Scandinavian Weavers Meeting, April 2018
April 30, 2018 Leave a comment
Our Scandinavian Weavers group met on April , delayed one week because of the ridiculous weekend snowstorm of the previous week. Members have been busy weaving! I abandoned my fabulous weekend workshop with Catharine Ellis for a couple of hours to meet with our group, and showed some samples I had woven and dyed. “I have to take a photo of your beautiful blue hands,” Mary Skoy insisted.
Sara Okern just finished a gorgeous abstract rug. Of course this photo, holding it up in the air, makes it look a bit skewed. Part of its beauty is the sharp geometry of the center shape, coupled with the randomness of the inner lines of color.
Judy Larson brought three wall pieces, rag rug hangings woven in monks belt. Given the extreme longing for spring among the attendees, we all were attracted to the one in the brightest pink and green. She tried out and liked the fringe tying method taught by Tom Knisely, in which each bundle drops one thread on the edge and pulls in a thread from the adjoining bundle. It gives a sharper line to the edge.
She also brought a rug woven from the new Swedish book, I trasmattas värld från a-ö. I heard about this book and Judy’s daughter in Sweden found it and sent over copies for Judy and me. Judy is doing a great job of testing the patterns, even before I get to them!
Marilyn Moore brought a beautiful wool rug and started a lively discussion of which side should be the “right” side. She solicited opinions about how the edges should be finished. Fringes? Straight edge? I think fringes won, though either would be lovely.
Jan Mostrom brought a sample pillow she made for her upcoming class in Swedish Art Weaves at the Weavers Guild in May. !!!
She finished the back in the method she learned in Sweden last year. The opening is often closed with large hooks and eyes, but braid is also used. She made the fringe using the traditional two-person Swedish fringe-making technique. The second person was her loving husband Mike, who spent two hours on that project. What a guy.
Jan also brought in a fortuitous eBay find, a lovely Swedish dukagång piece. One beautiful aspect was the slight variegation of color in the pattern yarns.
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