Putting Together a New Ashford Loom etc

Karin and I worked on getting her Ashford table loom together today. We had some help along the way but we didn't quite get it finished! We still have to put the beater assembly together, but by 3pm we were beat! We will finish up next week and post more photos! (Oh, and we basically took over the kitchen area!)

I was very much occupied with the above project and some really nice weavers took my phone and got a few pictures of Jenny taking her project off of the loom.

While all that was happening there was a Bowl Cozie sewing bonanza going on, of which I got absolutely no pictures! (Sorry gals!) Carol said that she and Laura sewed together 21 bowl cozies!!! These cozies will be going to the Pilot Craft Show in Oak Ridge, TN the weekend of the 22nd, which is why they were sewing like mad! There is another 6 yard Christmas Cozies warp on the wolf pup and yet another 6 yard warp that can go an another loom next week to have for the shop upstairs. Time to start thinking about Spring time cozies soon! Now, it is time for Show and Tell! Peggy came in today and showed us some wonderful 8 harness towels she had made and also several scarves and a shawl.

Shannon sewed a bag for her to wear on vacation with a Halloween theme. She also made the cutest Heart shaped pillow out of the fabric that she had woven and had been so disappointed that the colors ran in the wash a few months back! She had some fabric in her stash that was a perfect match to back the heart. That goes to show you that you never know what mistake will in reality just a change of direction!

Mark and Judith helped out at the Museum a couple of weeks ago and it was a really chilly day! Judith took a towel that was for display and wrapped it around her neck to keep the cold out. (She got so many compliments!) So Mark decided to use those same colors and make Judith an actual scarf!

That is it for this week! Until next time this is Tina, for all!

Ready Set Go!

We had a great show this past weekend! I was heading home after we took the booth down and realized what a bad blogger I was! I didn't get a single picture of the booth even though I thought about it as I was working on Sunday!!! I hoped that someone had taken some pictures and wouldn't you know it, Mark came to the rescue once again! Here are a couple of pictures of the booth right after set up and a picture of the bowl cozy warp that was on the demonstration loom.

Sunday, while several of us were working the booth, we got the idea to do a bowl cozy warp using Christmas colors. I volunteered to wind the warp, and weave it off in time for us to have a bowl cozy assembly line next Tuesday. That meant that the warp had to be finished today so that Pat could take it home, serge the ends and wash it and hang it to dry so that it would be ready to cut and sew in time. (We have another show in Oak Ridge in 2 weeks!) So to get a head start I wound the warp on Monday and since my Husband is out of town, I went up to the Center and got the warp on the loom, through the heddles and reed and wove 1 bobbins worth of fabric.

This morning we had to unload the cars with inventory from the show and unload and organize the equipment for the booth. Also, Marie and Karin worked on getting a revised inventory from the items that came back from the show. While that was all going on, I notice several warps in progress in the studio. There are at least 3 mixed warps for wraps we are enjoying, Shirly is threading one Patty is working on one and Joycelyn is on a third. Weaving should begin on them in the coming weeks.

Liz is almost finished with her towel warp and Ruth was working on the lawn chair towels.

By the time lunch rolled around I had a nice roll of fabric on the cloth beam.

After lunch of course it is time for Show and Tell! Charlotte had 2 scarves she had woven at home and Mark had a scarf with a bit of bling in it for his daughter.

After lunch it was back to work on Christmas Bowl Cozy warp for me! At 2:15 I threw the last pick and was done! Pat was waiting for me to finish weaving and off she went home to get the fabric ready for next Tuesday.

Whew! That is all I have for you today! Until next week this is Tina, for all.

Packing for the Show and Fifth Tuesday Feasting!

I got some pictures of some of the shawls being modeled and a couple of pictures of the bottle Gift Wrap Towels. First Judith and Jenny are giving us a great look at the Shawls that came from the fabric woven over the last month or so. Then Betsy wound some cord for her Gift Wrap Towels.

This morning it was time to take inventory of the Tuesday Weavers items for the show this weekend! Marie was sick this morning so we all scrambled to make up the difference! Get better Marie! The first picture is of Patty and I entering the tag numbers onto a spreadsheet so that I could send it to Marie, while Karin is putting the inventory into tubs.

I don't want you to think that we forgot that today was the fifth Tuesday of the month! What that means is that it is potluck Tuesday! (Dear LouAnn came up with the idea years ago when she noticed that 5th Tuesdays are sprinkled nicely throughout the year!) The first picture is of the girls trying to set up for the potluck While Patty, Karin and I are doing inventory and packing the tubs!

Now for Show and Tell! Susan brought in a skein of yarn that Jenny spun for her out of Susan's Llama fleece! Also Mark wove a scarf while he and Judith were demonstrating the art of weaving at the Museum of Appalachia, Karin and I were Demonstrating the art of Spinning at the same booth.

Here are some pictures Mark sent me of last Thursday and Friday at the Museum.

That is all I have today! Karin and I will be at the Museum of Appalachia on Thursday and Friday for Heritage days and there will be Tuesday Weavers at our booth this weekend at the Foothills Craft Guild Fall Show Friday through Sunday at the Expo Center in Knoxville. Until next week this is Tina, for all!

This Week and Last Week All Mixed Up

(I wasn't in town last week and Mark sent me photos from last week as well as a couple from this week that happend before I arrived. So I thought I would mix them up in a way that seems right to me, I make no claim that it will make sense to anyone else as Jet Lag still has a strong influence on me today!) Last week there was the fabric that I had woven off and that Patty had woven and there was a third piece that I don't remember who had woven it..

This week we have finished or almost finished garments! Oh and Carol is showing us a pink scarf this week that Karin was twisting the fringe on last week in one of the last week photos.

Last week Liz cut off her table runner and this week Joycelynn cut off her Christmas towels, and Erin cut her project off of the table loom!

Last week Carol cut a project off of the direct tie up Baby Wolf and this week Patty put a warp on it for us to weave in demonstration mode at this years Foothills Craft Guild's Fall Show in Knoxville the first weekend in November.

Before we get into Show and Tell there are a few "Weaver and Warp" pictures to show. Phyllis is weaving on an Ellen's Pattern Warp but she is treadling it differently. We can't wait to see how it turns out! Mark is weaving Ellen's Pattern as well, in the traditional treadling. Ruth is continuing to weave the lawn chair pattern towels and Jenny has changed the weft color on her shawls.

Now it is time for "Show and Tell"! Last week Linda showed us a scarf and some placemats she had woven, while this week Phyllis showed off a shawl that she had picked up during a recent trip, and Betsy showed us the beautiful hand woven gift wrapped bubbly drink bottle.

Patty brought in a scarf and some towels she had woven at home, Susan showed us the finished scarves that came off of her loom, Irene showed off a "Patty Hat" and Mark showed us a skein of Indigo dyed yarn (from last week) and a Table runner that Judith had planned and he had woven at home (this weeks).

At the end of the day as I was leaving, Patty was winding another mixed warp for fabric. LOVE!

Until next week, this is Tina, for all!