June meeting 2015

The June meeting and we were joined by some of the Oxford ladies for a lovely chatty meeting. Lots of show and tell as we haven't had a meeting in the hall for a few months -

Ann dyed this wool at our dyeing day and wove these table runners on her rigid heddle loom. The stripes have turned out beautifully

The multi coloured yarn is from the fleece that Robyn dyed at the dyeing day, she then plied it with the green to make it go  further and is incorporating it along with some of the green plied with itself for a lovely effect

A close up of the lace pattern

Some more of Ann's dyeing day results. Various methods were used! The result is a selection of self striping wool that Ann had to re-skein using almost every chair in the house and a lovely subtle blend of pinks and oranges using the squishing method - not sure if that's one you will find in the books though!

Jayne has finished this jersey for her brother using the first yarn she spun, she now has another order for one for her hubby

Val knitted this jersey using her 'Homebush' yarn - the yarn she spun while demonstrating for the tourists at Homebush. It is set off beautifully with a double row of diamonds in orange with a sewn white dot, it's amazing how such a subtle variation lifts this Jersey.

 

Val's skeins from the dyeing day, another self striping variation which was fun to re-skein! Along with the original white Romney, spun from the Homebush ram's fleece

Some merino fleece Catherine dyed in a rainbow. The first skein is 2 ply, the plan for the second half of the roving is to Navajo ply for a different effect

This is purchased wool yarn dyed on the dyeing day to be woven, The warp and weft were dyed in the same colour pattern but at different lengths to achieve a chequered pattern

Some of Catherine's sample It scarves - awaiting their tassels to be twizzled!

For a bit of fun with the Oxford ladies we covered a selection of river stones with yarn to make a colourful display

Some more of Catherine's yarn from the dyeing day - self striping yarn, wound on the warping frame. Originally planned to make socks but she was pleased with the colours so is making a shawl

Ann Loffhagen was visiting from Oxford and brought a scarf knitted sideways to use up some of the stash - nice colour combinations

A scarf woven by Catherine on the sample It using some 2 ply wool/silk dyed on the dyeing day with the warp and weft again at different lengths

More dyed yarn!

and dyed fleece!

Catherine now has quite a stash to keep her going through the winter

Barbara found an unfinished hand knit in an op shop and has reworked it to make this cardigan - very thrifty and lovely and soft too

Robyn brought the Merino cardigan she has been working on for her daughter, spinning and knitting this beautiful cardigan has been a mammoth effort

 

For the size of the garment, it is surprisingly light - I wonder how many metres it contains. I think Robyn is quite happy to be spinning something different - what a labour of love though

And finally, Jayne brought in her alpaca lace jacket, recently accepted into the festival at Rotorua. It was spun from Jayne's own cria fleece, the cria was bred by Pat. The jacket was knitted from a pattern that Jayne completely reworked and weighs 120g!!