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leolawitt@gmail.comLeola's Studiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14979475798763084374noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504291866555624548.post-72244109434116165772016-12-14T21:01:00.003-08:002016-12-14T21:01:28.764-08:00It's been a year since I posted!! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have finally a minute to post a wee bit. The spring, summer and fall has been incredibly productive, creative and satisfying, but with a small toll on this girl. Since March, the studio has been alive with energy and hard work. It has been both exhilarating and tiring and this weekend we are having an open house to thank you for supporting our small endeavour.<br />
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Please come and visit and see a working studio in action, have some refreshment and perhaps pick up a gift or two. There are also gift certificates for classes and/or garments as well.<br />
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If you can't make it, thank you for your support and kindness. I am grateful every day that I can do what I do and it has been assisted by everyone's contribution in celebrating the wonder of textiles.<br />
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We will continue to welcome you and continue to educate and introduce the magic of the textile arts. May you be drawn in! 'Trompe as Writ' everyone! (A weaving term that means ...as drawn in...) which is often what people say when they come into the studio the first time.<br />
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Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah. May the light bless you in 2017.<br />
<br />Leola's Studiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14979475798763084374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504291866555624548.post-6310717101899358122015-12-01T19:56:00.000-08:002015-12-01T19:56:31.178-08:00Sticky Wicket<br />
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Wicket<br />
noun<br />
1. a small door or gate....<br />
2, an opening like a window....<br />
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I am renowned in the studio for putting on sticky warps - I can't help myself as I love mohair especially and fuzzy yarns in general, but I am not afraid of them and for the most part never have much trouble with them. However, of late I was trying to use up some of the stash and they all happened to be the same colour - gray and fuzzy. So I made a warp for Ann to weave on the 12 harness (she has long arms and long legs) as we felt we needed some more ponchos. Lots of complaining went on beaming it as well as weaving it but we are both patient and zone out. Ann was busy so I finished the warp off and yes it was sticky....however I will cover a few tips that I have learned over the years. But first I think I may have had some 'other realm' assistance. I looked at my shuttle and Lilly Bolin's name was on it! And I wove happily with a few adjustments - so here I go with some suggestions....the `wicket` behaves when you use some of these tips.<br />
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Mohair goes a long way - you don't need a lot to make a statement. I am not a fan of the mohair blanket - warp and weft - I think it a waste of such a lovely fibre. Blending with wool makes it go farther as well.<br />
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Sticky warps are not just mohair of course - boucles can give you a problem or two as well.<br />
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Check the reed. In this case I was lazy, I sleyed a 10 dent reed to 8 epi because I couldn't find an 8 - that would have helped in the sticky department. <br />
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I have also used spray starch on my warp whilst it is still on the warping board - this helps a lot. Let it dry if you think it will rust your reed. Also make sure the room is warm - damp days make the fibre more sticky.<br />
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Beam with your harnesses open - I beam through the front, so I often open the tabby sheds to split the warp - I have no problems with tension if you are wondering about that - my warps go on smoothly and at a good tension. <br />
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Weave with a flat Swedish style shuttle - works a charm. Ann uses this ugly taped up rag shuttle that for some reason she loves - I changed shuttles right away and had better success. Also I advanced frequently so the fibres couldn't have a confab and embrace each other (my theory) and beat with the shed open.<br />
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On 4 harness looms a direct tie-up is recommended, then you can wiggle your stickies apart if need be. On a 12, it just isn't possible unless you have really big feet.<br />
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I leave you now as I am readying for a show.<br />
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Music of the day included:<br />
Blaze Foley<br />
Chet Faker<br />
Amelia Curran<br />
Bedouin Soundclash<br />
Anika Moa<br />
Feist<br />
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............days later - I have finished the last show and will blog a little about that next time - thought I should get this one out.<br />
<br />Leola's Studiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14979475798763084374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504291866555624548.post-36624131384090663042015-11-10T19:28:00.000-08:002015-11-10T19:28:11.659-08:00Attempt at Blogging once again!<br />
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It has been a bit of a struggle these past couple of years - intermittent mingling of thoughts, actions etc. Not to be daunted, I will again attempt to blog on a regular basis. Short meaningful, I hope, thoughts that will put a wiggle in your creative brain!<br />
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Today I tried to focus on a few things I needed doing, and to reward myself with something I wanted to do if there were no interruptions - suffice it to say I locked the door and pulled the curtain. It was quiet in the courtyard, so I didn't feel guilty.<br />
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I have been obsessed by circles and have explored the making of, in different techniques - tapestry, Theo Moorman, various overshots. The grid poses restriction in order to get a round shape so it is always a challenge. Then I saw an image of woven circles in Google Image and a draft by Susan Poague. Yippee says I, but was unsure of how to do it as the draft was unclear to me. Then Susan's circles were published in Handwoven, and I didn't have that issue. I only buy it now and again, so I had to order it. I got it, followed exactly except for the materials, (I am not a rayon chenille lover) and didn't much like what I saw - I needed it to be airy and light. So resleyed to 12 epi using cotton and tencel warp and linen and cotton/linen in the wefts and played. Yay I love, but then craft fairs got in the way.......<br />
so now I am doing what I want....but the ridiculous part of this textale, is that I had the pattern the whole time in my Strickler's book - Diversified Plain Weave using the point twill and <br />
'swelling' it out......I felt a little bit like a fool, but I had a good laugh too. The egg shape will hopefully shrink into more of a circle after washing and off tension.<br />
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I guess the 'wiggle' would be to obsess but take time to think it through - saves yourself a little grief in the end. My brain can be so fragmented with the creative energy and other people's energy that taking time for myself on a regular basis and journal on a consistent basis.<br />
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And now I end with the music I listened to throughout the day - everyone likes the music in the studio - today it was a definite mix. Laura Fry ends her blogs with her reading material, but my reading these days is mostly non-fiction and knitting patterns!<br />
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Marianas Trench<br />
Alpha Blondie<br />
Lana del Rey<br />
Alison Kraus<br />
BZ<br />
Dolly Parton<br />
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Leola's Studiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14979475798763084374noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504291866555624548.post-63443032288950110622014-01-02T20:14:00.002-08:002014-01-02T20:15:05.359-08:00Annual January Sale at THE LOOM!!!<span style="font-size: large;">Just another quick little reminder that there is the annual January Sale at THE LOOM - everyone likes to be reminded so here it is!!! So many beautiful new yarns - the store is bursting and the first day was amazing. We are all at the ready to tempt you with such wonderful yarns - and we just might spin a few while we are at it!!! I work on Wednesdays 10-2 and all day Saturday, but the Studio is open and please come and have a quick visit if you have time. </span><br />
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Leola's Studiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14979475798763084374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504291866555624548.post-31491865019550322932013-10-04T14:06:00.001-07:002013-10-04T14:09:27.172-07:00Cowichan Valley Fleece and Fibre Festival I will be writing on my blog soon - thank you all for missing me!! But to keep you up-to-date, mark this on your calendar. It is going to be awesome!<br />
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I'll be in touch soon - very crazy busy these days, but my computer is fixed here in the studio, so will be able to write more. However, if you are on Facebook, befriend me at Leola's Studio - I try to do daily updates there.</div>
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Leola's Studiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14979475798763084374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504291866555624548.post-44728997648948894292013-06-17T21:07:00.000-07:002013-06-17T21:43:56.998-07:00…I’ll know if it’s what I wanted. It might be what I needed which usually ends up being what I wanted in the first place.” -Eyarheh Wapa<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="text-align: left;">A lovely visit from a former student wrote the title of the post... It led me to design a workshop, called Pique Your Passion. Anyone wanting to have me teach this workshop get in touch - it is intense, fun and the only way I can really bring the studio to you.....more on that later !</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">I am on my way to Convergence in Bellingham this week, so I hope to see many of you there. Please look me up at Booth 16 - would love to meet you! and for more information:</span></div>
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So, I can only say I have been busy and too tired at night to blog - so I got my laptop fixed and I can now work in the studio - Ann and I are constantly getting obsessed about certain weaving techniques - one of which is rosepath - and especially eight harness rosepath - a traditional threading that for many of us was the first threading we used. Wanya, my esteemed teacher had a certain reverence for rosepath (rosengang) which probably impressed my young mind and still does. So off Ann and I went down the rose garden path and had a heck of a good time! As a result we have pillows made out of Eastwin mohair blend - 100% Cowichan Valley fibre! The above trees (I thought of pussy willows, but others thought it was after a forest fire etc. :) at any rate this one is special as I had a 93 year old manfriend giving me the treadling order, as I was on a table loom. The red tree is for Forbes! We later found the skeleton tie-up key in Tim's Treadling program on-line!!!! which we will use when we get to the floor loom - our plan is to make bolsters which are wide narrow pillows with an insert of the rosepath........I will post pictures when they are done. 100% Cowichan Valley fibre too - mostly mohair. At present we are wrestling (I say this as I put my neck out reaching for the heddles!) with a 12 harness loom.....onto another project though.<br />
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The spin-in in Metchosin was a huge success and it was wonderful to see everyone!<br />
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And then it was Fibres West - which was an amazing fibre fair in Cloverdale. I met so many people that are obsessed by fibre!! Aren't we all??<br />
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I did my usual red corner and a natural corner and then Hummingbee Farm had their luscious fibres surrounding me - can it get any better? <a href="http://hummingbeefarm.webs.com/">http://hummingbeefarm.webs.com/</a><br />
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Some pictures from the event - Fiona Duthie was there - she is one of my favourite fibre artists in the whole wide world..............</div>
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A lot of our local wool is processed at Custom Woolen Mills and on the island as well with Anna Renning and also there is a mill on Salt Spring - we are lucky to have this available to us - I want to weave with as much local fibre as I can - so we have started weaving Cowichan Valley blankets using our local fibre - we have finished 4 already - and looking for fleece to process!!</div>
