happenings at the weavery

Advent/Christmas was a busy time for me. i wove pastor r an Advent stole but unfortunately have no good pictures of it except for the one already posted. i also wove my family scarves out of some undyed natural-colored singles wool (the yarn was wrapped in a thin nylon thread) which turned out thick and soft. those were very welcomed among them since they visited during the christmas snow/blizzard and drove home (!) the same day. my neighbor also got a scarf. so now, my next projects are: weaving a baby blanket for my niece due to be born in february and weaving a full-sized coverlet, both on the new big floor loom. however, my "helpers" seem to have turned into "basket cases."

most recent project, finished

underside of the stole i finished for pastor r...in time for Advent...pattern is a miniture honesuckle and has a star of bethlehem in the center...ground yarn is 8/2 blue cotton and pattern yarn is 5/2 mercerized blue cotton...very nice!

previous weaves

purple scarf for a friend

baby blanket for a friend's second grandson


pastor m's pentacost stole (not shown are the little bells hanging from the fringe)

pentacost cross drape, along with the church altar decked out for pentacost

woot! my laptop is back!

thanks to the amazing computing powers of two very wonderful friends, i'm back online with my laptop! sooo, here's a picture of pastor m wearing his Advent stole. the warp is an 8/2navy cotton and the pattern weft is white slub cotton in the star of bethlehem pattern. the ground weft is a 4/4 royal blue cotton.

and here is a close-up of the pattern:

my latest finished WIP

pastor m, with his new Ordinary Time stole. he's the music minister at church (hence the piano).

close-up of the design on the stole. it's an overshot called "small honeysuckle", a miniature pattern. the warp is an 8/2 100% cotton green (brownish tint), the ground weft is a 3/2 100% mercerized cotton green (bluish tint), the design is 22/2 cottolin (60/40 cotton/linen) in gold (might be antique gold).

overshot is, by far, my most favorite block pattern to weave. there are so many different designs to be made with just four harnesses (altho' one can weave overshot on more than four as well). and so many variations can be made with just one threading.