Show and Share Photos

Every month we take some time to celebrate our members and their talents. Here you will find the photos of our Show and Share Events.  Enjoy!

OCTOBER 2015

It was a full house on October 1^st for our show and share.  We had accomplished so much that it took almost a third of our meeting time to share our treasures.  Hope you enjoy the photos! 

Carol brought in her bag looms used for weaving weaving bags.

Helena shared her mohair skein that she dyed in the September workshop.

Janis showed her three skeins of wool dyed at our Dyeing for Colour Workshop in September (see our Events page for more details).

Joan shared her three skeins of wool dyed at the Dyeing for Colour Workshop in September (see our Events page for more details).

Mayah showed her five skeins of dyed wool from our September Workshop and her lovely felted pictures from Artisanity in October.

Marlene brought the three not-quite-finished shoulder bags inspired by the Hudson's Bay Blankets and woven on the barn loom at the Kinmount Fair on Labour Day weekend.  (See our Events page for more details.)

Paula hand spun and knit this stunning Shetland/Mohair shawl. She also showed 3 hats she created and her circle weaving.

Stephanie shared her knitted wrap with commercial yarn and her beautiful woven tea towels with 2/8 cotton.

Michele shared the bark basket she made at the Artisanity workshop in September.

We also had a very special guest for our October meeting.  Helena's mother, Nora, joined us and shared her handmade jacket that she made from fleece and weaving.  

Kawartha Guild Season 2015-2016 Begins

At our opening meeting of the new spinning and weaving season, we greeted each other, shared stories of our summer holidays and showed off our creations and acquisitions in our Show and Share.

See the photos below for details.

SEPTEMBER 2015

Amber knitted these beautiful baby bibs and headbands from commercially spun cotton.

Janis crocheted this beautiful shawl from her handspun Polwarth singles.

Janis showed us her monthly membership with a to z alpacas.  This membership includes a monthly fibre package for her to spin. (Not pictured here.)

Joan shared her knitted mitts that were dyed with food colouring and inspired by the Hudson's Bay blankets.

She also showed her spindle-spun skeins that were from colour blended wool from an earlier workshop.

Marlene showed a small purse that was woven with cotton fabric strips and 4/8 cotton. This was the end of warp.

Rebecca shared her hand-turned Russian-style support spindles with metal tips.  The spindles are made from birch and have birch trees, grass and birds etched into them with pyrography.

MAY 2015 SHOW AND SHARE

Carol Maher crocheted this pearl necklace and bracelet with metal wire.

She also used Japanese rice paper to spin this necklace and bracelet.

Jane Paice knit these socks using a wool-like fibre.

Stephanie Clarkson displayed this handmade tablecloth from Prague. It is linen with ribbon embroidery.

Amber Amitage knit these cotton baby bibs

Joan R also snow dyed this roving.

Michele Bouchier demonstrated this 'no drop' quill-supported spindle called 'Spindolyn' by Caby May. It is available online from The Woolery ($40 US).

Marlene Edwards showed us her 4 woven hand towels using 2/20 mercerized cotton and various styles of hemstitching.

APRIL 2015 SHOW AND SHARE

Janis modeled a chrocheted vest in merino silk 50/50 in three colours - green, rust, and gold.

Isn't that stunning?

Janis created this nature-dyed silk sample in blues using hydrangea flowers and leaves.

Mayah created this coiled basket.

She also created this nature-dyed silk sample using oranges and reds with sumac and Christmas cactus blossoms.

These four coiled baskets are Joan's creations.

Joan also spun and plied these two skeins of yarn.

Marlene used an end of a cotton warp to weave this pillow cover.

This crocheted purse originates from Cuba and is made from soda can pull tabs.

Marlene also knit these socks.

Paula created this headband from hand spun art yarn.

and this lovely, colourful coiled basket.

Carol shared her crocheted and beaded necklaces and bracelets

and a coiled and machine sewn basket.

MARCH 2015 SHOW AND SHARE

March 5, 2015

Lyn shared three items:

wristlets she knit using Deborah Norville yarn - 100% wool, made in Turkey,

a felted Santa measuring about 12 cm high, and

a woven Christmas tree bag. The pattern is set up on the loom at the OGM. Lyn demonstrated how to make it into a bag instead of a tea towel.

Janis shared these baskets made from paper rush, cotton cord, sweet grass, sisal and palm with wool, cotton yarn, and crochet cotton.

Michele showed us this Inuit crocheted hat made in Pangnirtung, Northwest Territories.

Rebecca shared this '3 Shades of Grey' hat knit from her 3-ply handspun of 100% Shetland wool

She also played with colour creating these Corriedale primaries using the drumcarder.

Mayah shared these colourful rolags for regular and core spinning that she created using a blending board.

She also showed us a hand dyed silk and rayon scarf to which dyes reacted differently using black and spring green dyes.

Here is Stephanie's handspun skein she created using silk and wool. She also knit a cowl from the same skein.

The fabric of this pillow was originally woven by Helena's mother. Helena then took the fabric and made it into a pillow.

FEBRUARY 2015 SHOW AND SHARE

Janis crocheted a wool scarf using Noro yarn.

She also shared her hand spun polwarth skeins.

Stephanie wove these tencel and cotton scarves.

 Mayah shared this alpaca headband upscaled from an old sweater.

Joan shared these hand knit socks and mittens.

Paula shared a hat knit with mitered squares using Noro Silk Garden yarn.