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Rya rugs are fun to make and use a lot of material - if you are using rags and fabric. Some of my young students made a rug using Pendelton Blanket selvedges - it was so heavy - I don't seem to have a picture of it though - will have to get them to send me one and I will add it to the post.</div>
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We love using mohair and especially our local blend from Ann's farm, Eastwin - but I wanted to celebrate it - so wouldn't you know, a knitting designer walked into the studio and introduced herself and I jumped at the chance to suggest she design something for us. And voila - she did. It is so beautiful and luscious and fun to knit. You will be able to purchase it through my website soon, pattern and the mohair blend....or the pattern can be purchased on line from Andrea Rangel's website or Ravelry. It is called Glenora where the pretty goats live.....my sweet student, Katie is modelling it for us in these pictures.</div>
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'wishing you a year as rich as a tapestry, as "full" as a handwoven blanket and as connected as the seasons...' with love</div>
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I wish this to all of you as well - have a wonderful year of creativity and joy!!!</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Speaking of tapestry - just to let everyone know that it is moving along centimeter by centimeter and it is so beautiful - Anne, Barbara, Ann Marie and I all do our part - it is a community tapestry, so others are welcome at any time.</span></div>
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So I have decided that I would try to showcase someone each blog - I have just too many interesting people come through, working and creating in the studio, that both humble and inspire me which, leave little snippets of wisdom and make me feel like there are just not enough hours in the day to accomplish all one would like to accomplish. So this month I would like to feature a woman that I have known for about 30 years and who I didn't really know until she came quietly into the studio and said she would like to weave on the the community tapestry! And now when she doesn't come in on Thursdays, I feel that my week is not complete.</div>
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Barbara came to Canada 32 years ago from Germany. She had studied at the Academy of the Visual Arts - <em>Kunstakademie</em> in Stuttgart. Her focus being textile and to begin with explored fabric painting which evolved into teaching at the Academy in the printing department. She then switched to weaving, and worked on many hangings and was paid by the meter! One of the biggest was approximately 18 X 4 meters and then it was hung in the Heidleberg Cancer Institute.</div>
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Working with another weaver, she was accustomed to working with others in a 'community' way - just as she is now in the studio - lucky me! This hanging was done 'rya-like' - which of course piques my interest as I so want to weave a rya - perhaps then next community weaving.....</div>
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Barbara discovered bobbin lace in the Cowichan Valley and is a crackerjack bobbin lace maker - unbelieveable. She submits her designs to Lace Makers Gazette and Die Spitze. Barbara is also well known for her knitting and everytime I see her, she has another sweater on that she has designed - and she is so humble... </div>
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Barbara's personal statement, she expresses, "I love every thing what you can do by hand", in her lovely accent and continues, "I love working with my hands and using nature as a springboard. It is important to work along with other like minded people." After asking her what she can offer the world - she was reluctant to answer - but after some discussion, she likes to bring awareness of the textile world to youth through demonstration and feels this is one way to keep the craft alive. Her work can be seen at the Sooke Arts Faire every year, the Tzouhalem Weavers and Spinners annual show, and various fibre fairs on the island. My creative world is enriched by this wonderful artist.</div>
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I have been playing as usual - Summer and Winter Lace these days - just to stretch the threading - white on white for the most part which of course bores me to no end - but I do want to paint it or dye it once I have finished - I have been inspired by Lynette who writes in her blog Le Tissier Designs who submits to Vogue Knitting magazine - amazing lace knitter. Check out the latest Vogue Knitting magazine and see her socks!!!! </div>
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And then I have been obsessed by pink...........thanks to my friend Sherry of Vintage Treasures who now has her store in Chemainus.....</div>
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A raw silk flower thread painted 4 X 4 inches sitting on a blanket in cream and white - two blankets one in white woven with Eastwin mohair blend and the second a Fleece Artist kid mohair.....Pretty pretty pretty!</div>
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It is the season for submitting for craft fairs in the summer and Christmas, Convergence, brochures - deadlines everywhere - slowly but surely everything will get done....I keep weaving, and teaching and being inspired every waking moment - it cannot get any better than this. </div>
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I leave you with an adage that came my way by Susan's husband Bruce when we were talking about getting old and retirement etc. - that talk!! He described this ideal moment at the age of 14, he was in a canoe with an older gentleman, fishing and enjoying the summer day - his Finnish friend, George Wala gazed out over the water and turned to him and said - <br />
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He told me this just after I had the pleasure of teaching a dozen young women, the Renaissance Women they call themselves, aiming to learn as much as they can - which made me feel just a little old - but good because I have been blessed with the ability and the good fortune to be learning everyday - all the things that I love to do.</div>
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I have much more to tell you and to share with you but will do that in another blog - lots of stimulating conversation, amazing art sites etc. Create everyone!!!</div>
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We are almost finished with the craft fairs for the season - and it has been very successful. The Crystal Garden "Out of Hand" show was great, tiring, but great. We shared a booth with Mixed Metal Mimi which worked really well together. Her shawl pins have been a hit in the studio gallery and we were not surprised at how well they sold in this show as well - certainly the metal and fibre work together. We were tired, but jazzed up and ready to continue, but soon exhaustion hit me and I was glad to be home. What was interesting to me was that 30 years or so ago I had been doing craft fairs in the Crystal Gardens, and almost in the same location, making ponchos, scarves and blankets and having the same conversation about where were craft fairs going.....lots has changed, but the attitude is about the same. I think as artists, we love to meet the people who appreciate and love our work - there is not the same 'sweetness' that one can get on-line. Oh, and everyone has a credit card reader on their I-phones!!!! Makes a big difference in sales.<br />
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My young students have been keeping me busy. Because I encourage self directed creativity, I sometimes have no idea where the kids will take me. One class, I found myself in the middle of braiding rugs - so there they were, braiding these very long braids outside - luckily it was sunny and the next thing I knew, I was skipping rope!!! Much to the surprise of my students, I soon landed on my behind! Man, it was fun for a few minutes anyway!<br />
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Everything from legwarmers to delightful little toy animals......<br />
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And the tapestry grows - we are at the purple flower!!!<br />
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I had the Salt Spring Weaver's Guild come for a tour in the last month, which was just wonderful - I think that they had a great time what with filming and taking pictures and I am pretty sure they were inspired by all the looms and my student's weaving. I certainly loved having them in the studio.</div>
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And speaking of filming - Shaw Cable came to Whippletree Junction a couple of weeks ago - and it was one of those days that everything went wrong that could go wrong, but they were great working around my craft fair stress and managed to make me sound somewhat articulate. If you wish to watch it!!!!! you can find it on:</div>
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Had a wonderful memory lane week due to designing a mini-rug workshop for some wonderful women from the Campbell River Guild. I had the honour, as many have, of studying with Peter in 1979!! He passed away a few years ago in the month of October, so it seems fitting that I should begin this post with rugs!! </div>
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The workshop included a three-end block weave from Peter's book (using rags in order for the rug to be finished in a day), a herringbone twill from Davison's book, a twill rug done on opposites, and another twill threading sett at 4 epi in order for it to be bound - pick and pick and the like. </div>
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I had done a rag rug as well on the block weave, and then after the class left, I couldn't wait to get back on the loom so have produced three carpet bags using wool and wool blends. I will be working with a leather artist to trim with leather and use leather straps. I am quite excited and I am loving using a blend of wools together to shade and make the blocks 'move'. I want to add a little tapestry in too. My arms are sore!!!!</div>
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The studio continues to be busy and creative. New students every week, both young and older. I had a wonderful group of 15 women for Professional Development day to learn, 'textile arts in the home and the classroom'. They were enthusiastic and worked hard all day. I was in my element - any chance to educate about my passion, I cannot be stopped! These very creative women made a journal for their creative ideas and meanderings using the accordian book style (I have a 'thing' about accordians!), using fabric and embellishment for the covers. The weaving station had paper weaving, needle weaving on little looms my husband kindly made, and spindles made from dowel and CDs (although only one participant managed to fit that in!). Weaving on the floor looms was also happening, with everyone weaving on the rag rug, and rag mats which were later raffled off. Needle felting onto recycled felted wool from wool blankets to make a coffee cozy was also done. We managed to dye some local wool as well with cedar chips from a totem carving that my next door studio artist, Herb Rice keeps for me. They also went away with a tea towel and an old package of Rit dye to tie dye!!!! There just wasn't enough time to do it all!!! SO much fun. I hope I get to do it again.</div>
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Her tapestries spoke to us all - Value was what the workshop was all about - I learned so much more than I thought I had room for. AND she plays the concertina (as does Anne Clark who is my partner in the Community Tapestry!!! - as I said before I have a 'thing' about accordians!). Sarah spins all her weft by spindle and dyes with natural dyes, uses a wool warp, and the back is as perfect as the front - and she washes her tapestries - I was spellbound. Look her up - <a href="http://www.sarahswett.com/">www.sarahswett.com</a></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">And then when I got back to the studio, the following week I had a visitor from the Penticton Guild, which I am now a member of, the Desert Sage Spinners and Weavers Guild (did I get it right?). I am very impressed by the guild and wished I was closer to take part.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We will be famous one day in the Cowichan Valley - everyone grew indigo this year and it was a bumper crop nd everyone seemed to have a different method of dyeing. My friend Barbara, the flag bearer of the indigo growers here in the valley, got the most beautiful colours eco-wise</span></div>
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Barbara's is in the middle - she used fresh as did I, and then overdyed in more fresh and got darker colours. I love the paleness of it and have named it Indigo of the Cowichan Valley - a Westcoast blue that is so beautiful and I can hardly wait to make a warp with it and the cedar dyed yarn - about the same Value, my Penticton friends!!!<br />
