Have you been to Althea's new location?
161 Hudson Ave. N.E. in Salmon Arm.
They've moved and are all set up!
The Shuswap Spinners and Weavers Guild is an organization of almost 60 members dedicated to supporting those involved in the fibre arts community locally and promoting these creative skills in the larger community. All members of the larger fibre arts community are welcome - spinners, weavers, fetlers, fibre producers, knitters and those who crochet. It is a very eclectic group with a history of service in the Shuswap region.
Elvi, Darlene, Ann and Marianne Thank you ladies for coming out and participating on such a beautiful day! |
Judith, Lis, Darlene, Nikki, Elvi and Sherry. (Thank you Marianne for this photo) |
Lis had already made her apron. |
Marianne and Lis laying out the pattern. |
Marianne |
Carol |
Measure twice, cut once! |
They cut their patterns out at the school, then took them home to sew. |
Come and see the aprons they sewed on Father's Day at Haney Heritage Museum. |
Nikki's latest knitted shawl. |
Spun yarn by Nikki. |
This is the yarn Ann used in her scarf. |
Ann's woven a scarf. |
Wool spun for Ann's woolen blanket. |
Woven from mohair yarns in warp and weft. |
Of course Ann has brushed and brushed this and it is really soft! |
Another blanket by Ann 100% wool 2 ply warp and singles weft |
Sherry modeling a shawl made by Ann! Sherry gave Ann the mohair for the blanket and Ann used the rest of the mohair for this beautiful Shawl! |
Did I mention Ann made this Mohair Shawl for Sherry? |
Carol has been busy spinning.... |
and sewing.... |
Such a beautiful design! Love the colours of this quilt! |
Quilt up close. |
Hiromi weaving a Rep weave/log cabin placemat. From Nov/Dec 1982 Handwoven magazine. Picture on page 46, pattern on page 94. |
A number of ladies wove these beautiful placemats some made them into table runners. |
Sharon has been putting together a workshop on sewing what you weave. |
She has worked really hard putting a manual together for her up coming workshop in Kelowna. |
Sharon modeling something she sewed from her woven material. |
Lynn has woven a blanket. Tonight she was finishing her blanket by winding the fringes. She is doing a demo on how to use the fringe winder. |
This is woven in a very loose weave. |
Some of the new weavers had never seen a fringe winder. |
Louise with her woven shawl, from her painted yarn. |
Louise has knitted a Wedding Ring Shawl! Amazing.... and it does go through her wedding ring! |
This lady can knit! Another one of her shawls! |
Cotton tea towels woven by Louise. |
All Louise's tea towels! One warp.... so many colour combinations. |
A table runner made by Elvi. |
Louise gave a linen workshop a while ago, there were 10 squares to be made. Each person made one square in the class and exchanged them with each other. As a result Elvi made her squares into a table runner. |
This is a crocheted 57" x 79" Family Heirloom Afghan Darlene finished recently. Beautiful detail! |
Darlene is getting those UFO's out of her closet! |
Wendy has been busy knitting now that skiing is over for the year! |
Anne C. has been felting socks she has made from 100 % home grown wool. Knit into CSM sock blank and dyed. |
The yarn was dyed in a cake with an elastic around it to keep it from unwinding. Anne put dye in a shallow tray and pressed 1/3 of the ball into the dye. Did that 2 more times with red, blue and yellow, then pressed a syringe of aqua colour into each end. Cooked in the microwave to set the dye. Then knit! |
Spinning by Anne C. |