Spring Retreat - Latch Hook Chair Pads

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Saturday, several guild members met at the Frank B. Wise Business Plaza in Fort Washakie for a afternoon class on making chair pad with wool roving and a crochet hook. Maia Rose was the instructor and provided the mesh base and the roving for the pad. Participants folded the edge of the mesh and using a "G" or "H" crochet hook began by securing the top edge before adding the roving into thick poofy rows.

Everyone went home with at least two inches completed on their 16 inch chair pad.

Spring Retreat - Dyeing

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Saturday, several guild members met at the Frank B. Wise Business Plaza in Fort Washakie for a morning class on dyeing wool with Kool-aid and food coloring. Briana Franks, the instructor, was assisted by Sandy Watkins. They prepared the small hanks of yarn and the supplies for the class of ten individuals and allowed the members to experiment and play with the colors.

Members experimented with several methods of dyeing: hand-painting, immersion, and dip-dyeing.

The dyed wool was steamed in crock pots, and some were finished in the microwave.

Portable Saori Weaving

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If the grandkids are coming for a visit and you need a craft they can easily make, check out the Portable Saori Vacation Weaving project tutorial on Gingerbread Snowflakes' site.

You may want to make some of these cute weavings for yourself or for gifts.

8-shaft Weaving Loom Patterns

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Need some inspiration for your 8-shaft loom? Interweave is offering a free ebook with scarf and shawl patterns.

Ten Hand Embroidery Stitches

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Hand embroidery is making a comeback. Whether you are new to the craft or haven't stitched in years, the Craftsy post of 10 stitches you need to know, might be helpful.

Basket Patterns

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Suzanne Moore's NC Basket Works has three pages of free basket patterns. The baskets range from small to large and decorative and useful. The pattern can be accessed here.

Branch Weaving

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Before you toss all of the fallen branches into the compost bin, consider using some of them for branch weaving.

Interweave provides an easy to follow tutorial to help with the details and technique.