And then the flax has been pulled and retted and it is now drying in my weaving partner, Ann's attic - ready to be broken, scutched, hackled and spun........and then dyed with indigo - a perfect product.<br />
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And one more important thing - I now have windows in a wall that didn't have any - and it has made a big difference - that and lighting which will come eventually. I spent a week in the Kootenays and after I came home, there they were so beautiful and I now have window boxes as well. Thank you Peter for being so kind - never mind that I also have a new bird house as well!!! While in the Kootenays I just happened to notice that the Castlegar Weaver's Guild had a show on......<br />
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I leave you now and I will try to stay on top of the posting - I know I have said that before, but one never knows, I just might do it one day. Drop into the studio any time - I offer workshops in most any technique you wish to explore - you tell me what you want, and I will design a workshop for exactly what you want and more! </div>
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There is a lot to share and I am so behind in just about everything, that it is hard to know where to begin. So I thought I would start by my pictures that I transferred to the computer that I am writing at.<br />
I also have to do a tribute to my Shawnigan Lake School students, so will be uploading my pictures very soon, for those parents that may be waiting to see said pictures.<br />
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The studio has been exceptionally busy which has been wonderful. Thank you all for the encouraging comments and for participating in activities in the studio - the studio is not just mine, but all that wish to experience a teaching and working studio.<br />
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So, the above triptych is of the triangular shawl that was a community effort - everyone warped a stripe or too, in the mirror image warping technique, so it would be balanced, and we proceeded to weave it. For those of you who don't know about this fun activity, it is very easy and it is done on a wide floor loom rather than the triangular loom that is quite popular these days. Simple as 1, 2, 3, one weaves the warp as the weft and beats 50/50 (very important). We are starting another one, so if you would like to participate, phone the studio, 250 597-0820.<br />
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And of course our other community activity is the tapestry..........affectionately called CAW and you will have to come to the studio to hear the story! Ann Clark has been amazing in her support and enthusiasm - it would not be off the ground if it hadn't been for her energy. I have to wait for two weeks between visits and weave a bit by myself - so much fun working together. I have the fortune also to be attending a tapestry workshop in September with Sarah Swett. I am very excited.<br />
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My husband has built me another raised bed for madder root, dyer's chamomile and other dye plants. If anyone would like to share some cuttings I would be so happy!!! I have seed for a few dye plants, but I won't get them in this year. I also planted some tomatoes that came my way - all heritage plants, and a zucchini and bean trees. And if you want some heavenly scent, smell the sweet peas when next at the studio or The Loom - right near the teapot garden......the smell of summer.</div>
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You may have guessed that this is not in any particular order...but here I go with some other things that have happened in the studio - I will let you know another time about some paranormal folk coming in too!!!!!</div>
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Recently, I have had some equipment come my way - another Cherryville Loom which made me very happy and the loom also came with a white cotton warp threaded through the reed and heddles and all nicely rolled up. We made short work with first putting up the loom (only 14 minutes) and tying the warp on and beaming it on. A white warp is something that is foreign to me - so I painted it. Hadn't done that in many years and it was such a joy and only a little bit got on the loom. I have been inspired by my grandson's art of late and the flower just needed to be painted. I thought it would be fun to do a pseudo tapestry to keep my fingers limber using linen.....and so, well, I am just having too much fun.</div>
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And a another linen project, traditional linen face towel with a little overshot - Davison's Yin & Yang</div>
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The studio was given a lot of undyed wool - masses. So I started making use of it right away and made a couple of blanket warps which I then dyed and quite unevenly as well due to the bulk. The first blanket I did like an overshot using a space dyed kid mohair for the tabby from Fleece Artist and another wool that has a nice long colourway, Merino Stripes by Crystal Palace - very woodsy and the colour changes in the warp just aren't noticeable, or I grew used to it or something. The second one I am weaving in the classic crackle with three shuttles (Italian Manner) and I am using a variety of blues and blue greens, and to be honest I am not sure I know what I am using as I am using several fibres per shuttle........Fleece Artist, Sublime boucle, Berroco alpaca etc. etc. looks good anyway.</div>
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The warp is quite green, but the one picture makes it look quite yellow.......let me see if I have another - oh well. I love Crackle - does anyone remember Miss Marjorie E. Hill? Wasn't she just a crackle expert. I did learn a lot from her, but later learned a lot from Mary Snyder at Banff - more of a contemporary style. One can never exhaust this system of weaving.</div>
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And the rag rugs keep being woven - I challenge the experienced weaver, to come and spend a day in the studio and weave a rag rug and leave with one. Guild members 10% off of course. There will likely be a dye pot on, perhaps the next triangular shawl will be on its way and of course the tapestry needs weaving - or just come and have a cup of tea. And the following picture - this young woman was a very happy weaver - her first time on a loom.</div>
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Oh yes, and we are dyeing more Eastwin mohair as well as The Loom's new local Cowichan Valley Pollypay (yes, I spell it incorrectly - it should be Polypay, but it sounds too much like polyester) - I love the Pollypay - a worsted weight and it just gets softer and softer.</div>
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And I have been having a great time weaving with linen and alpaca and loving it - can't let go. For some reason they seem to like each other.....this is about the fifth one - I just keep tyeing them on - I must admit though, I am slower at finishing this one, but only because I am on another jag.</div>
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Earlier in the spring I had the most amazing two days - I had to go to the Weavery in Glenora to borrow a key from Ann as I had locked mine in the studio - I never have much time to see and do other things, but it was a lovely gift for me to have this opportunity to visit the Weavery and remind me of other fabulous weaving going on in the Cowichan Valley.</div>
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And one of my favourite pictures of all times that I took with my trusty iphone, and one of the best uses of rayon chenille that Ann my partner in crime designed - bolsters or pillows.</div>
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The next day I went to Victoria with Betty to have lunch with the TAPIS group - Tapestry Artists of the Island - I don't think I have that quite right but it was an amazing day - and I would love to just do a blog of these fabulous artists.</div>
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I am still moved by the above - I can't remember the details, but it is fantastic - I will make sure I find out the information, as it is just beautiful - not enough words to describe it.</div>
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One of my students, Rita, suggested I use cardboard too, but I started with the Island Parent Magazine - and it was expired - and newspapers - anything I could find in the local stores that was old.....and of course it looks quite different now - I will be sure to take a picture of the summer garden.</div>
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And it continued into other designs.....I have had this scarf that I purchased from the guild sale, one, because it was woven by my friend Trudi and the other because I loved the bubble effect - using cotton and wool and then felting it a bit and the cotton bubbles up - very cool.........and it was in the back of my mind for some time when during this 'aldered' state, I also came across a print that another friend of mine had - a birch tree forest. I made a warp of alpaca and a linen blend and on an 8 harness twill, in equal stripes attempted to weave my birches. In the weft I used a linen and an alpaca and wove a couple of yards and I love the drape and the effect - a gentle bubble, but I didn't want to full it too much more as it was a lovely weight. I realize that I have been in a natural mode as far as colour and I am limiting myself with colour and technique - going for the fibres and how they react with each other. I am loving linen and alpaca together - it just works.</div>
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And spring continued to burst - we were blessed with a beautiful grandson, Cale McNie, joining his sister, Belle Emily Rose and cousin Easton Witt - what can I say, except that the I didn't think I could feel so much more joy.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So many ideas and moments of sure joy - not a great picture, but just seconds before there were about a dozen geese swimming in and out of these trees. The water is so high (Shawnigan Lake and just down the hill from home) and I have been doing a daily photo record as an exercise - "what do I see" - kind of exercises - form, colour, movement, it gives me a good start to the day and ideas abound. </td></tr>
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I chose the title to this post due to one of most wonderful experiences that I have had in the studio. A week or so ago, a woman came in - someone I knew - and had read the article in the Voice about Leola's sStudio and felt that this was the place to be gifted something she had. Had I heard of Theo Moorman, yes I said and wished I had responded as Barbara had answered her some years back, had she heard of Wayne Gretsky??? So she put in my hands, the Weaving as an Art Form, which I love and have a couple of copies that I love to lend out, another book on permanent loan, Theo Moorman 1907-1990: Her Life and Work as an Artist Weaver. I hadn't seen this book, so I was very excited. But then she placed another gift in my hand wrapped in tissue - a piece of Theo's weaving done with a fan reed............it was quite an emotional moment. Helen, then told me that Theo had been her mother's best friend in Leeds and had visited her mom who lived in Chemainus - she had been here in the valley!!!! I knew she taught internationally and had been in Banff because my old weaving partner Christine had taken a workshop with her - and took Theo sightseeing around Banff. I have done a few pieces of the Moorman technique and loved this "poor man's tapestry" technique. <br />
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Theodora Moorman quotes: ..."One is, of course, aware that complacency strikes death at the heart of creativity, but it is not so easy to accept failure as a step towards progress. The rare occasion when something comes off the loom that one knows in one's bones is good is a matter for rejoicing. To realise a positive side to one's failures is much harder and needs a lot of courage. Courage, persistence and an exploring and adventurous mind are our greatest assets. It is good to 'push out a little into the deep'.<br />
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This all came about after watching Archie Brennan cut up a woven tapestry! I love it when my students lose a cross, or make mistakes - as I always tell them it is an opportunity for new design and gives me a chance to teach and I learn as much as they do - and there is always room for potential 'new' mistakes.<br />
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Barbara really wants to have a Theo Moorman workshop in the studio, so we are looking at a Theo Moorman Birthday Party and Tea - May 25th is her birthday, so we will letting you know of further developments....let us know if you want to take part. If you have some pieces that you have woven please let me know as we would love to showcase them.<br />
