Spring has finally Sprung. We have been enjoying this much needed sunshine and warmth. The fruit trees are all in blossom, the potatoes are just poking through the ground, the garlic is 10″ high. Ooo-la-la, how I love gardening !
New Yarn! Organic 2/8 Cotton.
We are so pleased to announce that we have organic cotton. It’s extremely high quality, spun in Germany and a great alternative if you’re looking for a way to continue enjoying your craft with a lighter impact on the environment. Our cotton comes in 100 gram cones @ $10.00 per cone and each cone has 710 yds. It is certified organic by GOTS (Global Organic Textiles Standard). New Patterns coming soon!
Patterns
We’ve also added a new pattern to our scarves section of the store. Bet you can’t guess who that glamorous starlet is!
This scarf is a Twill on four shafts using our 7 Gauge Bambu yarn and will make 2 scarves.
Like our other patterns we’ve put together several colour way options for you or you can pick your own favourite colours.
Anything and everything is possible.
Spinner’s Corner
Calling all Spinners! Colour Control in Spinning is being offered again September 28 & 29! Gather round the circle and learn how to surround yourself with magnificently blended colours all through the winter. Cheryl Huseby-Wiebe is back! She’s here to share her extensive knowledge and love of colour with all of us spinners who would like to improve our multi-coloured spinning techniques. She’ll help us make the beautiful images that we see in our brains come to life in our skeins.
After Cheryl’s last class – Know Your Fibre, Know Your Wheel, Charlotte got seriously to work. During the class she had her first taste of spinning with Louet’s Mohair and promptly ordered three bags full of White, Honey and Black. She’s combining the Black and Honey to make an exquisite golden grey. The yarn is such a treat to spin and knit. It’s so smooth and that sheen! Divine! Look at this! Can you even believe it? Charlotte is so cool. (She wrote this.)
Workshops
There is one spot left in our Oct 11 – 15th Double Weave workshop. If you missed this one last year because it filled up so fast, now’s your chance! This is such a fascinating weave structure and not as hard as you might think. You will be so impressed with yourself after taking this workshop because you’ll be able to do horizontal joins, weave fabrics that are double width with staggering layers, create double faced fabrics on 4 and 8 shafts, stuff pockets and learn to control colour in 2 block Double Weave. The architectural possibilities of this weave structure will blow your mind wide open and leave you seriously jazzed about all the project ideas zinging around your brain.
We have also had a cancellation in our To Twill or Not to Twill workshop (of course To Twill is the answer) on July 16 – 20th. Another exciting course, this is an excellent 3rd workshop for anyone who has taken Jane’s Colour & Design and her Pushing the Boundaries of Plainweave workshops.
Give us a call or drop us an email anytime to reserve your special spot!
Student’s Corner
The greatest reward a teacher can receive is seeing the wonderful results of a student’s hard work. A few years ago, Jennifer Barrett walked into the studio to return some soccer gear (when I was a soccer mom). Little did she know when she wandered around completely intrigued by the looms that she would be turning out her own beautiful work just a couple of years later. Jennifer took a beginners weaving course through our local guild and then came to JST for Colour and Design and then Pushing the Boundaries of Plainweave. She is one of those students who goes home and takes one of the ideas and completely designs her own project. The Repp sample struck her fancy and below is her final creation. She used her sketching skills from the Colour and Design workshop and overlayed them with the Repp ideas and voila….her very own design beautifully executed. WOWEE! This Cotton Repp Bathmat Is Stunning!
It is woven in 4/8 cotton sett at 36 e.p.i. and she used our Mop Cotton and 2/8 cotton for the weft. The colours are Peacock, Pale Limette, Medium Blue and Turquoise. We are working up her pattern and will have it in the pattern section very soon.
