Tri-loom weaving evening

Kim's hands working

We met on March 28th at the usual place, usual time.

Those of us from Cobourg had to do a little creative driving to get there, since our usual route (Hwy. 2) was still closed off because of the train that had derailed just east of Port Hope.

We discussed our participation in the Gathering and then our spa / spin day at Kerry's on the 10th of April.

Nancy invited us to participate at her "Fibre Mania" day (May 28th - shearing day at Spinning Wheel Alpacas). We will spin Nancy's alpaca and Margaret will knit the yarn into a shawl to be raffled off for charity.

Then Nancy passed around triangular looms, yarn and instructions for our weaving workshop.

Some of us had done it before, others not - but we all had a fun time trying to figure out how to make these little triangles on these little looms.

Yvonne and Vickie

Weaving in progress

The gang holding up the finished products.

Kind of look like a bunch of bikini bottoms, don't they?

February Meeting

We had a great turnout for our February meeting!

After the business part was discussed, including our preparations for "The Gathering" in April, we enjoyed seeing what people had been doing since we last met.

Jane, Yvonne and Karen had spun up some of the fleece samples for our guild study.

Joy had washed both baggies of her Black Welsh Mountain and one sample felt quite nice, while the other felt like a pot scrubber. We'll see what she can do with it spinning wise.

Karen showing her samples of Herdwick fleece. We all decided that it would be useful for only heavy, scratchy rugs - or a hat for someone you don't like very well.

Other show & tells included Margaret's mug cozy and tea cozy made from her "spinning wild" yarn. Joy showed us her very first knitting project - a hat. Yvonne had some beautiful Teeswater skeins, and Mara let everyone "touch & feel" her bags of qivuit and cashmere.

After all that, Yvonne led us in a crochet workshop. Some of us knew this technique, some were rediscovering it after some time, and some were holding the hook for the first time.

Yvonne made sure that those who knew how to crochet were sitting beside those that were learning.

Joy's fingers learning and Janice's fingers teaching.

Jane relearning and Nancy learning between Karen and Janice.

Nancy's eager concentration.