
Shetland lace shawl
Artist: Louise YoungDetail 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
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
Twill towel in linen with hemp weft
Handspun from merino wool and silk blend.
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.
Handspun and handwoven from a cria (first shear) fleece, this warp is indigo dyed and the weft is natural colored.
Made with one warp of 5/2 cotton, each placemat has a different 4 shaft twill pattern from Davidson’s green book.
Hand woven on a small tray using handspun yarn.
Woven on a rigid heddle loom with superwash Merino wool.
Handwoven on a rigid heddle loom with cotton.
Grown from seed and processed in Duluth, this line flax is ready to spin.
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.
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.
Ombre indigo dyed linen warp, handspun tow linen weft–a great portable project!
Handwoven with cashmere yarn.
Natural brown wool as background, with alder and goldenrod yellow and lichen pink accents.
Homegrown flax tow fiber and small ball of handspun.
Woven on a rigid heddle loom with handspun and commercial wool yarns.
Sampler woven with paper fiber.
Handknit with 100% cotton yarn.
Handspun fleece from 27 Northern European Short Tail breeds of sheep. Blanket hand woven in Shadow Weave.
Fair Isle sweater of hand spun Shetland dyed with natural dyes. There are 13 colors of yarn in this sweater!
This photo illustrates how stretchy sprang fabric is, even while on the loom.
This was created in a virtual workshop with the Nordic Center in Duluth, MN. They had an exhibit called “A Dala a Day”.
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.
Hand spun and hand woven
Made with hand-dyed blue wool and white wool roving. Approximately 12″ x 16″.
Shirt handwoven from handspun organic color grown cotton using a backstrap loom.
100% wool, woven on a rigid heddle loom.
One day project by Felting Study Group members.
Turned twill towels in several shades of hand dyed indigo cotton.
Hand braided with wool strips. Approximately 2′ x 3′.
This was knit from gray alpaca and black cotton and it is very warm!
Lace shawl knitted with handspun Shetland wool
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.
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.
Woven in overshot with 10/2 cotton as part of a “Color in Weaving” workshop.
100% wool, handspun and hand dyed.
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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This blend of brightly colored Merino wool was spun on a spindle and then crocheted into small granny squares.
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.
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”.
Woven on a rigid heddle loom with wool yarn.
Made from fabric scraps and thread as part of the Guild’s Redo and Renew Study group project.
Handspun fleece from 27 Northern European Short Tail breeds of sheep. Hand knit sweater is based on a 19th century Swedish design
Woven on a rigid heddle loom with 8/4 cotton rug warp and mop cotton as weft.
Made with hand-dyed blue wool and white wool roving. Approximately 12″ x 16″.
Woven on a rigid heddle loom with various wool and wool/silk/alpaca blend yarns.
Woven with hand-dyed silk & wool.
Woven on a rigid heddle loom with superwash Merino wool.
Created with a small shuttle and thread to produce lace, tatting is a very portable and versatile craft.
2 ply yarn (on left) and singles yarn (on right).
Woven with wool/silk blend on a rigid heddle loom.
Handspun and handknit from a cria (first shear) fleece.
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.
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Created at our 2019 By-Member, For-Member sessions.
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”.
Rag rug placemats using log cabin pattern.
Woven on a rigid heddle loom with wool and acrylic.