Spinning
For some background on handspinning, here are a couple of sites:
Mother Earth News or Wikipedia
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| Terry hand dyed and spun these hanks of yarn. From L to R, an acid dye rainbow slub, a thick n thin slub of natural dyes using lockwood & maddock and a bulky boucle yarn. The child's socks were knit by Ilse |
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| Ilse wove these linen & cotton placemats in a Clasp weave and spun a yellow & green silk/merino roving then plyed with a yellow merino to achieve the yarn she wanted. |
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| Karen B used a pattern from Handwoven in overshot weave for this shawl using a 2/10 mercerized cotton warp and a tensil weft. Check out the fringe she made on this shawl! |
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| Nancy wove this beautiful shawl of sllk/wool and alpaca for her Dad's 99th birthday! A very special gift to keep him warm while sitting outside in the cool Edmonton weather. |
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| Many members wove this Huck Guest Towel in 2/8 cotton (found in Weaver's Craft ) on the Guild's 4 harness floor loom as shown in this lovely work by Marianne H. She also knitted a green and yellow shawl for our comfort bin and spun yarn for the Summerland Gardens shawl. |
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| MaryAnna made cushion covers from the swivel yardage she wove in 2/8 cotton in a type of overshot weave. |
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| Inkle bookmarks by Geri |
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| Marg H knit the socks and wove a selection of tea towels in M & O's, a Victoria pattern and a boucle. |
Knitting - Lots of special gifts were knit for friends, relatives or out of kindness and love for strangers.
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| Alex knit these two at a time socks in silk & merino (L) and merino sock yarn (R). Her friends were delighted with their gifts and happy to model them! |
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| This pretty airy scarf was knit by Maggie as a birthday gift for a friend. |
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| This silk and mohair triangular shawl was crocheted by Greta |
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| Both knit by Diane C. She says the blue cable scarf is 'Goloring' by M K Nance in a yarn from Black Trillium Fibres - a Gradient Kit in Pebble Sock merino in the Colorway Vapor. The brown sparkling shawl is the "Gossamer Shawlette" by Kristin Hansen. She used 3 balls of Rozetti Cotton Gold in Color 1093 (patterns are on Ravelry and the yarns online). |
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| A lace shawl of 60% alpaca knit by Ilona and a hitchhiker scarf. |
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| Barb P used Patons 'Lace' to knit the triangular scarf above and Patons 'Decor' to crochet the Dbl/Queen sized afghan bedspread below.  |
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| Doreen M knit these two triangular scarves in superwash wool (L) and a wool/nylon blend (R) |
