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OUR GROUP CHALLENGES
Silk Purse from a Sows Ear
June 2018
A word about this meeting is in order here. This being summer it was appropriate that we meet out of doors. Ronnie graciously offered her garden. It was a perfect day with a bright blue sky and warm breezes. The dark background for these pictures were from the plastic converings on the picnic tables there.
"Silk Purse out of a Sows Ear" was the challenge given to us by Darby. She starts off below.
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Darby created this terrific rug from all the small ends (sows ear) that she had left over.
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What wonderful colors and it all works so well.
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Claudia created this charming piece. Beads woven in the plastic. It works as a pendant on a necklace.
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Or it could be a rainbow catcher to hang in the sun. What a fun piece.
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Carie had this yardage she had done earlier. Now she has worked it into this nifty over the shoulder top.
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It really works very well. Love the crimped fringe.
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Leave it to Leila to come up with a wonderful combination of texture and color.
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And how did she work in those beads. Fascinating.
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Ronnie is still working through the book on Bateman weaves. She found the draft for this one which included threads on shaft eight that never got lifted.
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Her solution was to put in picks of plain weave to tie the warps down. Very clever of her.
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Terry said the sows ear in this piece was the weft yarn. It was somewhat coarse and scratchy. Not something to go with the silk warp.
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But he got it to soften up by rinsing the piece in hair conditoner. That worked.
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The painted warp in Carol's piece did not show up very well after weaving.
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So she very cleverly stencilled some designs on the finished scarf. Love the spirals.
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