March Home spin at Ann's

A few of us recently demonstrated some spinning and weaving at the Malvern A & P show, The group has an Ashford Sample It loom and I was using that to show some weaving. It is a great wee loom, very easy to travel with and always popular with the public too

 The striped scarf is made using a self striping sock yarn and the blue scarf is made using some hand spun perendale

 

 A couple of close ups of the sock yarn, I like the way the self striping yarns work

 

 This is some of Jayne's own cria fleece, taken from Radar - she has washed, carded and dizzed it herself - it is amazingly soft and we are all in awe of the beautiful quality fibre and yarn that she produces. Can't wait to see what she makes with it!

Anne is making a hat for her granddaughter and has found a yarn that comes complete with instructions and pompom!

 Anne also found this hand woven jacket in a charity store, it would be nice to think that the weaver who made this would be pleased that it had found another weaver that appreciated the amount of work that would have gone into making it in the first placeA close up of the weave

 

 Ann recently was sorting through her family home and found this hand knitted top made in 1956 by her mother along with her Scottish YHA membership card. The top was worn for YHA parties and is still looking beautiful today - just proves that wool stands the test of timeThe fineness and number of beads must have taken a huge amount of patience to make at the time

This blue skein is alpaca and silk - I think it was Pat's fibre, spun by Fay (I should take notes!)

Beautiful colours

 

 The high school are raising funds for cancer by shaving heads and selling beanies, here is one made by Valerie for the cause

 

Hilda's teddy has reached her grandson, Levi - ahhh