August 2017 – Central Coast Handweavers, Spinners & Textile Arts Guild

2017 August

Kathryn’s Vest

This beautiful vest was knitted by Kathryn for her daughter Rosie. This was knitted with a very thick commercial wool. Coconut buttons were put on for the finishing touch. Rosie will be very snug and warm in this. By Lyn A.

Denise’s Scarves

Two more beautiful woven scarves from Denise. Lovely natural wool colours feature in these lovely, warm scarves.

Jenny’s Jumper

Jenny Campbell has made this beautiful jumper for her Grandson. He lives in the snow country, so this will really be appreciated. By Lyn A.

Trudie’s Scarf

This scarf was woven by Trudie when she was first learning to weave. It was made on a four shaft loom using hemp for the warp and baby wool for the weft. You can see that the two sides look slightly different, especially the colour of the crosses.

The McMorran Balance

Trudie brought in her yarn scale to show us the other day. It is used to measure the yards per pound of any given yarn. To use the McMorran balance, you take a length of yarn and place it over the scale. Cut the sample about a half inch at a time, until the scale is balanced. Measure your piece of yarn that is left over in inches. This amount is then multiplied by 100, which gives you the number of yards per pound for your handspun wool. How clever.

Katie’s Scarf

This gorgeous scarf by Katie is made using Ice yarn. The warp is plaited at the ends for the fringe.

Denise’s Handspun

Denise has been spinning a variety of wools for her weaving projects. What a great selection.

Naomi’s Handspun

These are Naomi’s latest handspun skeins. The lower three are all made using the harlequin fleece from our fibre day, plied with various handspun singles that she had laying around.

Deb Swifting

Deb is using the swift to open up her skeins of handspun wool. She has the ball winder ready to make her wool into balls for her next crochet project.

Open Day

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The Precinct Open Day was a great day. We weren’t detered by the wind and everyone had a great time. Enjoy the photos everyone.

Month: August 2017