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Anne Clarke and I have begun to get ready for the community tapestry. We have decided on a design and over the holiday, Anne took the design to Island Blue Print and had it copied onto mylar, so we have our cartoon at the ready. It seems that there is tapestry happening in the studio more than ever and another tapestry loom is coming our way - so plenty of opportunity to create. I am very excited abou it as I have studied tapestry over the years, and have mostly worked on community tapestry and minatures. It has been some while since I have 'indulged' and my fingers are itching to do so. It is so much fun to work big and although this first tapestry in the studio will only be about 34" X 50", it will be a beginning. However I am the holdup, as I still haven't warped the loom - after the Spin In at Metchosin on February 25th (as in tomorrow!!), I can settle down and get it done.<br />
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A print of a detail from a larger oil painting done by my friend Lucy Schappy, and sent to me when I first opened my studio - I have loved it from the beginning and always thought it would be a great tapestry. The photo doesn't do it justice, but it is from a painting called Steppin' Out. Perfect for spring don't you think?</div>
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The Comfort Shawl in action. A first time weaver, Megan weaving a comfort shawl for her sister who was to undergo surgery - she went home with a beautiful handwoven gift.</div>
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Catharina's Liquid sky - thrums and rags!</div>
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My Valentine attempt at summer and winter hearts - 8 harnesses, with mistake!</div>
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Jenna brought me some eggs, I was weaving on Ray's warp, the colours fit - a little lichen, beautiful eggs, one of the eggs was olive coloured, the weft was the same colour of linen and I just happened to have my darning egg in my pocket that my husband had carved out of arbutus, with a heart on it - "for my love, for my socks" is what it says. But the whole 'nest' was perfectly coordinated with the warp - so very cool.....</div>
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Perfect edges, perfect beat....and weaving for only a couple of months.</div>
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Devon's first blanket warp - beautiful<br />
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And I have saved the best for last - a very old picture - about 30 years ago, in my hippie gear (I <em>was</em> known as a hip-pie tomato at one point in my life!) a handwoven shrug with handspun mohair I grew myself, and a little girl I also grew myself (not such a happy duo here), but I swear I could see better with those big glasses..........</div>
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On my way to my fabulous diesel mechanic's shop I was completely surrounded by a frosted environment, and my mind then went into winter twill land. I am always looking at my surroundings in any case and recording future warps or designs that may play out into a structure of some kind. My husband then picked me up and we continued on to the studio - passing by the blueberry farm where the twill was so obvious in the regimented planting - Glen wouldn't stop for a picture, so will post one later if I manage to capture that image. It truly was a wonderful way to begin the season.<br />
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Later on the same day, I had a wonderful conversaton with a local guild member about the remarkable world of twills and how one can explore for a century and never exhaust the simple threading on any amount of harnesses (excuse my calling harnesses harnesses, I have never got into the habit of calling them shafts - after all my looms have horses........).<br />
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The Glenora Farm Christmas Fete was lovely and the weather was sunny and bright. Lots of textiles there and of course the Weavery had plenty to show. I bought yet another couple of handtowels and another tea cozy. Leola's Studio will be carrying some of their weaving, so if you cannot get out to the Weavery located at the four corners in Glenora, you can come to the studio.<br />
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A tapestry woven with rags....</div>
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The studio has new weavers. Catharina has her loom set up and is weaving every day. The above tapestry is a study inspired by a card that she purchased at the Guild's show. It is quite lovely and from every angle we see something new. It is about 28" by 45" (I think) and quite fabulous. Catharina isn't sure that she likes using rags as her weft, but had fun anyway. Her husband Ray comes with her as well. I asked him one day if he would like to weave and he said he always wanted to try. He sat at the loom and it was if he was born to weave. His edges and beat are precise. Ray has diverse abilities and is challenged only by filling the bobbin. The studio is made richer by this couple. </div>
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In January, tapestry will be alive and well in the studio. Ann Clark, a fabulous tapestry artist, and I have joined forces and we will be initiating a community type tapestry. Our first design is in the works - a detail from a painting by a wonderful painter friend of mine, Lucy Schappy....the painting is called "Stepping Out" and is just so darn happy! The cartoon will be approximately 36 X 50 inches. We will be warping up in the next few weeks. I will keep you informed. Strangely enough, Catherina has come into the studio, Lynn brought her tapestry loom in to share and then another tapestry loom came in just the other day.....wonders will never cease!</div>
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I was having lunch with Gaye down in the Bay, and I got a frantic call from Ann that I had a felting crisis waiting for me! I came up to find my friend Evee with this gigantic felting project not felting so great....hmmm is about all I said (I remember Wanya expressing the same way, so now I actually know why..), anyway, the only thing I could think of was elbow grease with added hot water and soap - so we set off on a very cold but sunny day. The next day the whole darn thing was frozen, but we kept at it and lo and behold it felted rather well and the much smaller piece is being embellished as we speak - a floor mat for her son. I was kind of sore for a few days - a great work out. <br />
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May you have a wonderful new season, the light is coming and soon spring will be here. Happy holidays and please come and share the space - would love to see you.</div>Leola's Studiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14979475798763084374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504291866555624548.post-51752229660952277692011-11-11T14:06:00.000-08:002011-11-16T15:42:18.095-08:00Open House<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In order for me to process any little inspiration, I have to play - whether it be flowers, leaves, bark or a passing conversation, I have to put it down into a collage, a drawing, a photo montage, a meal or a poem. Sometimes years go by for me to actually understand what drew me to that particular moment of 'buzz' in my head. The off shoots, or as I sometimes call them, my sidebars, are often part of the network that one small leaf, bug or moment can produce. A warp most often results, a theatre set, or just a simple arrangement of some collectibles.....a moment of design, colour and composition. All of us are composing without awareness, so we are practiced. The next step is to somehow record it, if you wish or translate it in some fashion- it isn't necessary, but it sure does assist in creating and developing our art. It is like anything we learn; one practices, one gets better.<br />
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During a week of thinking of little art pieces to enter the Portals (Cowichan Valley Arts Council Gallery) Teeny Tiny Show, I attempted to do the above - and I had a great time. However my photos aren't that great (good excuse anyway), but I had a great time with this small goal I gave myself for the week. And did I learn something from this? Yes, I want to do more!!!<br />
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This is one of my exercises this week - the cedar bark, I will post the resulting piece but it isn't a great photo. The technique is thread painting on raw silk using my sewing machine as my brush, oh, and it somewhat an abstract piece! The small piece of 'cedar' gave the 'reader' a clue as to what it might be. The best part was it was fun to do.<br />
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The other piece was also fun to do - my virginia creeper. Again, same technique and my photograph which I took outside my studio, I changed it to black and white and printed it off on some silk - it is almost a hologram (I think that is what it is called), with the structure of the silk - very subtle, but when you see it, it is like a little surprise. One has to see it in person to understand. So my inspiration....<br />
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and the resulting piece...you can see a little of the above picture on the silk background and the 'leaf' is of course all raw silk....<br />
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Now, my little pieces have a neighbour - an Alison Irwin paper weaving - absolutely delightful and I feel honoured to have such a neighbour!<br />
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Alison sent me this photo to replace my inadequate recording - this sets it off perfectly. The title is Black Poppy.<br />
So enough for today. Play - it is good for you!Leola's Studiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14979475798763084374noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504291866555624548.post-51088919814933327802011-10-28T00:25:00.000-07:002011-10-28T07:49:47.081-07:00Having way too much fun........The last two months have been incredibly busy with classes, weaving, dyeing, and well, most people know that transition from summer to fall busyness. A great way to sort out priorities and projects....<br />
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</div><div align="left"><span style="font-size: small;">There was a lot of activity around dyeing this past month. We had an indigo dye day - several of us had indigo plants that Barbara had provided - such beautiful plants - and we put them together and proceeded to go through the process. Barbara had done a test run a few weeks earlier and got the most glorious blues. Unfortunately, although we did exactly the same process, we did not get any blue - just a hint. So we have had a few explanations. The only thing different were, the water (high iron content), the time of picking - were the plants past their prime? and the heat - were we accurate enough. We will try again next year - all of us have plants beginning to seed and they will be next years experiment. We were disappointed, but the exploration of this wonderful colour, although elusive, was still fun and magical.</span></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">The Juan de Fuca Fibre group came up for a day in the studio - wonderful spinners. Pots of tea, and a couple of dye pots were the order of the day. It was another fun time with women passionate about their fibres. We were having the time of our lives, dyeing raw fleece (local Churro from my friend Gaye) and overdyeing some roving.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhokRrpzJ4g2iyhKyDczGy6C3rw8H1QhTDTlyLYdz_e-wjmBtBFIw_kEWolxZpzIm2XRFFnnEDrEX3WpFpLtfsbUfM1HQgtLK65gbbX_OjOx015pwMeleaiXe-KwzKVHg90cEoH2WKp56k/s1600/081.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhokRrpzJ4g2iyhKyDczGy6C3rw8H1QhTDTlyLYdz_e-wjmBtBFIw_kEWolxZpzIm2XRFFnnEDrEX3WpFpLtfsbUfM1HQgtLK65gbbX_OjOx015pwMeleaiXe-KwzKVHg90cEoH2WKp56k/s320/081.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjrcr1qNfQ4SQc4MSRIlTDMPFqg-SsZCclDXsVb0uhNSXDohQzui-EqjLkrH5a8YmiTP4RVAcGuHujg5aQsrA8APmanTYT_zwTvthRQwtxc0JbBZg8MIgD53Za0KXc4wiERZGk8fc6O68/s1600/084.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjrcr1qNfQ4SQc4MSRIlTDMPFqg-SsZCclDXsVb0uhNSXDohQzui-EqjLkrH5a8YmiTP4RVAcGuHujg5aQsrA8APmanTYT_zwTvthRQwtxc0JbBZg8MIgD53Za0KXc4wiERZGk8fc6O68/s320/084.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisFQqJcmk-UiExTjl7ak1pTKRmE-PUyENAIiC_6iTYJrL6YnbuFTaV0oYZYeqPymF7k4t8_ytVjPYgcVQeEwKElUqHezxzywGCeuVO-kVM1pPA3L2AvPw5QIynA6UAV-UbDbLi2Ss82o0/s1600/086.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisFQqJcmk-UiExTjl7ak1pTKRmE-PUyENAIiC_6iTYJrL6YnbuFTaV0oYZYeqPymF7k4t8_ytVjPYgcVQeEwKElUqHezxzywGCeuVO-kVM1pPA3L2AvPw5QIynA6UAV-UbDbLi2Ss82o0/s320/086.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Happy Hallowe'en!!!</div><div align="left" style="text-align: center;">I admire this group as they are so devoted to their spinning. It was a fabulous day. All guilds and interest groups are most welcome to come and spend a day in the studio. It is a pleasure to share the space I get to work in, and it is a joy to have like-minded people in the studio. And we all learn - wow, how much more fun can we have?