April Show and Tell

Our meetings these days are so exciting because we have new members, not only keen to learn but the sparkle they give off when talking about learning to weave gives us all a renewed enthusiasm for our craft.  And it's not all about new members. I visited our ninety-year-old Betsy for a bit of tech support this week and she is weaving a full width knee rug on her big Thorp loom. It is all very encouraging.

Here is the show and tell from our April meeting.

Rosemary has woven this cosy thick but lightweight throw (another "U" eliminated from a UFO) but now is wondering how to deal with the fringes. Will she make them thicker or thinner . . . add more yarn? Or ? She probably got more suggestions than she needed!

New member Kathryn has been making these small wall hangings and experimenting with techniques along the way.

Anne wove this scarf using some of the silk from the stash of our late friend Win. The photos don't do justice to the fascinating texture of the yarn.

Rose wove this fabric in two weights of wool when she realised that over recent times she has woven in all sorts of other fibres but has been neglecting one of the most important - wool.

Now it is Festival time and some of us are heading up to Palmerston North to indulge in a few days of fibre related activity in the company of like-minded people from all over the country. We would love to see you there.

Yellow for April

Topic for the April meeting was YELLOW. For some it is a bright and happy colour and for others it is a challenge - we just don't know what to do with it.  Judy had done considerable research on the topic and had plenty of notes as well as books and magazines to give inspiration. We all agreed that, whatever the colour scheme, a little bit of yellow can make a project "sing" . . . and we had plenty of examples.

from the creamy, buttery yellow

through to the springtime cheerful yellow

and on through the 1970s

to the bright, show-off gold

all variations have a place.