FIBRE BREAK AWAY 2015

Time to plan for Fibre Breakaway

September 6-11, 2015

@ Good Shepherd Retreat Centre, Hartebeespoort

The following courses are being offered:

Spinning workshop with Carol Ellis, carol@live.co.za

Rigid Heddle Weaving with Glynis Brooke, glynis@brooklands.co.za

Wild Fair Isle Knitting with Linda Tacke, treeknits@gmail.com

Let’s get Weaving with Hantie Gregersen, hantie100@gmail.com

Exploring Shibori with Gisela Knox, giselaknox@gmail.com

All Courses run from Monday, 9h through to Friday, 11 Sept lunch time

Anyone who wants to do his/her own fibre-crafting thing in congenial company is most welcome, as are spouses and friends!

Accommodation: Single or double rooms with shower or bath en suite, all meals, morning and afternoon tea R2,500

Day Visitors pay R280 including lunch, or R180 without lunch.

Courses are R1,350

For accommodation please, contact Gisela Knox.

For course details, please contact teachers.

WINTER BEACH

At long last this shawl got finished. I spun the yarn with the colours I see on the beach in Wilderness in winter.

Endlich ist dieser Schal fertig geworden. Ich habe das Garn in den Farben gesponnen, die der Strand in Wilderness im Winter zeigt.

The shawl is quite big - 180cm at the top and 65cm wide at the widest point.

Das Tuch ist recht gross - 180cm am oberen Rand und 65cm an der breitesten Stelle

feather and fan pattern

Pfauenmuster 

and short row "bubbles" were used

und verkuerzte Reihen

to form waves and surf and the patterns the water makes on the sand. 

formen Wellen und die vom Wasser hinterlassenen Muster auf dem Sand.

Gilet and Scarf

simple tabby woven on 4 shafts . Marina gave me the pattern for the gilet. 

 The scarf was knit with the silk/alpaca yarn that was mentioned in an older post.

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KEEPING WARM

 

Knitted with a hand-spun silk/merino mix this shawl is very soft to the touch. 

Brag

admittedly, i am not too fond about the expression 'brag' but that is the word the guild members use when members show their latest projects.

During the Fibre Break Away in September we also had one "brag"evening (instead of the originally planned fashion show). This is what i had to show:

The gilet is constructed from several squares woven on the diagonal frame with merino that i had dyed and spun before. the edges are knitted. It was a bit of a gamble as i didn't have a lot of this particular yarn - i have about 10 cm left over from the multicoloured yarn and a little bit more of the blue. Phew - just made it :-)

UFOS

before flying to germany for 3 weeks i am trying to finish as many ufos as i can.

one of these ufos is a waist coat consisting of three squares woven on a 40x40 frame with a thick yarn hand spun from merino tops dyed with carrot leaves.

I wanted to finish the piece with crochet borders and found that the thick yarn that

was perfect for frame weaving was too thick for the crochet borders; they turned out to be too chunky.

well, not a problem. if you spin your own yarn you can spin it anyway you need it. i just sat down and spun a thinner singles yarn (for crochet it didn't have to be plied) and now i was able to achieve the look i wanted