</div><div align="left" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">My youth textile artists have been busy. One in particular just produces and creates lovely projects and already has sold a piece! So not only are they becoming textile artists, they are also becoming entrepreneurs!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFO3havTpk3qq-wskInVfseDTT2KDjeKKm6-dt6hwBwTHZWLInIdikFVjRmIbp0g9MBVomJbxdTjlMA05d-1Lpl7gA7aKjqvFogmqfR-vPC5Z2FUXIUVH1yrpLdOxS8ZzQx5674dmA90w/s1600/079.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFO3havTpk3qq-wskInVfseDTT2KDjeKKm6-dt6hwBwTHZWLInIdikFVjRmIbp0g9MBVomJbxdTjlMA05d-1Lpl7gA7aKjqvFogmqfR-vPC5Z2FUXIUVH1yrpLdOxS8ZzQx5674dmA90w/s320/079.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span>Morgan is 12 and won a first in the Cobble Hill Fair for her needle felting and then promptly sold it. She is saving for a sewing machine.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-dY7ZZEOS90yd_8oFsDhlDfrg-XJ0ywRm7VeVw_XTHFvOkgq_DakejWSKMP8hQll6JcgQ0t8C-GWNou8fIqiAigM-MS3r2Vcp2e45s3TjSKfkGZbyozRJsuoBCF5qSvbQKCn3f9E6vNo/s1600/097.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-dY7ZZEOS90yd_8oFsDhlDfrg-XJ0ywRm7VeVw_XTHFvOkgq_DakejWSKMP8hQll6JcgQ0t8C-GWNou8fIqiAigM-MS3r2Vcp2e45s3TjSKfkGZbyozRJsuoBCF5qSvbQKCn3f9E6vNo/s320/097.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Her 'Snowy Winter Morning' scarf admired by all.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The community rag rug looms or the 'girlfriend' looms have been going strong. One week I had two separate groups of friends, six in all enjoy learning to weave and going home with a rag rug. They were all lovely as were the participants. The comfort shawl loom is almost ready to go. We are preparing a lovely space for the project, so there will be privacy if required, music, lovely books of support and a comfy chair to take some time to reflect on the gift you are making. We provide the warp and you can weave with your chosen weft and all we ask is for a donation towards the fibres and anything left over will go to hospice or some other charity. Just book a week or so ahead. Due to all the generosity we have received, we would like to give back.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8g3vQu7M6Ig4nteExypQamB8RGh921hOakqiRiehhJOSENHOFpd9dTr-6ZQIG-aEN9NAuxzsICQeyJOV-bIhIIVnBybYy025jeca3tdfqrYiqbIf_-JWgQ5xEnENTMU-Xmjm4TT-DFEc/s1600/rag+rugs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="203" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8g3vQu7M6Ig4nteExypQamB8RGh921hOakqiRiehhJOSENHOFpd9dTr-6ZQIG-aEN9NAuxzsICQeyJOV-bIhIIVnBybYy025jeca3tdfqrYiqbIf_-JWgQ5xEnENTMU-Xmjm4TT-DFEc/s320/rag+rugs.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Blankets!!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">There have been about 15 blankets woven in the last couple of months - maybe more. I am losing count.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Absolutely beautiful warm blankets that had everyone drooling.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_7ea2XtIS6Cv-Vt1wiJVV9kWwtoQYzfAWOvM0yD734W6I7FLE9Qw_3oKrq4qYv0fJKDH8oTyfW78CqUEuruAyImFu5B0yOpaqEsLUtdNOkQXJHnpHnOv1NEn3o6yA683deyvSBpJo13A/s1600/jewelbla.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_7ea2XtIS6Cv-Vt1wiJVV9kWwtoQYzfAWOvM0yD734W6I7FLE9Qw_3oKrq4qYv0fJKDH8oTyfW78CqUEuruAyImFu5B0yOpaqEsLUtdNOkQXJHnpHnOv1NEn3o6yA683deyvSBpJo13A/s320/jewelbla.jpg" width="198" /></a></div>Jewel has woven about 3 projects previous to these blankets. Her confidence in designing and warping is phenomenal. She wove two big blankets in two days along with her little shadow, Little Bear who sings to us on occasion! <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjCcicFUOhjWv2Z5ryraVsi07oSKlcpklic6Q6xqQHCRTwTQdBedi-ok9B-3HDt0UGZxPnlxMXrqMKfsUu47CNQ5F4IiVkRwy3g41v6-VqmAEi6gJn9VbKq5fV9KctafFBOi1_QAiVNOY/s1600/128.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjCcicFUOhjWv2Z5ryraVsi07oSKlcpklic6Q6xqQHCRTwTQdBedi-ok9B-3HDt0UGZxPnlxMXrqMKfsUu47CNQ5F4IiVkRwy3g41v6-VqmAEi6gJn9VbKq5fV9KctafFBOi1_QAiVNOY/s320/128.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Little Bear on his new rug, one for home and one for the studio...woven with Pendalton blanket selvedges...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Another blanket weaver, Lori has made three rugs in the last month, each one unique and beautiful. Lori's sense of design and colour is awesome, each blanket well thought out for the personality that they will be gifted to. Lori is quite petite, so it was fun to see her working on a 60" loom - the blankets spoke of greatness!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="left" style="text-align: center;">The Cowichan Fleece and Fibre Fair was this past weekend and there were lots of people enjoying the many fibres - I believe everyone went home inspired. Good job Annie and Kathy. I didn't get around to take pictures but managed to get a shot of our booth. My dear dear friend, Joy, that I learned to weave with in Cherryville came down from Cortes Island to help and brought her beautiful Romney yarn. And the vest was a hit - soon to be kitted up and quite possibly be available in the studio!</div><div align="left" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">I finally met Jane Richmond, a fabulous knitter and designer. <a href="http://janerichmond.blogspot.com/">http://janerichmond.blogspot.com/</a> and she took some great photos of the fair and of the most beautiful buttons by Franziska, who will be providing buttons to the studio as well. Check Jane's blog out - tutorials and everything. Great stuff.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaCde1poQkSGSBiYx9koEZ56ZK9_K7Lj-yGkls5tyfZLrrZn7rfvTB6lOQ8r5rtXJqzf1eiEhSeWXjS3d7_P4rJcbdGWIl0vxv3SekGyeaP7u3KTfT5y5p-BYfrGK4AQJDIai9P7JFBZk/s1600/148.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaCde1poQkSGSBiYx9koEZ56ZK9_K7Lj-yGkls5tyfZLrrZn7rfvTB6lOQ8r5rtXJqzf1eiEhSeWXjS3d7_P4rJcbdGWIl0vxv3SekGyeaP7u3KTfT5y5p-BYfrGK4AQJDIai9P7JFBZk/s320/148.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The booth</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">My dear friend Ann loves goats as do I and so I knit her a little picture - it was fun! and speaking of fun, a final picture of my crazy girls who disappeared one day out of the studio, and although I didn't capture the perfect shot, I think I captured fun in the best possible way - carefree, happy, dancing in a field and learning all about fibre in the studio!!!! Now that's a lot of fun.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjooENtQrJukXkixlnPd3c2nrQwJdPLfxb3ukfC56mWB2C7yD7OAo-37CEb7gEEPyPMOjbAdkBJS70V0FKv_XI-2UYDRk5GdmjoZzcyAuCBgdfuOEgiKN6ubnpD6skjMlbqesqMobAI7Tk/s1600/135.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjooENtQrJukXkixlnPd3c2nrQwJdPLfxb3ukfC56mWB2C7yD7OAo-37CEb7gEEPyPMOjbAdkBJS70V0FKv_XI-2UYDRk5GdmjoZzcyAuCBgdfuOEgiKN6ubnpD6skjMlbqesqMobAI7Tk/s320/135.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>Leola's Studiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14979475798763084374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504291866555624548.post-81061106970009919052011-09-05T22:06:00.000-07:002011-09-06T18:27:15.879-07:00Breaking News!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> <br />
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We are now into September and I have taken the day off to make blueberry jam, bread and do a much needed clean up at home - well so far the jam and bread are done and a quick sweep started, but I got sidetracked sorting out some wool and things for the studio - I miss the studio!<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>And the breaking news??</strong></span><br />
Leola's Studio has expanded again! There are now three studios of which all are full and busy. The original studio I partially use for my younger students and the overflow for The Loom with spinning and weaving supplies, the second for classroom with a dye kitchen out back, and the third for classroom and a Gallery - where handmade beautiful things can be purchased. Please come and have a look - we are going to have an official opening soon. Join us and create on the community looms - rag rugs, hand towels, blankets and our new warp will be for comfort shawls or prayer shawls for those in need of a special 'wrap me up and soothe me' shawl. We are hoping to make it a true community loom, we provide the warp and you provide the weft. A donation will be accepted and then in turn a donation will be made to hospice or other charity, as well as to purchase more yarn if needed. Please take part, as there are a lot of people that require comfort. Meanwhile the rag rug community looms are in high demand and I need to warp another rag rug warp for three friends coming to weave - we have named them the girlfriend looms. It is a wonderful way to experience a working studio - no, you do not have to have prior weaving experience.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A rag rug in progress<br />
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</tbody></table>I think the last time I posted was just I before I left for the Kootenays where I had a very restful time, sleeping, swimming and reading nestled on my beach surrounded by my mountains and quiet. The highlight of my visit was a wonderful day with my weaving teacher Wanya Twan. I drove over to Kaslo and spent the day talking non-stop reflecting on just about everything. It was inspiring - one of the reasons I am doing what I am doing is because of Wanya. Her teaching style is unique and beautifully traditional. Wanya has an aura about her that is healing as well as instructive. She is from Sweden and learned at the H.V. school and Lila Lundall was her teacher. I was fortunate to study with Lila as well in Stockholm. I had the opportunity to apprentice with Wanya, so I feel very fortunate to have had her as my foundation teacher. Cherryville was a place of such energy and creativity. <br />
The day was so rich and full, that it is hard to explain. I can only say that it strengthened me in my focus and my goal to teach and share as much as I can with what I love best. <br />
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</tbody></table>I have many more pictures and will post more later. One of my favourite pieces - a tapestry woven with rags that Wanya purchased in Sweden. I took tapestry weaving with Jane Kidd in 1972 (yes I know that is a long long time ago!) and I didn't have any money for supplies, so I decided I would just weave with rags. I have always been rather partial to rags and now I want to weave tapestry with rags - just something to do!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">August was incredibly busy in the studio - I didn't take but two days off in three weeks. It was exhilarating and it was hard to stop. I had lots of kids for 'textile camp' and it was really fun.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div align="left" style="text-align: left;">The kids were all felting as well, and a couple of the students are now making coffee cozies to sell in the Gallery. Another student also won a first at the fair for her needle felting, but I didn't take a picture yet - she is also selling it because she is saving for a sewing machine - I guess my teaching extends to entrepreneurship too!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWOs1yUcmmdggiS-CgsnwCphue2on1Pp5jo47RQ65Bu9OS3L1vJeA1F_8AhWnUuRFylbi5HcgGqDneuqZz9wQyUQrbl0DvEezlrUFt9hHB6pgP5EZX-A4UXaqcBlaLHVlLX8BDxDZkqC4/s1600/228.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWOs1yUcmmdggiS-CgsnwCphue2on1Pp5jo47RQ65Bu9OS3L1vJeA1F_8AhWnUuRFylbi5HcgGqDneuqZz9wQyUQrbl0DvEezlrUFt9hHB6pgP5EZX-A4UXaqcBlaLHVlLX8BDxDZkqC4/s320/228.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>Speaking of felting, here I am fulling with my feet. Thought I would try it and it worked to a certain extent! And it was fun.<br />
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And right next to my dye kitchen is a Cowichan carver currently working on a totem. The studio does not lack for creative energy. It is truly a small community of creative folk.<br />
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</div>This is my second attempt at writing this blog - the first was inadvertantly posted by my dear husband after pointing out my obscure fragment thoughts and spelling mistakes......well, I deleted it and am beginning anew.<br />
