1st PROJECT ON THE NEW LOOM

Here is the first finished project. There were lots of tension problems resulting in more mistakes than normally - there are always a couple, I think. But it will get sorted out.

NEW LOOM

This is how my new loom arrived: 80 cm Ashford, 8 shafts with 4 treadles.

Mac is wondering what this is going to be

Assembly finished at last:

And this little guy helped wind the first warp

Fresh off the Loom:

Alpaca Blanket, which will be much used in our current chilly winter temperatures.

Size: 1.50 x 1.35 m

Warp Alpaca fingering, hand- dyed

Weft hand-dyed Alpaca DK

KNITTERS' VISIT TO WILDERNESS

On Mother's Day we enjoyed the visit of 12 knitting friends from Pretoria.

The weather was beautiful and everybody enjoyed peaceful knitting time .

and yarn shopping:

My shelves before ...

and after....

FAIR ISLE BOXY finished in time for winter

My Yarn - hand-dyed

WILD WEAVING

Two new projects done on  my Knitters' Loom:

a waistcoat

                                                      



and a tunic:

 

                                        

FIBRE FUN WEEK

The Fibre Week in Van Reenen really was great fun. So much that we already agreed on the dates for next year:

For pictures please, go to our facebook page "Thread-Handed".

Fibre Fun Week

Glynis Brooke and I are organizing a FIBRE FUN WEEK in Van Reenen in the Drakensberg from
4th to 11th March.

These are the teachers:

When Doodler and Wingspan meet Noro

My Knitting Group "Knitters Unlimited" started a challenge - everybody is to knit their own version of Stephen West's "Doodler"

 I used several left overs of Noro sock yarns. The pink and turquoise are my own hand-dyed sock weight Merino/Linen mix.

RIGID HEDDLE LOOM WEAVING

The tunic was woven on a space dyed warp - burnt orange and denim - with white sections. The weft was clasped denim and white.\