Woven cowl
Artist: Sally Whitaker
Woven on a rigid heddle loom with superwash Merino wool.
Fabric beads
Artist: Various artists
Made from fabric scraps and thread as part of the Guild’s Redo and Renew Study group project.
Woven runner
Artist: Sue Betz
Woven with wool/silk blend on a rigid heddle loom.
Placemats
Artist: Sue Brown
Rag rug placemats using log cabin pattern.
Handspun and Handwoven
Artist: Louise Young
Shirt handwoven from handspun organic color grown cotton using a backstrap loom.
Woven Cowl
Artist: Tracy Griggs
Woven on a rigid heddle loom with superwash Merino wool.
Woodpecker transparency weaving
Artist: Cynthia Betzler
A 22″ x 40″ transparency using 8/1 tow for warp and 6/1 for weft. Old wool hooking rags were used for the design.
Mohair lap blanket
Artist: Jazmin Hicks-Dahl
Mohair lap blanket (53″ x 36″) with 3 groups of ikat threads dyed in an indigo vat. Brushing and fulling the mohair was messy, but fun!
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Line flax
Artist: Donna Forbes
Grown from seed and processed in Duluth, this line flax is ready to spin.
Felt horse (Swedish Dala Häst)
Artist: Donna Forbes
This was created in a virtual workshop with the Nordic Center in Duluth, MN. They had an exhibit called “A Dala a Day”.
Braided wool rug
Artist: Ruth Schmidt-Baeumler
Hand braided with wool strips. Approximately 2′ x 3′.
Twill towel
Artist: Chris Jenkins
Twill towel in linen with hemp weft
Felted “cyanotype” painting
Artist: Melanie Mathieson
Made with hand-dyed blue wool and white wool roving. Approximately 12″ x 16″.
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Handspun yarn
Artist: Kathy Thorene
Handspun from merino wool and silk blend.
Twill study placemats
Artist: Joan Weyandt
Made with one warp of 5/2 cotton, each placemat has a different 4 shaft twill pattern from Davidson’s green book.
Placemats
Artist: Tracy Griggs
Woven on a rigid heddle loom with 8/4 cotton rug warp and mop cotton as weft.
Cotton handknit sweater
Artist: Ruth Schmidt-Baeumler
Handknit with 100% cotton yarn.
Tow flax
Artist: Dave Kortier
Homegrown flax tow fiber and small ball of handspun.
Naturally dyed felt
Artist: Cindy Hale
Natural brown wool as background, with alder and goldenrod yellow and lichen pink accents.
Lace shawl
Artist: Louise Young
Lace shawl knitted with handspun Shetland wool
27 NEST Blanket
Artist: Louise Young
Handspun fleece from 27 Northern European Short Tail breeds of sheep. Blanket hand woven in Shadow Weave.
Hand spun yarn
Artist: Kathy Thorene
2 ply yarn (on left) and singles yarn (on right).
Crochet granny square
Artist: Teresa Clayton
Merino wool was spun long draw from separate, tiny rolags of individual color blends from multiple hand-dyeing experiments, then 3-plied using a chain ply method to blend the transitions. Yarn was crocheted into a large granny square (10.5″ square) to better display the color variations throughout the skein.
Handspun project
Artist: Teresa Clayton
This blend of brightly colored Merino wool was spun on a spindle and then crocheted into small granny squares.
Swirls of the Seasons nuno felted scarf
Artist: Lucy Kragness
This wearable art is created through the nuno felting process and combines silk fabric with fine layers of merino wool, novelty yarn, bamboo, silk and other embellishments. Approximately 12″ x 57″.
The artist was inspired by “changing forest seasons”.
https://www.lucykragness.com/
Paper play
Sampler woven with paper fiber.
Scandinavian alpaca work shirt
Artist: Louise Young
Handspun and handwoven from a cria (first shear) fleece, this warp is indigo dyed and the weft is natural colored.
Wood nettle handspun yarn
Artist: Jazmin Hicks-Dahl
This Laportea Canadensis (“Wood Nettle”) was wild harvested and processed in Minnesota, then spun on a drop spindle quite fine (about 20/1) from fibers that are long and strong (a lot like linen, but stickier and a bit hairier). After boiling, the color lightened up. Once there is enough spun, the plan is to make pants out of the thread.
Spinning cotton on a support spindle
Artist: Jazmin Hicks-Dahl
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Nuno felting
Artist: Various Guild members
One day project by Felting Study Group members.
Woven pillow
Artist: Jinn Nelson
Woven on a rigid heddle loom with handspun and commercial wool yarns.
