November 2010 Meeting - Part 5: The Audience

This is the fifth of six posts from the November 2010 meeting. These four posts show scenes from Ikat Workshop by Julia Murbach of Richmond Weavers.

Julia had a very attentive audience

 Sue, Tricia and June

 Dawn and Jan looked after us

 Barbara, Betsy, Win and Joan

 Chris, Anne Rive, Noelene, Anne Jones (formerly Udy)

 Jenny

Joan, Julia, Chris, ?? and Betsy


by Rose Pelvin

November 2010 Meeting - Part 4: Ikat Examples

This is the fourth of six posts from the November 2010 meeting. These four posts show scenes from Ikat Workshop by Julia Murbach of Richmond Weavers.

Julia explained how mirror image ikats like this can be prepared double and then opened out. This one is in a fairly coarse cotton but has a fine cotton band at each end.

A large bedspread woven by Julia, with ikat panels and stripes

A selection of Julia’s ikat weavings

Silk ikat in a satin weave, brought back from China by Joan. Note the difference in the two sides.

A commercially woven fabric. Note the unravelled thread showing the spacing of the dyed sections.

More views of Julia’s work

A teatowel made by Julia during a course where she says “too many cooks” can cause chaos. It looks fine to me!

by Rose Pelvin

November 2010 Meeting - Part 3: Ikat Demonstration by Julia Murbach

This is the third of six posts from the November 2010 meeting. The next four posts show scenes from Ikat Workshop by Julia Murbach of Richmond Weavers.

Julia demonstrates how to make the ties.

The raddle is attached to the FRONT of the loom and the warp temporarily wound on to the front beam.

With the warp firmly attached at the front, the various sections are manipulated through the shifting box according to the pre-determined pattern.

The warp is tied on to the back stick (uneven lengths because of the shifting of some sections) and beamed on to the back roller.

And yes, the pattern is intact.

And after being wound on the back beam, the warp is ready to thread

by Rose Pelvin

November 2010 Meeting - Part 2: Year of the Garment

This is the second of six posts from the November 2010 Meeting.  2010's goal was for everybody to create a garment out of our own handwoven cloth.

 Joan tries on Judy’s top (part 1 of a 2-part outfit) woven in two fancy twills.

Tricia’s jacket with lots of colours on white is a work in progress. Joan tells her how long to make it. Buttons of various colours will complete the look.

 

Win’s black wrap has an edging of her signature frills around it.

Joan wove a 4 shaft crepe fabric after our workshop. Her generous wrap has inset sleeves and a multi-coloured crochet edge.

 

Rose wore her 8 panel skirt but forgot to ask someone to take her photo. Taking one in the mirror without using a flash shows an unsteady hand! Fine rayon threads incorporated in the warp give a sheen. Linen in the weft ensures that it creases!

by Rose Pelvin

November 2010 Meeting - Part 1: Merriment and Pin Cushion Swap

The next six posts are from the end of last year, documenting the Year End meeting held in November 2010. The delay is due to Blog Mum being distracted and loosing the plot, and she apologizes profusely.

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The Year End meeting of 2010 consisted of the woven garment (the annual theme) fashion show, a pin-cushion swap, Julia Murbach Ikat workshop, and end-of-year merriment.

Anne Udy – now Anne Jones!

Chris contemplating the fact she has not produced a garment.

Chris and Joan provided flowers, and luscious desserts to follow our Chinese meal.

The collection.

by Rose Pelvin 

August Meeting - Part 3

These beautiful Dorset buttons made by June are embellished with tiny sparkly red beads.

Tricia had brought along this poncho which she had sewn beads on. . . but felt it wasn't quite finished.

During the afternoon she added a wavy I-cord (or rats tail depending where & when you grew up) and completed the task.
by Rose Pelvin

August Meeting - Part 2

June cleverly used a supplementary warp on part of this mat and then used the rest of it to embroider the decoration.

June shows hand-made tassels from among her treasures

. . . and cards embellished with fibres of various sorts

Anne had just finished a collapse weave piece which everyone loved. She had to keep her eye on it as it went beautifully with garments that other people were wearing!

By Rose Pelvin

August Meeting - Part 1

The August meeting was a daytime one, held on Sunday afternoon 21st. It was fine enough to sit outside Bobbin Cottage and enjoy the sun. The meeting was led by Tricia and Sue on the theme of 'embellishments' and they had provided embellished garments as examples and lots of books and magazines for inspiration.

Tricia got brave and cut the piece of fabric she brought when she first came to the group. Here is a vest made from part of it - an embellishment in progress.

This hat was also made by Tricia. Diagonal weaving at the Rotoiti retreat was new to some people and several people were enthusiastic about it. The hat is made from two diagonally woven squares.

. . . like this.

Simple crochet, but so effective on Win's beautiful alpaca scarf with huck lace motifs.

by Rose Pelvin