Marlene wove guest hand towels using 2/20 cotton and hemstitching.

JANUARY 2015 SHOW AND SHARE

January 8, 2015

Rebecca knit this scarf using a merino/silk blend.

orange thick and thin spun  in spiral flame technique

 light pink, challenge for her spinning class

 joan's  3 spindle spun skeins -  fibre artists fleece, one was plyed on a spinning wheel

Marie's woven tea towel in blue and white. 

Lynn's completed sweater vest...

and this one is in progress.

This is a piece of  cloth left over from banner that hangs in Mongomery Inn, Pickering Village Museum - was woven in 20/2 wool

Michele:  kick spindle - mother maria kick spindle

knit hat in Nashua Granite

tapestry crocheted hat by Pangnirtung handmade by Inuit and hand knit mitts

Helena - handwoven sweater jacket, made by her mother

DECEMBER 2014 SHOW AND SHARE

This year's challenge was to select colours from paint chips and create any object from them.

Mayah created a woven sampler.

LOOM ASSEMBLY AT LINDSAY MUSEUM

SEPTEMBER SHOW AND SHARE
September 4, 2014

Peg loom bracelets made from mohair/wool blend by Paula.


Janice crocheted a baby blue sweater from her handspun.

Jane hand-dyed these silk scarves.

Jane also knit this scarf...

and hat.

Handspun with various fibres by Jane.

Marleen brought in this table runner woven by the volunteers at the Kinmount Fair.

Joan knit this scarf from a blend of handspun alpaca and mohair.

APRIL 10, 2014
UPSCALING WORKSHOP
Vera Lohse

This workshop was held during our fun day at the Armories in Lindsay. Vera Lohse, our teacher, had lots of samples to show us. All outfits/articles were made out of old sweaters.

Skirt with side gussets that were underarms.

Sweater/tunic dress.

Revamped sweat suit with inserts.

Swanks/leggings which were arms of a sweater.

We started with a variety of sweaters.

Paula revamped a sweater.

Joan hard at work.

Purse from a skirt by Janice.

Mayah's pillow cover.

APRIL 3, 2014
SHOW AND SHARE

A study in stripes and tea towels by Marleen

Tatting cards by Joan

4 harness 2/10 mercerized cotton lace scarf by Marleen.

Corriedale (white) spinning; Banana and wool blend spinning by Paula.

Weaving sampler by Mayah from "Designing Woven Fabrics" by Janet Phillips. 

The sample measured 135" long.

Janice handed around a book from a museum she visited on a trip to Malaysia.

This is moose fibre Janice found while hiking in Algonquin Park.

SHOW AND SHARE

February 2014

This beautiful merino/silk scarf was handwoven by Stephanie with her handspun yarn.

 This vest is knit with a 'shadow' technique. Looking at it straight on it looks striped but when looking at it on an angle, a pattern appears. In this case, it is sheep.

 Janis crocheted these thick, fingerless mittens.

She also crocheted this silk/merino hood.

Joan knit and felted these hot pads using Martha Stewart yarn.

TATTING WORKSHOP
February 2014

Lyn guided us through basic tatting technique.

She brought in many samples to inspire us.

SHOW AND SHARE
January 9, 2014

Paula's knitted crib baby blanket

Lyn's Aran snowlady and Marlene's woven tea towels

Jane's striped cowl

Jane's striped, lace scarf

Paula's felted ballet slippers and baby Mary Jane slippers

GUILD MEETING SHOW AND SHARE
April 4, 2013

Lambchop hand puppet

YARN DYEING
Food colouring (pink) and avocado (right)

CARD MAKING


BURR HOUSE WORKSHOP
March 2013
'PUSHING PLAINWEAVE TO THE LIMITS'

CAMPBELLFORD SPIN-IN
October 2, 2012


Paula, Joan and Mayah at the Warkworth Handweavers and Spinners' Spin-In at St. John's United Church in Campbellford,ON

DYE DAY AT MAYAH'S
August 20, 2012

All the yarn was donated by Paula Lishman.

Here they are drying in the sun:

Carol dyed these three skeins:

Granny's crocheted doily was overdyed:

2011- 2012 GUILD CHALLENGE

The challenge was to create a fibre item (woven, spun, felted, knitted, etc.) inspired by some object. 

Joan Ross knit a basketweave vest inspired by the edge of this small dish.

Stephanie Clarkson created this table runner done in an overshot pattern with 2/8 cotton. It was inspired by the Victorian violet candy dish.

Betty Wilkinson was inspired by this teacup and saucer.

Betty also created this table runner.
Marlene Edwards was inspired by this piece of 1950s pottery and the linear 'cracks' in her table top at home.  She wove 2 runners, 50 inches long x 17 inches wide (after fulling/hemming). She used crackle weave, treadled as Summer and Winter, block weave, her own block profile and drawdown. Warp: 2/8 cotton, colour: natural, weft: 2/22 Cottolin and 8/8 cotton natural and blue/green.

The suncatcher inspired Paula Shasta to create this scarf with a needle-felted rose.

Mayah Sevink wove this in tencel. The warp was done in various blues and the weft in various rusts. The pattern is an 8-shaft twill. Her inspiration was the pottery plate.

This series of dish towels made by Marlene Edwards.   They are done in ripsmatta weave, a Scandinavian 'shadow weave' technique. The warp is cotton thread and each towel is woven with a different color weft. 

WINTER 2011 - 2012

Basket weaving workshop