27 NEST Sweater
Artist: Louise Young
Handspun fleece from 27 Northern European Short Tail breeds of sheep. Hand knit sweater is based on a 19th century Swedish design
Woven wrap
Artist: Jinn Nelson
This wrap was woven on a rigid heddle loom from handspun gray Merino wool and blue nylon yarns. It features pickup stick patterning and a crocheted picot edge.
Naturally dyed yarn
Artist: Cindy Hale
These yarns were dyed using a wide range of dye stuff including buckthorn (bark, leaves & berries), lichens, lobster mushroom, alder (leaves & cones), birch leaves, meadowsweet, jewelweed, hawkweed flowers, oak (leaves & bark), goldenrod, creeping charlie, sumac berries, Japanese knotweed, teasel and rhubarb leaves. In addition, they were dyed using modifiers including vinegar, ammonia, copper and iron which greatly expands the range of colors from any given dye bath.
Harmony rocks
Artist: Terry Hamp
Japanese knots on Lake Superior Rocks. Harmony Rocks are pleasing and peaceful, interweaving, meant to create a sense of tranquility during these discordant and confusing times.
Houndstooth bag
Artist: Tracy Griggs
100% wool, woven on a rigid heddle loom.
Sprang pouch
Artist: Sharon Wichman
This photo illustrates how stretchy sprang fabric is, even while on the loom.
Mug rugs
Artist: Donna Forbes
Woven in overshot with 10/2 cotton as part of a “Color in Weaving” workshop.
Sculptable fabric bowls
Artist: Various Guild members
Created at our 2019 By-Member, For-Member sessions.
Narrow handwoven band
Artist: Jazmin Hicks-Dahl
Ombre indigo dyed linen warp, handspun tow linen weft–a great portable project!
Felted “cyanotype” painting
Artist: Melanie Mathieson
Made with hand-dyed blue wool and white wool roving. Approximately 12″ x 16″.
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Fair Isle sweater
Artist: Louise Young
Fair Isle sweater of hand spun Shetland dyed with natural dyes. There are 13 colors of yarn in this sweater!
Handwoven dishtowels
Artist: Jinn Nelson
Handwoven on a rigid heddle loom with cotton.
Beaded alpaca lace shawl
Artist: Louise Young
Handspun and handknit from a cria (first shear) fleece.
Advancing twill scarf
Artist: Beverly Martin
Woven with hand-dyed silk & wool.
Woven wall hanging
Artist: Marianne Torntore
Hand woven on a small tray using handspun yarn.
Turned twill towels
Artist: Barb Dwinell
Turned twill towels in several shades of hand dyed indigo cotton.
Ikat dish towel
Artist: Jazmin Hicks-Dahl
Inspired by vintage Japanese kasuri kimono fabric from Gallery Kei, both warp and weft of 40/2 linen were dyed in an indigo fermentation vat.
http://www.woodspirithandcraft.com/
Woven cowl
Artist: Carrie Winningham
Woven on a rigid heddle loom with various wool and wool/silk/alpaca blend yarns.
Temperature scarf
Artist: Judy McLaughlin
This scarf was handknit to visualize climate data from Seattle, WA, in 1968 (December on left and January on right). Two rows were knit each day for a year, using an assigned color to represent the high temperature of the day.
Fibonacci sequence scarf
Artist: Susan Betz
Woven on a rigid heddle loom with wool and acrylic.
Knit shawl
Artist: Ruth Schmidt-Baeumler
This was knit from gray alpaca and black cotton and it is very warm!
Shetland lace shawl
Artist: Louise Young
Detail of traditional Shetland lace shawl, hand spun and hand knit. The shawl used 4000 yards of yarn and weighs in at a quarter of an ounce
Tatting sampler
Artist: Marcia Anderson
Created with a small shuttle and thread to produce lace, tatting is a very portable and versatile craft.
Hand dyed wool
Artist: Susan Dolph
100% wool, handspun and hand dyed.
Handwoven scarves
Artist: Beverly Martin
Handwoven with cashmere yarn.
Marigolds to Pumpkins nuno felted scarf
Artist: Lucy Kragness
This wearable art is created through the nuno felting process and combines silk fabric with fine layers of merino wool, novelty yarn, bamboo, silk and other embellishments. Approximately 12″ x 52″.
The artist was inspired by “the many shades of orange in a northland landscape”.
https://www.lucykragness.com/
Woven scarf
Artist: Jinn Nelson
Woven on a rigid heddle loom with wool yarn.