Hello NOBO - Today was a beautiful day in Vermont and our first day at the Marshfield School of Weaving. We arrived from our little motel at the bottom of the hill around 8:45 and hit the ground running. Kate worked with me to plan my project - a white organic cotton throw with indigo stripes. I spent the day warping a 44 inch wide, 4 1/2 yard warp. Lynette and Kate worked with Mary to plan her project, a beautiful alpaca throw - cream warp with a nutmeg weft. Mary took to multi end warping like crazy, finished her warp and is now threading on a beautiful barn loom. Margaret is working on an amazing warp (the picture I'm posting of her warp looks like it came from a carnival, the warp in real life is stunning.) She had a little visit from Norman Kennedy while she was dressing her loom who was quite interested in her project (Scottish Tweed). Betsy after much deliberation chose her colors and pattern for a rug and it will be stunning.
Being in front of the warping board all day just about killed me, so I am requesting an assist to dress my loom. With any luck we will all be weaving tomorrow. My fellow weavers took control this evening and brought me to The Positive Pie for dinner, then dropped me off at my motel room to work on the blog! The three happy weavers then drove back to the Studio to get in a few more hours of work.
I am having some serious weaving with friends envy! What a fabulous week you ladies are going to have, and I can't wait to see what you create. Thank you, thank you for keeping us in the loop! -Melissa
ReplyDeleteI'm so inspired and love all of Gail's descriptions of your projects. Fun with friends and weaving
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to read tonight's post. Olivia