"Timeless Treasures", by Rose Pelvin

These are from my exhibition, "Timeless Treasures", at Fibre Spectrum, Trafalgar Street, Nelson, for the month of May.

by Rose Pelvin

Bags, by Tricia Jane

A conscientious member that she is, on the morning of our last meeting of 2009 Tricia made a memory stick bag. Which, in turn, was carried in this fabulous knitted bag she made a few years ago. The asymmetrical shape hangs nicely when being carried.


This post concludes our series of bags, the group's project in 2009, shared/disclosed/shown/told/felt/admired during our November 2009 end-of-year meeting. But we had so much fun I wouldn't be surprised if there are more to come.

by Meg Nakagawa

A Plan, by Noelene Gratton

Noelene didn't have her bag, yet, but she has a plan, and we were shown a download from Interweave Press website and a sample.

May I add that Noelene has the most immaculate, beautiful weaving records I have ever seen. So beautiful I hesitated to photograph for fear of copyrights violation, but I will try to get something from her in the coming year; I shall make that my 2010 project.

by Meg Nakagawa

Bag, by Nancy Taylor

Said Nancy: "My bag started off as a scarf that Judy Johnston (one of our members) made for me when she first got into weaving. At that time I was a bit of a novice with our alpaca fibre and this was made from the necks mixed with a bit of silk on one of the colours but it was always a bit coarse. It never sold!! I tried felting it by the washing machine method as I thought it might be too wide, but that did really work either. Sooo... hence the what I called the excuse for a bag. I used the width to turn it into a bag and to try and brighten it up I put the lambs wool blend on the
bottom. It is lined."

You got it right, Nancy! I could not take my eyes off the funky red-and-black bits while Nancy was talking.

by Meg Nakagawa

Bag, by Anne-Marie Chapman

Lovely colour contrast. (And a good pic in one take!)

by Meg Nakagawa

Bags, by Jan Hannay

The larger one is a felted bag.

The smaller a beaded one, and in the future, we may be able to put our cell phones in here!

by Meg Nakagawa

Bags, by Win Currie

We have seen Win's bags before here. But the newer model comes with magnetic closure!

by Meg Nakagawa

Bag, by Joan McLauchlan

Joan wove with wool and rayon in the warp and rayn, dyed in the cone, on the weft, but the ends didn't seem to work and she didn't know what to do with it. So one day, she cut it up and made a wee bag! Now, Joan, can you please hold still for one second so I can take a pic. Please?


Thank you!

by Meg Nakagawa

Bags, by Rose Pelvin

We saw this one, virtually, before here.

Here is a photo she brought; the top right one is by Win Currie, but the rest, by Rose, were all sold before she had the chance to show us.

This is usually a wine bottle bag, but on this day it carried Rose's umbrella. Woven in leno, it is a very stretchy bag.

"The knot and fringe makes it totally impractical because you cannot stand the bottle on the table," said Rose.

Someone replied immediately, "Get the kind with the dimple in the bottom!"

by Meg Nakagawa & Rose Pelvin

Bag, by Anne Udy

Not difficult to spot Anne Udy colours all the way from this end of the table! Lovely.

by Meg Nakagawa

Bag, by Jenny Murray

Elegant and lovely. This bag is smaller and more delicate than it appears in the photo.

by Meg Nakagawa

Bag, by Sue Timpany

Joan inspects Sue's bag, in cotton.

By Meg Nakagawa

Bag, by Chris Beech

Chris was much too dismissive of this attractive bag, but her view may have been colored by the fact the body of the bag used to be her skirt some years ago. Made of wool, with a lovely new band, this bag comes in a hefty, nice size and a unique shape. Chris is going to use it to haul library books.

by Meg Nakagawa

The Bags, by Win Currie

These little numbers have proved to be truly multipurpose. I had been planning to make myself a small bag of similar design to one I had bought many years ago, big enough for a change purse, comb and lipstick, car keys, wear over the shoulder so your hands are free. Then our Weavers group decided to have ‘Make a Bag’ as the year’s challenge, and the group had a stash of fine cotton. So here is the result. The hardest part was making the initial paper pattern so that I got all the folds and fancy yarn parts in the right places. I was very pleased with the result though. I still have to devise an improved closure design. I welcome suggestions.

by Win Currie

Bag, by Rose Pelvin

This bag is made from a piece of woven fabric, three times as long as it is wide, with a textured cotton weft on a smooth mercerised cotton warp.

I love the way it is made in the style of a Japanese furoshiki - first folded into three squares, two seams are sewn (top and middle at one edge, bottom and middle on the other) and instead of tying the two free corners together a handle is attached to these points. This one has a small loop in the braid to thread a scarf through.

by Rose Pelvin

Bag, by Jan Hannay

Front and back views of a bag woven by Jan Hannay using a cardboard box as a loom. The instructions were in a 2008 issue of Handwoven magazine.

by Rose Pelvin

Necklace, by Rose Pelvin

Necklace made with a three colour, eight strand braided cord in mixed cottons and copper metallic yarn.

Over many days, I had great difficulties photographing and showing the color of the table runner here. When I used it as a background for this piece, the colors came out very true in almost every shot, which I found ever so slightly annoying!

by Rose Pelvin

Ms and Os Bag, by June McKenzie

I used 16/2 cotton and an Ms and Os pattern for this lined bag which I wove as part of a group project. It is finished with an inkle braid handle and tab.

by June McKenzie

Warp-Faced Braid, by Rose Pelvin

Loom woven warp faced braid in various cottons and metallic cord. Inspiration and hardware came from the $2 shop!

by Rose Pelvin