So complicated simplicity is my ramble for the last couple of weeks. There are so many beautiful simple weavings happening, but with some complicated twists. From a 3/1 straight twill in fine mercerized cotton from Peru and becoming a wedding dress, to a plain weave linen warp being woven with simple but a complicated pattern inlay. And then a little variation on plain weave called shadow weave, a colour and weave effect that although simple drives us crazy at times. So how to celebrate the complicated simplicity. For me I am always thinking in terms of layers - not so that there are layers such as double or quadruple weaving, which I am always facinated with, but with layers of colour, on top of layers of texture to the 'layered' weaving. That can be as simple as a straight twill threading interspersed with a variation of twill threaded in 'stripes' - so another layer appears as the weft changes in those stripes. And then the kicker - everyone is facinated by my 3/1 twill broken which ends up with two sides, a weft face and a warp face - which my Cherryville loom loves to weave - one of the most simple simple weaves, but often confuses even the more experienced weaver...........<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And then a little technique that is very simple....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXQBcTAu8B2UFH2WPFoyLWoZ5VUVX1RWChP_DocL7nsh6qYhKHQqZgOVra7EMlWJUM4WmfSmHs6Ib0Qp_qRBeqHMuIcQPcqlXniXHQZH9bucspa6g1rke8uGL8al_Aawyh_LusJwbo5K8/s1600/IMG_0748.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXQBcTAu8B2UFH2WPFoyLWoZ5VUVX1RWChP_DocL7nsh6qYhKHQqZgOVra7EMlWJUM4WmfSmHs6Ib0Qp_qRBeqHMuIcQPcqlXniXHQZH9bucspa6g1rke8uGL8al_Aawyh_LusJwbo5K8/s320/IMG_0748.JPG" t$="true" width="320" /></a></div>A simple way to tie the warp to the breast beam stick that takes less warp and less time than re-tying - seemingly complicated it is very quick - under 10 minutes, no fuss, no muss. Before cutting your finished project (towels in this case sold right off the loom), weave an inch or so, insert a strong stick or rod, weave another inch or so and then cut your finished project off, then lash the stick to the beam stick - continue to weave. There are other methods, but I haven't had any tension problems with this method - be brave.<br />
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The community rag rugs are very popular. I have my Diva Weavers who just want to weave and nothing more - a pleasure to have in the studio - never touched a loom and already two rag rugs each, a couple of handtowels and a shawl - and coming back for more. I plan on having tiaras ready for them - they love weaving.<br />
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Now this is simple, something anyone can do - heal with textiles! I recently had surgery and had to spend time in the hospital which for me I had to psych myself up to going to the 'spa'! I had a lovely pedicure the day before, and brought my medicine bag, a picture of my girls, a picture of my wonderful Kootenay mountains, flowers from home (Treasure Trove roses), a linen tablecloth for my table, my knitting, paper,colours and my camera, a handwoven blanket especially made by my friend Ann and some great tea. I forgot my handwoven linen towel which bothered me no end! This is a simple way of healing which I learned when I had to spend time with my Mom in hospital. It sped the healing time up for her and accomplished some healing for those around us. It benefits all, for those who visit and are worried, your roommates and the lovely angel nurses. All I can say is that the Cowichan District Hospital is the best. Textiles make things so much easier.<br />
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And now I am on my way to have a little holiday before our new August expansion! Yes, another space to be added - we are very excited and we will now have a bigger retail space for all the lovely weaving and spinning that is being produced. Come for a visit and enjoy the courtyard at Whippletree.<br />
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</tbody></table>I leave you with a little picture of a wonderful woven Monk's Belt and Dukagang from Sweden that hangs in the studio - it is my favourite piece that I found in a little curio shop in Stockholm years ago. Alberta has been eyeing it and I may have to hide it!!! See you in August.<br />
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The new 'expansion' is keeping me busy and there has been a lot of weaving, spinning and other textile art happening in both studios. We are on our second community rag rug warp and we are setting up a community blanket warp and handtowel/runner warp. If you are interested in spending a day in a working studio and weaving, let me know. It is an inspiring and exciting place to be.<br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">And then we all drove up to the 100 Mile Fleece and Fibre Fair in Parksville/Coombs.... We had a great time, all of us and the reception from the organizers was beyond superb. It was so much fun. Thank you Women of the Fleece!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">So there we all are from the Cowichan Valley, Leola's Studio had Eastwin Farm Mohair, Sandy with felted West Coast mammals and sheep, my Cowichan sister, Liz with her beautiful handspun, handknit wares, Becky with Shetland fleece, Jenna with Pacific Sun Alpacas, Jan and Meghan with beautiful Romney fleece from Dunedin Farm and Devon from Hummingbee Farm with alpaca and mohair - we were all within the 100 mile zone! The Loom was also there with equipment, book and hand dyed fleece.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">So again we are always amazed by the connected threads that make up our daily lives and the generosity of opportunity we are presented. This past month, Lily, a student of mine came back from Peru where she was visiting family and brought back some very beautiful cotton. She booked in for a consult on her second project. A wedding dress! I believed she had mentioned it to me at one point, but I filed it away. So we planned it out and found that she might not have enough for both warp and weft. I said that I had a huge spool of fine cotton that someone had given me and it came from the Dominican Republic. Lily was overjoyed as that is where her future husband, Emerson and she met! So there was a little belt on a table loom in the same weight of cotton, so we re-sleyed it and everything was perfect. Now what loom......I had been rummaging around my old studio at home and discovered a loom that had belonged to Lily Bolin, a well known Victoria weaving teacher .......well yes, you can imagine the perfection of this tale. Peruvian Lily is small and so is this little loom - although 36 inches, it is just right for our Peruvian Lily - and it is already set up ready to go. Emerson has had to assist in making some extra pieces, but we are all loving this story and hopefully we will all get to go to the wedding - we all feel so involved with this story. It is 30 epi and a straight twill - Lily wants to weave it 3 against 1.The loom is an old Glimakra. Lily tied all new heddles for the project - what a weaver. Lily has gone from being a scientist to an artist and will be attending the Kootenay School of Fine Arts studing the fabric arts - wow!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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This is an old metal ceiling tile I use as a lid for my dye pots - very rusted and paint peeled, but I had dumped out some dye and it settled into the pattern and well, it just has to go into the inspiration book - isn't it beautiful?<br />
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</tbody></table>So the month was full and inspiring - not a day goes by that I am not exhilerated beyond my wildest dreams (I am sure that there may be some eye rolling at this statement, but it is true, it really doesn't take much to excite me or give my brain yet another combination to think about, or a problem to solve - trouble shooting is one of my all time favourite excitements - how to best make something work.....). We had an exceptionally lovely warp come off the loom in the new studio - have I mentioned the new studio??? I will elaborate a little in a bit....but ah yes troubleshooting - it is my middle name and I love a challenge big and small. This one wasn't a mistake, but more of 'pushing light into dark'. A dark warp that needed some light without compromising the dark. That is when you manipulate the sley - don't you just love that - you could call it MTS! So one can add subtle stripes by adjusting the sleying of the reed and in this case added an undulation as well when using a lighter weft. The warp being black alpaca and a black handspun alpaca/wool blend. By reversing the twill threading on one third of the warp, it added yet another element to the piece giving yet another 'colour' - these subtle manipulations contribute to a more unique and as I call it layered design. Another great MTS will give you added width as well, if you somehow miscalculated which never ever happens to weavers!!!<br />
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</tbody></table>And the next projects off were the rag rugs - the community rag rug warp is available to all - bring your rags and weave.....these are particularly beautiful.<br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I have been <span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">reminiscing quite a lot since the second studio has opened. When I learned to weave, I learned in a barn and was surrounded by other women all with the passion of learning something new and wonderful. The last few years I have been leading quite a solitary weaving life and it wasn't until opening the first half of my studio did I realize that it felt so much more 'right' to be in a group of women. Banff was the same - all day we would weave and breathe the world of weaving and only in the evenings did we chance that Mary wouldn't be by, and put some music on. Sweden was the same - no music. Cherryville was musical enough with horses poking their noses in, cats lying about, the goats checking in and folk singers often outside serenading us. Music is pretty important to me I have to say - and poetry. With my young students they will indulge me my Ting Tings, Lucinda Williams, Joni Mitchell and Christina Aguilara, but my 'older' students also have a liking for diverse music, so the mix is great... and the music of the looms is exceptional - there is nothing like the beat of a beater against a rag rug and the sigh of beat against a soft warp - never mind the creaking of each loom each a distinct sound of its own......ahhh, the magic of weaving lives together, eh? Speaking of reminiscing............I was telling my friend Ann about my pillowcase - which I hadn't seen for a couple of years and then found it on the ground outside my old Benz - my husband cleaning it out of old mildewed fabric etc........and there she was, lying on the ground stained and ripped........all 1700 threads - 64 epi, all 25 yards that I myself warped in the heat of the hot Okanagan summer, and threaded - the life of an apprentice...........but I lovingly washed her - my little pillowcase that I first slept on when on my honeymoon..............</span></div> <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">And my new favourite poetry at the moment is an Interweave publication - the Very Stuff by Stephen Beal: Poems on color, thread, and the habits of women - does that not just pique your interest..... 3047 (a straw colour) is my current favourite:</span><br />
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<em><span style="font-size: small;">This color is calling out to me.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-size: small;">It is calling, "Do not let me go unnoticed, unrecognized, unsung.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-size: small;">I am humble, I am useful,</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-size: small;">....."I am of the stuff that helps you make it through:</span></em><br />
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</div><div align="left"><span style="font-size: small;">Which brings us back to the studio classroom. We now have a warp for rag rugs, a warp made for handtowels and/or a table runner (or whatever you wish to use the woven piece for) - we just have to get it on the loom. We are going to thread it to Ms and Os, so you can bring your own weft or use some of ours. The plan is to have a chenille warp for all your thrums, a twice woven rug warp, we have currently a double corduroy bath mitt warp (yes, double corduroy tested out as a 'towel' instead of a rug - have to keep pushing the boundaries) which is cottolin warp and suggesting a linen, tow or otherwise, hemp or combination. Most projects we book you in for the day. A formal announcement will be made as soon as I post this - just trying to get the last month straight and on here. So much has happened that I feel quite behind in communicating, but my goodness it has been busy. </span><br />
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<div align="left"><span style="font-size: small;">Spinning at Providence was great both April and May - I still don't have the pictures from the last spin-in, so I will combine them here. I didn't spin yesterday, but managed to get some solar dyeing on the go for future dyeing - lichens. Thank you Sandy for taking the pictures. I think I need to put an album together as there are so many pictures to share.....and there were some new faces as well, all the way from Qualicum and Victoria and our wonderful Karen Miller who does so much for our island fibesters. I hope that she knows how grateful we are for her work. If you want to join her list, $2 buys you a Bradley Center membership and you can pay me at the studio if you like and I send your email on my</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;">100 Mile Fiber Fair</span> at the end of this month - how exciting it will be. It is the 29th of May and already there are 35 vendors. Quite a few of us will be attending. Ann and I are going crazy trying to get lots of her mohair blend wool dyed. We have rigged up a new system which we have been thinking about for about a year, and in 10 minutes and searching the junk drawer, we managed to get it done...we laughed and laughed at how skilled we really are, but sometimes we take longer to act upon the idea. It needs some tweaking so it will work even better - I am hoping for remote controls and all manner of no extra physical labour!</span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">What can I say - I am in heaven - this is just too much fun and we dyed the whole day long. We hope to have our dyed yarns available at the 100 Mile Fibre Fair on May 29th in Parksville at the Bradley Centre. Leola's Studio presents Eastwin Farm Mohair locally grown and dyed in the Cowichan Valley - how cool is that?</span></div><div align="left"><br />
