Summer is long gone

Oops, where did March and April go?  Part of March went into the PWN Seminar which my colleagues from Nelson and I hosted at Teapot Valley.  This annual seminar is always a highlight and this time there was a bit of added responsibility to make sure it was a great weekend and ran smoothly. Twenty-two members attended and a few husbands were in residence as well.  I think everyone had a good time.  Much of April disappeared into family occasions including a trip to Central Otago for a family wedding. It felt good to take a handwoven throw for a wedding present and also a couple of teatowels and coasters as a gift for a recent engagement.

But I have been weaving. . . scarves, scarves and more scarves. Here is a series I wove in lovely alpaca yarn.

 Just a little bit of bling to add interest.

I am also working on a commission for overseas that I am a bit excited about but I'll keep that under wraps for now.

I should probably keep this project under wraps also but will document it in instalments as it happens. It is to be a minstrel's cloak and is planned to be part of the PWN exhibition due to open in June 2016.  I am calling it "A Thing of Shreds and Patches" so am weaving it in odd size and shaped blocks with a merry mix up of yarns. There will be four separate warps for the free-floating panels, two of each colour blend.  More about it as it happens but in the meantime here is the first piece which will become two of the panels.

 Just off the loom. You can see a mix of weave structures as well as
a conglomeration of different yarns.

 A quick wash and drip dry.

 A press and a trim, and it's almost respectable.

Now it has to wait for its companion pieces,
but in the meantime I have scarves to weave.