Alice...the end of July is coming fast, and I have a warp to finish threading, denting, and to weave. 'Tis the color warp that I created in Lois Bryant's Marvelous, Magical Color for Weavers. This is a workshop that Lois taught to the Warped Wo/men study group in the Guild. It was marvelous, marvelous, marvelous! We studied luminosity, reflectivity, transparency, and irridescence, and Lois's lecture and photos were magical illustrations of these phenomena.
I will be taking the 'Shimmering Silks' workshop with Heather Winslow at the Michigan League of Handweavers workshops, scheduled for early August, so 'tis time to get this beautiful warp going and off so that I can be ready for the next learning. And finally, Sarah Saulson will be giving her painted warp workshop two weeks after that for the Warped Wo/men study group.
Scott and I stopped at Greenfield Village on our way back from Dearborn this afternoon...the jacquard loom is in full operation! Richard Jeryan has worked over the past three years to bring it back to life. He is now weaving on it...using a pattern that was woven at Greenfield Village early in its history, though (rightly so) he has changed the year in the edge border. Richard is excited about having weavers come to the Village for workshops, lectures, study. He will be lecturing at the Historic Weaving Conference in Clayton next Spring. Exciting stuff. Alice, he would love to meet you and have you come to the Weaving shop at Greenfield Village!
More later. I really must get the warp threaded and dented and ready to weave.
Lovely summer days....
Nancy
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Thursday, July 24, 2008
Monday, February 18, 2008
February Visit
Dear Alice,
Oh, it was so good to see you today and have at least a short visit! It was a shame that ALL your Chicks couldn't be there, but Pat couldn't get away (work can sure get in the way) and it was so very nice to visit with Lois, too.
I was able to share a lot about the amazing color workshop the guild held over the weekend with Lois Bryant as our workshop leader/presenter. Her color exercises, power-point presentations and the music were wonderful. She was so organized! The exercises were fun, informative, and it was really neat to see everyone's solutions. It was also a really good time of the year to have the workshop! It was foggy grey (actually rainy/icy) on Sunday morning but everyone found a way to get there safely, and we carried on with Magical, Marvelous Color. I wish I had remembered to take the camera so that you could see the yarn wrappings that everyone came up with. Inspiring!
Rebecca stopped by this evening to pick up some beads that she is going to use on her jacket that will be featured at her Open Studio this weekend. The beaded band is something we talked a lot about last spring when we were working on ideas for the handwoven fabric jacket. I can't wait to see the end result!
I asked her to have some dinner with us, one of those quick, pantry concoctions that was really perfect for mid-February. We had a bit of leftover salmon, some grape tomatoes (the only kind with any flavor in February), pesto from the freezer, and pasta, and fresh sourdough bread that Scott & I collaborated on today, since I had to leave the bread dough in his care whilst the Chicks visited with you today. Voilà! something colorful to beat the wintry blast that has returned again this evening.
After we left you and Lois, we took a fuzz detour on the way home and stopped at the Spinning Loft in Howell, and then went on to Liz Cowdery's farm. Beth, at the Spinning Loft, has done a wonderful job of bringing in lots of beautiful fleeces, processed rovings, and luscious yarns to tempt those of us with already overflowing stashes (I think they should really be called IRA's because the stash continues to grow in value, and once properly aged, it is marvelous to rediscover something so lovely). And Liz is a master at combining color with her dyed rovings that she creates from her Romney wool and mohair! She showed us many different wool breeds and blends from the animals that are on the farm. I know we will see something beautiful come from Mary's expert spinning (BTW, she did very well at the Fleece Fair this past weekend!)
OK. I know you have been waiting to see the photo from our little visit. Here we are! Thanks so much for allowing us to stop in today. Be well until next time!
Många kramar (many hugs),
Nancy
Oh, it was so good to see you today and have at least a short visit! It was a shame that ALL your Chicks couldn't be there, but Pat couldn't get away (work can sure get in the way) and it was so very nice to visit with Lois, too.
I was able to share a lot about the amazing color workshop the guild held over the weekend with Lois Bryant as our workshop leader/presenter. Her color exercises, power-point presentations and the music were wonderful. She was so organized! The exercises were fun, informative, and it was really neat to see everyone's solutions. It was also a really good time of the year to have the workshop! It was foggy grey (actually rainy/icy) on Sunday morning but everyone found a way to get there safely, and we carried on with Magical, Marvelous Color. I wish I had remembered to take the camera so that you could see the yarn wrappings that everyone came up with. Inspiring!
Rebecca stopped by this evening to pick up some beads that she is going to use on her jacket that will be featured at her Open Studio this weekend. The beaded band is something we talked a lot about last spring when we were working on ideas for the handwoven fabric jacket. I can't wait to see the end result!
I asked her to have some dinner with us, one of those quick, pantry concoctions that was really perfect for mid-February. We had a bit of leftover salmon, some grape tomatoes (the only kind with any flavor in February), pesto from the freezer, and pasta, and fresh sourdough bread that Scott & I collaborated on today, since I had to leave the bread dough in his care whilst the Chicks visited with you today. Voilà! something colorful to beat the wintry blast that has returned again this evening.
After we left you and Lois, we took a fuzz detour on the way home and stopped at the Spinning Loft in Howell, and then went on to Liz Cowdery's farm. Beth, at the Spinning Loft, has done a wonderful job of bringing in lots of beautiful fleeces, processed rovings, and luscious yarns to tempt those of us with already overflowing stashes (I think they should really be called IRA's because the stash continues to grow in value, and once properly aged, it is marvelous to rediscover something so lovely). And Liz is a master at combining color with her dyed rovings that she creates from her Romney wool and mohair! She showed us many different wool breeds and blends from the animals that are on the farm. I know we will see something beautiful come from Mary's expert spinning (BTW, she did very well at the Fleece Fair this past weekend!)
OK. I know you have been waiting to see the photo from our little visit. Here we are! Thanks so much for allowing us to stop in today. Be well until next time!
Många kramar (many hugs),
Nancy
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