Finally!

It has taken a while but finally I have some work finished. Between trips away to visit family I managed to weave some linen runners. I took them with me and enjoyed sitting in the sun at Wanaka hemstitching the ends. Here are some photos.

 

These are 1/3 3/1 twill blocks in 20/2 linen and I decided I liked the ones with the coloured weft best. Now I need to do some in lace weaves. However, I did visit the Alpaca shop in Geraldine both going and coming on my trip and there was some of my favourite 70/30 alpaca/silk in the bargain basket. Watch this space.

Linen Workshop

Well, July  has been and gone with nothing for me to 'show and tell' which is somewhat unusual for me. However I do have a book of woven linen samples and workshop notes prepared for a workshop I took for the Wellington Creative Fibre Area. It was just a one day workshop but took me weeks to prepare!  It was a good day with nine weavers and ten looms in action from 9am till 5pm. Everyone seemed to be happy at the end, including me. Here are some pics.

Note all the neat hemstitching! Ten out of ten everyone!

Festival 2013

Just back from having a great time at Festival. Stayed in a house with 10 other people where we were very comfortable. 

Here are the three pieces I had accepted for the exhibition.

 I was pleased with the way my fabric was hung - in fact all the fabrics were well displayed.

The long linen runner earned me a Merit certificate from the Linen Trust.

This one is shorter and is a mixture of linen and cotton. Both were displayed flat, which was nice as several table pieces, of necessity, had to be hung on a wall . . . one of the problems of exhibiting in a gallery.  On the whole the exhibition was great - only one or two things I would have displayed differently.

Back to Something Like Normal

Whew!  My entries for the National Creative Fibre Exhibition are not only in the post, they have arrived in Wellington. I always forget what a long involved process it is to remember . . . and find . . . and use . . . the sew-in labels necessary and the form filling and packaging. This time I was clever enough to fill in the packing slips at the same time as the entry forms, but it's still a hassle and takes ages.  In the bustle I forgot to take a photo of the length of fabric I sent, but here is a look at the linen I finished recently. I sent 2 pieces - one very long white one and a shorter natural-colour in  linen and cotton.

The napkins are still haunting me. Four more to hem . . . and then what do you do  with a dozen or so napkins with a threading error!  I did sell a couple at the Co-op shop in Picton but I have now finished my association with that in the meantime. It was well worth being involved but I'm not prepared to participate during the winter.

Today I cut off a red alpaca/silk wrap which I wove with a delicate lace pattern (3 thread huck rather than 5 thread). I'm dying to see it washed but need to finish  the ends first and it's a slow process. It's a good excuse to make the most of the last lovely sunny Indian summer days we are enjoying while I sit and fiddle with the fringes.