Designing Weavers Annual Exhibit and Sale

My latest lacy leno scarves off the loom!











See these scarves and other fiber art by me and other Designing Weavers this coming weekend at Art for the Home, Body, and Soul at the Sierra Madre Woman’s Club, 550 West Sierra Madre Blvd, Sierra Madre CA.  Saturday Nov.19th & Sunday Nov. 20th, 2016 * 10am-4pm each day.

WeFF is happening this weekend!

Sixteen-shaft pinwheel throw, wool and wool blends, woven on my 60" loom.














More fiber fun is coming up this Sunday, at the Weaving and Fiber Festival in Torrance.  The Southern California Handweavers' Guild presents this event annually, with fiber vendors, demonstrations, a finished handmade goods boutique, used weaving equipment and books, fabulous door prizes, a fashion show (2 pm) and more.  Join us Sunday Nov 6, 10 to 4 at the Torrance Cultural Arts Center.

The Holiday Shows Begin...

Scarf in leno weave, 100% cotton.

This weekend! See my work at the Irvine Arts Center Holiday Faire.  Friday & Saturday Nov 4-5, 14321 Yale Ave., Irvine, CA.  irvinefinearts.org

My work will be in the South Coast Weavers and Spinners Guild booth in the Fine Arts Center.

 

Pumpkin medallions

Happy pumpkin season!

Danish medallion worked on a crammed-and-spaced warp.

Wall of Shuttles

Finally got my shuttle wall put back up, having moved the studio nearly a year ago now.  Well, half of it is up anyway.  This is one of those overcoming-inertia things.  Hopefully the other half won't be too long to follow.  It feels pretty good to have the shuttles have a home.

Summer is Winding Down

I haven't posted in a while; been in a slump during August.  All my focus and anticipation seemed to be directed at the trip to Convergence in Milwaukee (I had a great time!), and I guess it kind of sapped my energy once it was over.  Now that the sun is dropping in the sky and the evening light is coming sooner and sooner, I'm a little sad that the summer has flown by.  I always have such high hopes for productivity for the summer.  I did have fun going through sample after sample adapted from Recueil d'Armures Fantaisies by J. Moiret.  Here's a scan of one of the more intricate weaves.

New (to me) leno weave variations

I've been working through weaving some leno structures from a book published in 1908.  The book is in French, and doesn't have much explanation for the diagrams, so this is my interpretation of the weaves.  The ones pictured here all have two ground (stationary) warp ends for every doup warp end (the end that crosses under the grounds and back).  They are 10/2 cotton set at 18 epi.  Some extraordinary variety is possible on just one or two threadings!