Weaving with Linen

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Fabric Dyeing - the EASY way

Fabric dyeing is the best! Don't limit yourself to the colors you can get in the store. Make your handmade items, fabric, elastic, or even ready-to-wear garments any color you want! And it's easy. I'll show you how to dye an adorable baby gift - no special equipment needed.

She shares more dyeing tips here

Adding Twist to Splitty Yarns

If you're finding it difficult to work without splitting stitches, it might be worth changing the direction that you wrap the yarn around the needle. It's not quite that straightforward: if you switch to wrapping the yarn anti-clockwise (as in the Eastern style) then you also have to knit into the back of those stitches when you come to work them to avoid making twisted stitches.

Learn more about this technique on YarnSub

Pressing vs. Ironing

Need Motivation?

We all have them: those WIPs (works in progress), taking up precious space. We've purchased extra project bags and come up with creative storage solutions. But if you're not ready to completely abandon that WIP, what's holding you back from finishing it? 

Need some motivation? Craftsy shares twelve suggestions on "How to Get Motivated to Finish a Crafting Project"

Show and Tell - August

Laura B. brought some Cheviot roving she purchased in Durango as well
as a bobbin of handspun from the roving. Laura knit the lacy shawl
form handspun for a friend. 

Colleen J. shows the needle-felted picture she is working on. She took
a class in Durango recently on the technique. After felting, the piece
is to be wet-felted. Colleen is also knitting a shawl.

Jeni V. has been sewing: she constructed a large project bag with removable
sections. Jeni also brought three shawls to show the members.

Sandy W. has been spinning, and she recently took a silversmithing class
and made a ring. Sandy showed the members the sweater she entered in
the county fair. She knit the sweater with her own handspun. The pattern
is on Ravelry and is called Spring Showers

Sue O. crocheted a purse using ribbon yarn.
Sali A. modeled the poncho she knit from her handspun scraps

Needle Tatting - August program

Needle Tatting supplies, tools, and information

Sue O. prepared an extensive program on needle tatting for the August meeting. She brought supplies for members who were willing to try the technique and information if members wanted to learn more. Sali A. won one of the needle tatting sets shown at upper right.

Left column: Sue O. shows the sample that she was going to demonstrate.
Members were given a copy of the pattern. Sue O. demonstrates the
technique of casting the stitches on the tatting needle. Jeni V. was willing
to try using the tatting needles. Right column: Members watch Sue O. as she
explains the process of needle tatting. Sali A. (who won the drawing for
a set of tatting needles) watches as Sue O. walks Sandy W. through the
process of needle tatting.