</div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Just a little note regarding the picture at the very top of this blog. These are handtowels that my Shawnigan Lake School Textile Art students created - each student chose a colour, warped their stripe (in the half the threads, twice the length warping method HTTL (groan...had to somehow tie the beginning of the blog into this diatribe!) to get a mirror image), sleyed and threaded their stripes and we all took turns pulling the warp on..........everyone wove their towel with a different weft and voila! a beautiful array. This is a great group projects and great fun - it doesn't matter what colours you use - it is the wonderful collaborative and community project that everyone can enjoy.</span></div><span style="font-size: small;"></span><br />
<div align="left"><span style="font-size: small;">And I think to end this endless chatter - photos of my students' work, in process, and finished. Please </span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size: small;">e-mail or phone to reserve a space at the community looms, or if you wish to join us and rent a space in this special courtyard studio, let me know, we would love to have you.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Gabriel's first warp - a table runner - very beautiful and I happened to take a picture of this door and thought of her warp and also an idea for dyed yarn................</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Mary's design process table runner and handtowel warp - I can hardly wait...</span><br />
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Alberta's project - 3 against 1 twill - reversible with Shetland handspun wool as the weft. The lovely 'roll' of the neckline is one of the reasons I love this pseudo satin weave as well as being reversible. This poncho/wrap/shawl has been baptized as the Leola Rap. An LR.!!!!This warp was very interesting in how it came to be - a lonnnnng story!<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">And my 'foody' picture. When Ann and I work together, we require good treats - Dutch apple pie and blood oranges on a lovely linen runner - this has to become a warp one day</span>.<br />
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But the Unfinished Project Project was a success and now it is finished for this year. <br />
We met in a lovely space in the courtyard at Whippletree Junction, to finish projects we started or start something new. There were a few things people could explore. Tamari balls and spinning for Providence were very popular. We had a silent auction and grab bags of yarn and the amount totaled about $1500 - all for Somenos Transition House. Every year we hope to make more for the cause, so mark your calendars for next February or March depending on the weather! <br />
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</div>Thank you all for attending and remember the studio is open all the time, so do keep dropping in - and of course there is much to see at The Loom - new wool coming in every day. There is a lot of weaving cottons, linens, bamboo, Tencel etc. now in the studio for your perusal!<br />
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</tbody></table><div align="left" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Attended a Jackson Browne concert - took me back, but what was wonderful I sat next to a knitter who brought her knitting with her - and me, I came without and kicked myself because we went early and I could have done a few rows as we waited for the show to begin - one must always bring knitting to while away sit down time.......</div><div align="left" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was an interesting yarn. I spun an alpaca/wool blend z twist, and an s twist alpaca and then plied them together in an s twist and got this very elastic boucle - very cool</td></tr>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have been a little obsessed by the Cowichan River these days....I travel by it a couple of times a week and have taken many pictures of the colours of the river and of course the colours around it - I have no idea where this design idea is going, but I love the contemplation. My little still life above is a 'gathering' of objects that remind me of my small exploration. I encourage all of you to collect your ideas and enjoy the journey. It may not result in a project, but the process, the moving forward of your thoughts will result in something. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmucTolXEMB2v8o8Twl5F_NJtrMQ_9OU41RCv3yiIDGxbZdfVqlEErWi4gFo6ItpVevusqC73iw8gaegaFDjnLypqM6wIR9VKCNXzUw7oAnYRvm_f9Hfe6DJ5qbL0kbcu3lzh5NCZ-OJc/s1600/IMG_0300.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmucTolXEMB2v8o8Twl5F_NJtrMQ_9OU41RCv3yiIDGxbZdfVqlEErWi4gFo6ItpVevusqC73iw8gaegaFDjnLypqM6wIR9VKCNXzUw7oAnYRvm_f9Hfe6DJ5qbL0kbcu3lzh5NCZ-OJc/s320/IMG_0300.JPG" width="320" /></a>Just remember that we have all these gifts surrounding us encouraging us to be inspired. </div><div align="left" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">I had quite a few weaving and spinning retreat participants come through this last weekend which was so much fun. My friends from Metchosin came through so happy and enthusiastic about their weekend in Nanaimo that it was quite infectious - although they make me happy every time they come through.....and their sheep sweaters were wonderful.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhkid8JJPMqKne0q7G7JluAgfxoHmeyG9mloz3r84LNEKCEPEd0D3VCc9FXaY6FZoCOOVOSd0wtGsdRR3bBFaC1Xr0Tz71UGaqbjza3xkJnPU8CW5L1RhP2hQ8uNbAm35seEXF2JwBr1Q/s1600/IMG_0456.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhkid8JJPMqKne0q7G7JluAgfxoHmeyG9mloz3r84LNEKCEPEd0D3VCc9FXaY6FZoCOOVOSd0wtGsdRR3bBFaC1Xr0Tz71UGaqbjza3xkJnPU8CW5L1RhP2hQ8uNbAm35seEXF2JwBr1Q/s320/IMG_0456.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Thank you for your continued support. I am so happy to be doing what I am doing.</div><div align="left" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>Leola's Studiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14979475798763084374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504291866555624548.post-58257924493094716572011-03-05T23:11:00.000-08:002011-03-08T08:58:08.772-08:00Design - As you like it....<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Just something I need to share. During the Unfinished Project Project, a conversation I had with two wonderful women that came over from Salt Spring Island today, spurred me on to explaining a little bit about myself and how I design......design things other than weaving that is. It is due to weaving that I design. <br />
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One of the areas that I like to design for, is theatre. From King Lear, my first set, to Hedda Gabler, Ugly Man, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, Oliver, Les Belle Soeurs, etc. Lots of wonderful plays that I had an opportunity to work on. When I design for theatre, I am basically designing a warp - I know no other way. The beauty of it is that you are often using up to 40 feet by 20 feet to design that 'warp'.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Since 1978 I have been involved in theatre. Finding fear being on the stage, in 1991 I decided I wanted to make the plays pretty, or some such thinking. My first set was spare and dark and I loved it - strangely enough I used mill felt - a textile used in the mill in Crofton and made a 'yurt' as we affectionately called it and we used it for some years. It is hard creative work and one works with not only the director, actors and the other technicians of production, one also works with friends. And this is largely why I am writing - one of my favourite co-designers recently passed away and I am incredibly sad. She was someone that understood the passion of amber lighting; understood the small details like my glueing small bits of mirror into a set piece to capture the light suggesting water droplets - a set piece that was on stage perhaps 3 minutes; understood the depth of the actors and using the exact colour that would enhance the emotion of the scene; she understood that I really really needed to paint the floor in perspective to add depth to a shallow stage of a set and it was the day before the dress - and all the set crew said it would take 6 hours to do - we did it in 2; she understood the shadows that added just one more layer to the landscape......</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The day continued in other conversations and oddly enough about theatre. My friend Barbara and I both agreed about the beauty of the set being changed and how some audience miss the subtle change of the set and oh the sigh of light changes. For me, and my theatre buddies will roll their eyes at this, I live for the pre-set, the holding of the breath, the last time you see the stage full of all that creative work but without the actors - the anticipation of things to come and the music score creeping up to welcome the unfolding story. My friend Sandy understood this.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I will still seek your input my dear friend - I will listen to my heart full of all you have taught me. Thank you.</div>Leola's Studiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14979475798763084374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504291866555624548.post-22179878939438749582011-02-24T21:53:00.000-08:002011-02-24T21:53:13.939-08:00Houndstooth on the loose..........<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From one breed of sheep - wowzers!</td></tr>
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<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">It seems to me that there are just an amazing amount of fabulous warps out there - my students' work not withstanding, everywhere I look there is a beautiful warp, albeit not warped yet, but wherever my eyes roam I cannot help but notice a new 'landscape' to explore in colour and texture. My friend Alberta is one of those that has her natural environment speak to her - her wonderful Shetland sheep, (which I am sure that you have heard me speak of before), just seem to have an ability to present us with an array of colour and texture in the most natural of forms.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> </div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The Cowichan knitters were introduced to another world of fibre from a woman from the Shetland Islands - their wonderful Cowichan symbols were soon translated into beautiful knitted sweaters. The image on the right is a sweater that is quite vintage Cowichan. Interesting that the colours are similar to Shetland wool, but I am to understand that there weren't any Shetland sheep at that time in this valley.....wouldn't that have been a wonderful full circle! Might I add that the above houndstooth is all handspun warp and weft that my dear dear Alberta spun from her exquisite sheep. I am in awe...............</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">We are getting ready for the Unfinished Project Project - the 2nd annual. Saturday March 5th & Sunday March 6th from 10 - 3 in the courtyard at Whippletree Junction. My landlady has generously given us the use of an empty storefront, so it will be closer to the studio and The Loom which will have 10% off all regularly priced yarn for the day! So come and bring your projects to work on or trade, bring a mug and your lunch, and a few $ for the silent auction (some really neat things have been donated), and of course your enthusiasm for all things fibreous. All proceeds go to the Somenos Transition House, a safe haven for women and children that are abused or threatened with abuse. Also we will have some Providence wool for those who would like to spin for Providence and missed the first Spin In @ Providence. (The next Spin In @ Providence will be March 14th - bring a lunch and your spinning wheel 10-2). We did change the date of the Unfinished Project Project due to the uncertainty of the weather - it is supposed to snow this weekend which was the original date for the event. Hope we haven't inconvienienced anyone. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRxG_v50PhQuxGdXpUakF-_q5yJytHRDRUY1RGVxCsqkSoRzNueWKFw5RRbK2FYMkk7WZSINB3mfKfWVr_zz1xKBa17rNaNMfoZ-SAABbV8ldYdoNq_Ei5nH1f5UaBOfhM32De8RELuDM/s1600/project+2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRxG_v50PhQuxGdXpUakF-_q5yJytHRDRUY1RGVxCsqkSoRzNueWKFw5RRbK2FYMkk7WZSINB3mfKfWVr_zz1xKBa17rNaNMfoZ-SAABbV8ldYdoNq_Ei5nH1f5UaBOfhM32De8RELuDM/s320/project+2011.jpg" width="230" /></a> <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">I had a birthday this month and as a treat to myself I took a basket weaving workshop with Kathryn Dice offered by the Qualicum Weavers' Guild - it was wonderful. It was held in the Guild's meeting place which is an old train station - very charming and welcoming. Thank you so much for opening up the class - it was great. Of course I wanted to make a hat.............