring and meaningful (and when else can you say that??); and I was amazed at the way this technique blended colors. I have to admit that I was skeptical of the warp, thinking the colors not compatible (and, I know, I chose the colors from that watercolor, thinking how could nature be wrong!). Luckily I followed your suggestion to make a wrap. I made some adjustments in color and placement, but was still wondering. As I began to weave I became a believer -- wow! the colors looked gorgeous. So now I have 4 towels that are more than towels, because of the message they convey. And I'm a lot more comfortable playing with color! Thank you, thank you!

I'm glad you liked the towels -- they were such fun to do. I loved the woven words technique and plan to use it again and again.

Jane Yelvington

PS. Forgot to say that the warp words are "home" (on each side, mirrored), "health", "grace" and "peace.

Award!

Peg has done me the honor of nominating me for the Kreativ Blogger award.

Accepting this award means following some rules:

1. copy the Kreativ Blogger award to your blog
2. put a link to the person from whom you received the award
3. nominate 8 other blogs and
4. link to them
5. then leave a message on the blogs you nominated

Here are the eight bloggers I have selected in no particular order.

Constance Rose Designs

Woven~N~Spun

Buy-a-thread

Artistic Artifacts

Bonnie Samuel Designs

t'katch

NZ flax weaving

Argoknot

How I Fix a Broken Warp Thread

I take one of my handy dandy film cans left over from my kumihimo days, add coins to equal about 80 g., wrap a warp end around can, anchor with slip knot.


I pull one half of the broken end towards the woven part (below) and the other half towards the warp beam (above). Then I thread the film can thread through the now empty heddle and dent, and I lash it to my (can't live without) T-pin.


Then I just weave.


And the film can just hangs there.

Once I complete the weaving, I will needle weave the warp end so the two ends overlap for 2-3". I'll try to remember to take a picture of it before and after washing.

A Brag

My piece just won BEST IN SHOW at the RAGS WEARABLE ART SHOW & SALE

The 15th annual RAGS Wearable Art Sale and Show will take place March 13-15 at Larson’s Mercedes-Benz, and money will go to benefit YWCA Pierce County’s domestic violence programs.

A total of 70 vendors will take over the auto dealership to show off and sell their handmade wearable items such as clothing, purses, jewelry and other accessories. Vendors agree to give a third of their proceeds to the YWCA. Last year the RAGS Guild, which organizes the show, passed $85,000 on to the organization. This year their goal is to raise $100,000.

Although the larger part of the event has 70 vendors, there is also a gallery portion. I entered 2 pieces in the gallery this year. It is one of the few venues I continue to support. It certainly paid off.

This entire weaving is chronicled on this web log. I only have one post here, but it will give you an idea.