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Photos from Show-and-Tell at the Sept 8, 2024 Meeting

(Apologies, I was not able to capture all the wonderful items, and did not get details on these)

Baby Blankets from Terry C

Front of Jacket from Terry C

Back of jacket

Top and back of purse made from cloth woven on rigid heddle loom (Cathy S)

Other side of same purse

A runner woven by Annette M

Runners made in a Blazing Shuttles Workshop (Annette M)

Runners made in a Blazing Shuttles Workshop

Runners made in a Blazing Shuttles Workshop

Placemats in Overshot Patterned Doubleweave, Carol M

Blanket, woven by Sue I.

Photos From Twill Gamp Workshop with Martha Town (Oct, 2021)

Judy W, Tieup 1-2 3-2, 8S Gamp, 4/4 ratio — Judy W, Tieup 1-2 3-2, 8S Gamp, 4/4 ratio
8/2 cotton warp & weft Left to right threadings: Straight Asymmetric Point Block 8-8 Broken Advancing Point M & W Short Point Rosepath Block 2 Thread Transposed Point

Carolyn O, Original Gamp, Changed the tieups after a few blocks. — Carolyn O, Original Gamp, Changed the tieups after a few blocks.
Unfortunately the labels are not readable in the photo, but they show what tieup was used, and what threading. Excellent way to document this unique gamp.

Carolyn O, Yardage woven with select threadings. — Carolyn O, Yardage woven with select threadings.
Yardage was woven in Block tie up on 8 shafts.

Carol M, Gamp 1 of 6, 10/2 cotton with tieup of 1-1-3-3 — Carol M, Gamp 1 of 6, 10/2 cotton with tieup of 1-1-3-3
threadings: basic, point, asym point blk, rosepath blk, point blk, und pt, 16-8 broken, adv pt, snowflake var.

4 Shaft, 2/2 tie up, basic threading — 4 Shaft, 2/2 tie up, basic threading
The front of Jill's 1st Gamp

4S, Jill's 2nd gamp front — 4S, Jill's 2nd gamp front
2/2 tieup, optional threading

4S, back of 2nd gamp — 4S, back of 2nd gamp
Notice color difference.

Jill's 2nd gamp with shaded treadling — Jill's 2nd gamp with shaded treadling
SHADED TWILL - start with a 1/3 twill, move to a 2/2 twill, then a 3/1 twill to shade from weft predominant structure to warp predominant. Best done with direct tieup!

4S, Jill's 4th gamp using the same threading; 4 repeats/6 times — 4S, Jill's 4th gamp using the same threading; 4 repeats/6 times
Lovely effect!

4S gamp from Elise H — 4S gamp from Elise H
4 Shaft 1-3 tie-up. 8/2 unmercerized cotton, warp - melon with black stripes, weft - denim with black stripes, 1st treadling

4S gamp from Elise H — 4S gamp from Elise H
4 Shaft 1-3 tie-up. 8/2 unmercerized cotton, warp - melon with black stripes, weft - denim with black stripes, 2nd treadling

4S Gamp, Elise H — 4S Gamp, Elise H
4 Shaft 1-3 tie-up, treadled as undulating twill.

8S, Annette M gamp, using 1_2 3_2 tieup — 8S, Annette M gamp, using 1_2 3_2 tieup
Her gamps all used 8/2 mercerized cotton in the warp and a variety of wefts – 8/2, 5/2, and 3/2 mercerized cotton. Threading: Straight twill, Point twill, M&W short, 2 thread Transposed point twill, Snowflake advancing twill, Undulating point twill, Rosepath block, Point block

8S, Annette M Gamp — 8S, Annette M Gamp
using Tieup 1_1 2_4

Another Annette Gamp — Another Annette Gamp
Tieup: 2_1 1_2 1_1

Another Annette Gamp — Another Annette Gamp
2_2 2_2 tie up

Another Annette Gamp — Another Annette Gamp
Block tie up

Photos from Ikat Workshop with Linda Hartshorn (Summer, 2021)

First scarf from Pat T — First scarf from Pat T
Pat's scarves are 10/2 cotton warp, 20/2 black cotton weft.

Pat T's second scarf

One of Dena M's creations — One of Dena M's creations
First of two photos we have of her work.

A second creation by Dena — A second creation by Dena
Folks who shifted the Ikat portions were disappointed that the shifts were not "perfect", but it actually adds to the effect here.

Alyce Q's Finished scarf

Another successful scarf! — Another successful scarf!
Designed and woven by Sherry P.

Photos from Crimp Cloth Workshop with Diane Totten (Spring, 2021)

Scarf on the loom, woven by Pat T. — Scarf on the loom, woven by Pat T.
Scarf with 10/2 cotton warp, polyester sewing thread weft, huck lace in flat part and plain weave in crimped section.

Finished Scarf by Pat — Finished Scarf by Pat
The crimp part makes the scarf narrow for around the neck, with the bottom a "ruffle" of uncrimped cloth.

Carolyn O's scarf, on the loom — Carolyn O's scarf, on the loom
8/2 cotton from stash pale grey Orlon from Yarn Barn of Kansas Strickler (page 115) 8-block point twill threading 17" wide before pulling Finished scarf 5" X 62"

Carolyn's scarf all tied up — Carolyn's scarf all tied up
Nice tight ties, ready for steaming. Ties will be removed after cooling.

Carolyn O's finished scarf — Carolyn O's finished scarf
Nicely crimped!

Lois M's finished scarf, with twist in body of scarf and an untwisted ruffle. — Lois M's finished scarf, with twist in body of scarf and an untwisted ruffle.
Ms & Os threading, gray cream and black are cotton in weft. Yellow is Orlon in warp.

Dena's sample before pulling the strings. — Dena's sample before pulling the strings.
Ruler shows the width of this piece before setting the crimp.

Photo from Dena of the cloth after crimping. — Photo from Dena of the cloth after crimping.
Ruler shows the effect nicely.

Annette M sample 1

Annette M's second sample

Photos From Meetings in 2019

February Meeting

April Meeting, felt landscape

April Meeting, Felt Vest

April Meeting, Felt garment

August Meeting, Rugs

September Meeting, Saori

Program on Color-and-Weave

Coverlets From the March, 2015 Meeting

Coverlet 1 — A full size coverlet

Coverlet 1 close

Coverlet 2

Coverlet 3

Coverlet 4