</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijwiOSJgIP6VltDRvJUyCEKgH53foiklY0PtwhOdG5f2WtQgnb8FmREWVT4mDuWC0kQe6p27a3knI09GxNprvuKSRfBwt2yl5zmxyvxXV-ohCQrmyEf5-CJ3HBlKqy_F7GYJW_OwJoBuE/s1600/IMG_0067.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijwiOSJgIP6VltDRvJUyCEKgH53foiklY0PtwhOdG5f2WtQgnb8FmREWVT4mDuWC0kQe6p27a3knI09GxNprvuKSRfBwt2yl5zmxyvxXV-ohCQrmyEf5-CJ3HBlKqy_F7GYJW_OwJoBuE/s320/IMG_0067.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;">The warp was made with anything she could get her hands on and she went to town with colour. This student is from Macau and is graduating this year and going i to be a doctor. She has made amazing projects for the last three years and I cannot tell you how much I will miss her when she leaves. </div><div align="center" class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Apparently the 'p' fell off of the sign at one point, so we had a good laugh about that! Sinning spinners....there is a certain decadence about spinning I have to admit....</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Valentine's Day brought about this wonderful heartfelt day of spinning at Providence Farm on Tzouhalem Road in Duncan. The Tzouhalem Weaver's and Spinner's Guild used to meet there many years ago and it is a wonderful place to see if you haven't already. The intention is to have a Spin In every month. The next Spin In is on March 14th. Betty has started a Textile Program there and the participants will use the spun wool and alpaca for weaving, knitting and crocheting. The participants have diverse abilities and will love the process of expression through textiles. I have the pleasure of being a consultant which gives me the chance to be a part of the process - what a gift to have been given. Thank you Betty.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Betty proves to be a natural spinner under the tutelage of Alberta.<br />
Alberta is my favourite shepherd and has the Shetlands.....<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Well I haven't managed to mention all that has happened in the last weeks - my young students that come every week are producing some amazing projects - such weavers, sewers, knitters and felters and I will have to do a special blog just on them, my wonderful women friends that come every Sunday for the knitting and spinning day or they just come and be.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My weekly sojourn at the farm.....................</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We have put on a twice woven rug to use up her handwoven chenille and it is on the way too - I got to spend time underneath the loom and for some reason it felt right tying up the cords - a Swedish loom and I go way back to apprenticeship days where I swear I spent a whole hot summer underneath a loom - the only catch this time was, is that I had a big old black Labrador keeping me company!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMyhJWq83rCIz2OouXjHaYtbQCwW92LdqyWVuZ8UHXgnlYuzbTBW-XRC8ICZnWrtwWl50BUJ59Fqwhk88mQmDq4aS_PIO6og0Dn250ur96gUYhswwV4sFj7Jqay9lwF1UQLbw2jl2iOAQ/s1600/IMG_0136.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMyhJWq83rCIz2OouXjHaYtbQCwW92LdqyWVuZ8UHXgnlYuzbTBW-XRC8ICZnWrtwWl50BUJ59Fqwhk88mQmDq4aS_PIO6og0Dn250ur96gUYhswwV4sFj7Jqay9lwF1UQLbw2jl2iOAQ/s320/IMG_0136.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>Chenille<br />
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<div align="left"><span style="font-size: small;">Ann brought out all kinds of handwoven linen towels that she brought back from her home in Sweden - heirloom pieces from her family. She gifted a couple of them to me which I will cherish forever. Ann's towel is the upper right hand, either done in one of my classes or most probably Cherryville. I love towels.</span></div><div align="left"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgtbwtg9gn782jrw2bJqkpgfjkU3k29S5hrvVeBEciLnLcEdtuJ77yb2SApUW-OT9vLIKi_LqaUUPOi_FI_4U4dE3XEbdKy74NNHxJUvUxR1drNjRtHaoQD5sMyW2hECjH1iO44aPwCDQ/s1600/IMG_0150.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgtbwtg9gn782jrw2bJqkpgfjkU3k29S5hrvVeBEciLnLcEdtuJ77yb2SApUW-OT9vLIKi_LqaUUPOi_FI_4U4dE3XEbdKy74NNHxJUvUxR1drNjRtHaoQD5sMyW2hECjH1iO44aPwCDQ/s320/IMG_0150.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size: small;">Enough for now - I will add some pictures of the Friesien sheep and the part Barbadoes sheep. The Friesien sheep have strange tails - no docked tails for these guys. Very pretty faces. I saw some St. Croix sheep today - they are lovely too, but the fleece isn't fleece - apparently the fleece falls out. It was like patting dog. Unfortunately they were on their way to auction - a whole family and my heart was heavy. I did take pictures of the beauties but will add them later.</span></div><div align="left"><br />
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Whether the colour pink came first or the flower can be argued, but the verb is rather interesting, and being all things to me are wrapped around textiles - the verb pink, means to cut or pierce - the edges of the flowers look to be 'pinked' - voila - pinking shears!<br /><br /></div></div><div>I have a fondness for pinks - my grandmother's garden had a mass of them, but it was the smell that swept me away. My first bouquet from my husband was a posy of pinks.......however, I love tulips as well and today this is what swept me away. That and pink of course - it is just that time of year I guess. And it is quite a wonderful colour I must say - I am quite tickled pink to be celebrating the colour.</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQoryA3LOev_PdnkQ4xIwsoD_ikcU93S8AP8tRcveTOT6xrIGQLHNCoZn-XCKdUnxLDOfT-JEY8StzrsMS4jFbzc6f96_gkYE1kUugajW5iP8ba7XSlToA1IfMg6Prir5qlPKCgomGghk/s1600/IMG_0084.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 277px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 192px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572418813484676546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQoryA3LOev_PdnkQ4xIwsoD_ikcU93S8AP8tRcveTOT6xrIGQLHNCoZn-XCKdUnxLDOfT-JEY8StzrsMS4jFbzc6f96_gkYE1kUugajW5iP8ba7XSlToA1IfMg6Prir5qlPKCgomGghk/s320/IMG_0084.JPG" /></a>The dressed window at The Loom - advertising the Spin In! at Providence Farm this Monday - which just happens to be Valentine's Day. 10-2 </div><br /><div>Come and spin wool for the new Textile Program at Providence using the farm's wool. Lunch and wool will be provided. Bring your spinning wheels and spin to your heart's content.<br /><br />Now what else has been happening at the studio these days. I can see why people write regularly on their blogs, as it is hard to keep up with all the goings on. It is my students that are working the hardest these days. I know I am teaching, but what they are producing is nothing short of wonderful. Michelle is working on a blanket that is so rich that it </div><br /><div>is almost hard to be near it! There are these little sequins that wink at me when the light is right - wool, rayon, and our new favourite yarn Berroco Lustra.........</div><div>The blanket is threaded to a goose-eye block - very electric!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZa258yPCym6S9ZyNAa-_sxep-k3eetpaPA7hTI8hmhZugYrZQXSJVMjJ6DCFyResEiBCeJOGLFBsLCNo-b6fCoRkU-87gl_EQ-YXajkS-wTqY4G1ksxDhSLi-lXYrvaMnBtRM54dnXBU/s1600/IMG_0054.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 158px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 232px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572421757833689394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZa258yPCym6S9ZyNAa-_sxep-k3eetpaPA7hTI8hmhZugYrZQXSJVMjJ6DCFyResEiBCeJOGLFBsLCNo-b6fCoRkU-87gl_EQ-YXajkS-wTqY4G1ksxDhSLi-lXYrvaMnBtRM54dnXBU/s320/IMG_0054.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXTgXd6bE7H5MaDcPLDOtaV9g46nc11ONbgyeshlfRgMeQbzgxwk_0Uh7QT1zyaaG_uo3BfsjeRTM3YGrcU116GLHcLMWXrn7NQmp1nZr_BrXDwDn56Wga8kSqUdoxttar1XcRKyZhMAc/s1600/michelle.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572433556086847122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXTgXd6bE7H5MaDcPLDOtaV9g46nc11ONbgyeshlfRgMeQbzgxwk_0Uh7QT1zyaaG_uo3BfsjeRTM3YGrcU116GLHcLMWXrn7NQmp1nZr_BrXDwDn56Wga8kSqUdoxttar1XcRKyZhMAc/s320/michelle.JPG" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 199px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 216px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572431184746331778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIT86ZVkqM7NNlsveUkePFHz0pOEhe66yHrtbpPBcL84P8d5uZtYZ042FrHEunBMIUScySS4hz-dde2qfwT8wnjHDdmzP9VeNuvqLdtg46iT9zEzE6tpdwOBVHXCCreDinVQ_9P3cYW5k/s320/IMG_0075.JPG" /></p><p>One of the other fabulous students, Alison, wove her first scarves with beautiful Sublime and Little Flowers, Lustra and Mochi Plus. When I think of the fibres we had 35 years ago, so limiting that you had to spin for interest. Now with knitting being so popular, the fibres available are amazing. We are so lucky to have such a variety. Speaking of fibres - the studio is now carrying a line of linen - we have a distributer right in the Cowichan Valley<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpE03vpHYFZnx5zwgc8MgSYBTEclQONOq0Fpd7twykbCmV6RHHnamRRsMc8_-eSCZG-2kV6v0_YAB7xCw2Wzb79H6GeyolSLRxiOStaY1L9B56vlH_vtMiYE-_9ZfXYz1WWMjdS12oVOs/s1600/IMG_0022.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 245px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 158px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572436111835905954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpE03vpHYFZnx5zwgc8MgSYBTEclQONOq0Fpd7twykbCmV6RHHnamRRsMc8_-eSCZG-2kV6v0_YAB7xCw2Wzb79H6GeyolSLRxiOStaY1L9B56vlH_vtMiYE-_9ZfXYz1WWMjdS12oVOs/s320/IMG_0022.JPG" /></a>.<br />Alison is now on her second warp for handtowels ready to weave her twill sample - a variation on each towel. </p><p>My best weaving friend Ann and I had a draw down night a couple of weeks ago, both hand and PCW - we had a great time, but one of the best parts of the night was this wonderful book on stripes which I will make sure I include the title in the next blog. I cannot remember the name of the author and I would like to quote some of the content - it is sure to make you look at stripes a different way. If I can figure out how to edit in after posting, I will edit it when I get to the studio. I used her 'harmonies' of stripes as an example of designing stripes with Alison and Kate (who hates stripes) - and the 'striping' they are getting up to is awesome.</p><p>And then my dear student Nadine....she has the ability to make things happen when they are supposed to - all the planets are aligned in the right order and the energy around her just makes things happen. Nadine had a warp on for some time to do cushion covers for her dining room chairs - a bold red and brown warp, with this electric blue thread running at regular intervals........but it just stalled. Along came Nadine and along came Gaye from the Loom with this wonderful sari strips all sewn togeth<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_R6LIYSECovRSTZNjxQFF4fY3NSYYXMsxZR0_7s4dZqNZQMnjBQOgP2cs1EHZta096Y-Ci8zIw_qupVDyflWFLa2Vq2HZ4weo36HiUc7IC8BjsEjPYsnXzvAE4c7L0AdhB6yeoMDIvDc/s1600/IMG_0008.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572439813154734850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_R6LIYSECovRSTZNjxQFF4fY3NSYYXMsxZR0_7s4dZqNZQMnjBQOgP2cs1EHZta096Y-Ci8zIw_qupVDyflWFLa2Vq2HZ4weo36HiUc7IC8BjsEjPYsnXzvAE4c7L0AdhB6yeoMDIvDc/s320/IMG_0008.JPG" /></a>er and wow - chair covers woven in no time flat and</p><p>they are fabulous. I look forward to seeing them on the chairs in her beautiful home<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAdbSU47t0IxpFKfoYLA40hcKCVGpnRaGjWoRmGhjKV0dgIhOg7yCDMaZw9pI8Zg2vPWmfO-wA6SA1byrvpPSsQ516VClyktKrSrT_xEi4XGK5NfOvIKb6SmTchbmfeS4mKfrJgTb1bgs/s1600/IMG_0009.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572445410833827730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAdbSU47t0IxpFKfoYLA40hcKCVGpnRaGjWoRmGhjKV0dgIhOg7yCDMaZw9pI8Zg2vPWmfO-wA6SA1byrvpPSsQ516VClyktKrSrT_xEi4XGK5NfOvIKb6SmTchbmfeS4mKfrJgTb1bgs/s320/IMG_0009.JPG" /></a>.</p><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><p></p><br /><p>I have so much more to write, but I am saving some for the next blog which I hope to do soon - my favourite Shetland wool will be celebrated with Alberta's most wonderful warp - stay tuned.</p><p>And I leave you with Gabriele's stripes - pre-stripe book - she has the stripes down - lovely Super 10 and a hint of cotton boucle....it will be a beautiful runner - perhaps the weft will be linen....<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572447799118726146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1v2QsDS4VPkaewd-x91a3XGaWTLK0LKkKkoVkJQ_umXvBJX9T-j4IrucbG_wHG5rgaK8NKBui5SAW32ehtrcJXMw6U0oGJdFe_SkzdGas1bQDkg_Z3RQBiEXz1tChWPtJFY-VCekOb3Y/s320/IMG_0048.JPG" /></p><p>And don't forget to put the Unfinished Project Project on your calendar. February 26th and 27th at Whippletree Junction in the courtyard, 10-3.........bring your mug, lunch, projects, yarn exchange etc. etc. </p><p>email if you have questions or phone the Loom.<br /></p><p></p><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><p></p>Leola's Studiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14979475798763084374noreply@blogger.com0