Weavit workshop

It is not all work!!

First day back for 2013

 Show and Tell after the Xmas holidays

 What did you do in the holidays

Sylvia's Coil work

Jill made this quilted doona cover.
She brought some carded alpaca fleece.

Marrianne has made another stunning blanket!

Happy Birthday for the Jan birthdays

Rag Weaving

Ewes had an opportunity to experiment with rag weaving. We warped up the floor loom with seine twine. We each  wove a sample with our fabric which we cut to or desired width . Between us we ended up with a number of different types of fabrics and widths. The results were interesting and fun. All of us are keen to do it again.

This is the first finished product from the rag weaving! Excellent job Marianne

A visit from Weftshop

Last night Ewes were treated to a wonderful talk and a sale of work by Emma. We learnt that there are about one million refugees in Thailand from war torn Burma. Thailand is not a signatory of the U.N. on refugee and this prevents the refugees form working. Weftshop trains and promotes the texile skills of many different ethnic groups so they can produce items for sale, these pieces are of a high quality and very beautiful. When visiting this part of Asia I didn't often see this quality from the local producers. Emma showed us some slides of the mostly women preparing their work and then weaving. We saw a group of ladies enjoying one of the textile tours Weftshop offers. It looks very tempting. Lastly we had the opportunity to shop and most of us did! Through these sales the weavers are empowered and their traditional skills are  kept alive and developed. I would recommend you visit their web site www.weftshop.com

Show and Tell on Convergence

Marie and Liz's exhibition in Hornsby