Monday, October 17, 2011

Fiber Frolic 2011 - Pictures

My sprang class -- all my serious students!





Steph finished her bag in class.

Ta-da!



Rebekah all but finished her bag.  She worked on it all day.  That's dedication.  ;-]

Woody's fiber prep class:







There's Rebekah working away on her sprang.  ;->

The trick is to make the roving "unzip" from the drum just the way Woody demonstrated it.

Woody makes it look so easy.





Success!

Some other classes:
 
Tablet weaving

Some really kewl tablets made out of  Home Depot color chips...with hole protectors.

Lucet

Bjeux tapestry

Spinning circle:








Dyeing station:



Felted scarves: 



Indigo Tye Dye:


Some of the merchants:



The end of a long, happy day:


Thursday, October 6, 2011

Sprang Class - Fiber Frolic


Here's a pic of a student working on a sprang loom.  Note the cord pushed to the top.  Loom was warped in the easy figure-8, with a string to hold the cross pushed to the top.

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Stretcher bars came and I'm putting the looms together.  Had to buy all new looms this time so I ordered smaller bars to keep the cost down.  Still plenty of room to weave.

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Sample loom for the class on Sat.


250 wraps on the bobbins.  Enough for two sprang bags.  20 loops on the looms.  4 skewers, 4 string place holders.  Tapestry needles.