This month we are going to shine the spotlight on one of our JST Online Guild members…the talented Ms. Linda Pickett from Victoria, B.C. Earlier this year, Linda attended our last workshop and brought along some fabulous show and tell. I was so excited that I begged her to let me share 3 of the pieces with you.
She used all the techniques that were presented in the last 3 blog posts. She figured out what her sett was first, then she divided her space and finally she poured in the colour and threading structure.
These 3 pieces are amazing!
In Linda’s words:
A number of things came together for me this past year. I think it was partly the online guild, partly that I framed some goals for myself for the year (first time I have done that), partly that I was working with yarns and colours that I like. I was inspired to play, to push things further, to experiment. I have let all this air into my cloth. I experimented with mixing yarns in my cloth that I would never have considered. I am weaving more mindfully (its kinda slow but I am enjoying it), I am doing better at watching the negative space, paying more attention to my technique. The result is that I wove projects this past year that thrilled me, the most delighted I have been with my weaving since I first threw a shuttle (before I realized that that miraculous cloth closely resembled cardboard). So very exciting.
One of the brilliant things about the online guild is that it is like getting a creative booster shot every month. I certainly didn’t weave everything; I didn’t “keep up” by any means but they always inspire me. Sometimes I almost can’t watch because my brain is too full for more ideas! So fabulous.
‘Blankie’ is woven using Harrisville Shetland in PW at 8 epi and 8 ppi. Linda pulled one of the Colour and Weave threadings (DDL) from the guild gamp and used it for the body of the blankie.
She framed it with a natural zinger line and a solid border.
The drape and hand are spectacular and the colour is beautifully soft.
This next shawl is breathtaking; Linda used many of the techniques we
learned in 2018. Her canvas was a mix of 18/2 merino for the warp and 16/2 cotton for weft. Woven perfectly balanced at 18 epi and ppi.
Graphically, she did a division of space in 5, and her outer borders are different widths….there is that asymmetry word again! 🙂
Then she had 2 sections with 4 D, 4 L colour and weave sequence from the gamp in Season 2 episode 4
and the centre section was solid white with a fine over grid of black on it. She put it all together using the ideas from
Colour and Design, so naturally I was jumping up and down when she showed me this piece. (You can just imagine!)
Linda took it all tad further with this beautiful fine 40/2 linen scarf where she inserted some Bronson Lace into the graphic.
It is so easy to see how the graphic and the sketching helps you get to the warping board quickly:
She knew her EPI was going to be 24 because we discussed it based on all the sampling we do around here. She figured out how wide and how long, then she drew her graphic…..got her number of warp threads…fiddled around a wee bit making the lace threading fit (based on Season 1 Episodes 5 and 6),
and then she poured in her colours:
That’s the formula that just keeps giving and giving and giving!
We absolutely adore seeing what our guild members are weaving! Did you know that you can share your projects with our Ravelry Group, and also on Instagram using the #JSTOnlineGuild hashtag?
We look forward to another exciting year of weaving in 2019 – click here to learn more about Season 3: Pushing the Boundaries of Plain Weave. We hope you’ll join us!
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Love her projects. Thanks for sharing them.
Each project is gorgeous. As soon as I get through Christmas knitting, back to the loom I go – with inspiration from Jane and Linda. Thank you for this blog post.
lovely and inspiring!
How beautiful! Thank you for sharing these. The intent of my weaving is new to me, and I’m also finding the process and final products more satisfying. Thank you Jane!
So lovely Linda and so beautiful …. Jane thanks so very much for all your inspiration !!!Marie Mac Donald
Wow. Adding “show and tell” to our online guild is an outstanding idea. Inspirational and oh so fun. Thanks.
Beautiful – thank you for the inspiration.
Great to see and hear from someone who is ‘doing her own thing’ but using Jane’s inspiring teaching to think up her own designs. I love the blankie. The colours are beautiful, so gentle and the hang looks perfect. I look forward to having time in 2019 to think outside the box with the new direction Jane is taking us in.
I’m so glad to see that Linda is still weaving! I lost track of her a while ago.
Inspirational, my dear.
So inspiring.