Dye Day

Last week several of us gathered at a friends home neat Clatskanie, Oregon, to do a little yarn dyeing.  We set up outdoors right next to field with several alpacas, who watched every thing we did.   We did some painting on the yarn and also dipped yarn into dye pots.  I came home with six skeins of yarn.  Now to come up with some ideas on how I want to use them.

Doing a little weaving

It has been forever since I have posted anything on my blog.  Much has happened in the last seven months. It is time for me  to get back in the swing of things. 

In December I purchased a new to me 8 harness loom. It is a J-Made.  I have been wanting to get a larger loom and and a friend had one to sell.  Lucky me.

The first thing I wove was some plaid Christmas fabric. I will do something with it later on.

This is a table runner I finished weaving yesterday.  The pattern is a variation of  the M's and O's pattern.  I wove it with  22/2 Cotolin.

close up of table runner

Woven Tablerunner

This tablerunner was woven on 4 harnesses using 5/2 pearl cotton and 3/4" cotton fabric strips.

11" x 29"

Finished Table Runner

In October I posted about a table runner I was weaving and showed a picture of it on my loom. The picture above is the finished project. I washed it and dried it in the drier, which made the texture really show up. It has been fun using it during the Christmas season.

Weaving Some Table Runners

I have been doing a little weaving lately. We were in Seattle last week and I stopped by the "The Weaving Works" and purchased a few cones of thread. I thought I would do a few table runners for the Christmas season.

The pattern for this runner is from the latest issue of Handwoven magazine. It is a huck design. I used 3/2 pearl cotton. The length will be about 36" and the width is 13".