If it's August, it must be Nevada County Fair time. Many of the Not 2 Square members entered their spun, woven or knitted items into the Wool, Fibers and Textiles Section. We are lucky enough to display in a nice cool, clean building rather than one of the other open buildings. (They were not quite barns, but they sometimes felt like it.)
In this post, we are featuring Ingrid and Sue's entries.
Ingrid entered nine items this year.
She entered two baby blankets. These are from different warps, but are made in a similar way. The warp is a mixed warp of different cotton yarns, in varying thicknesses. The purple warp has more similar sized yarns that the green/yellow one. The weft is a synthetic blend. These are both woven in plain weave. The variegated colors really bring interest to the otherwise plain weave structure.
Ingrid's next items are two scarves. They are both woven using Malibrego yarn but are from different warps. Both scarves are threaded to an advancing twill on eight shafts. One is woven with a 2-2-3-1 tie up and the other a 2-1-1-1-2-1 tie up.
She also entered two shawls. These are woven from Mountain Colors yarns. The purple is wool and merino and the orange/gold shawl is wool and alpaca. The structures are both an extended point twill with a 1-1-2-1-1-2 tie up.
Ingrid also submitted two towels for judging. One (on the right) is a twill in 10/2 cotton. It has an irregular point twill design. The second is a turned twill design woven using cottolin. Full information about this towel can be found at Ingrid's blog: https://foothillweaving.blogspot.com/2017/03/poker-challenge-turns-to-twills.html
Finally, Ingrid entered a scarf in the Nevada County Inspiration Division. This category challenges the entrant to create a piece that is inspired by something in the County. Ingrid chose Fire as her inspiration.
This scarf is woven with sock yarn, sett at 15 epi. he structure is an extended point twill with a tie up that is almost a 2/2 twill.
Sue entered two items in this year's Fair.
The first is a towel.
The second is a inkle band.
Stay tuned for more Fair entries from the Not 2 Square members.
In this post, we are featuring Ingrid and Sue's entries.
Ingrid entered nine items this year.
She entered two baby blankets. These are from different warps, but are made in a similar way. The warp is a mixed warp of different cotton yarns, in varying thicknesses. The purple warp has more similar sized yarns that the green/yellow one. The weft is a synthetic blend. These are both woven in plain weave. The variegated colors really bring interest to the otherwise plain weave structure.
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| Baby Blanket |
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| Baby Blanket |
Ingrid's next items are two scarves. They are both woven using Malibrego yarn but are from different warps. Both scarves are threaded to an advancing twill on eight shafts. One is woven with a 2-2-3-1 tie up and the other a 2-1-1-1-2-1 tie up.
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| Scarf |
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| Scarf |
She also entered two shawls. These are woven from Mountain Colors yarns. The purple is wool and merino and the orange/gold shawl is wool and alpaca. The structures are both an extended point twill with a 1-1-2-1-1-2 tie up.
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| Shawl |
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| Shawl |
Ingrid also submitted two towels for judging. One (on the right) is a twill in 10/2 cotton. It has an irregular point twill design. The second is a turned twill design woven using cottolin. Full information about this towel can be found at Ingrid's blog: https://foothillweaving.blogspot.com/2017/03/poker-challenge-turns-to-twills.html
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| Weaver's Poker Towel |
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| Twill Towel |
Finally, Ingrid entered a scarf in the Nevada County Inspiration Division. This category challenges the entrant to create a piece that is inspired by something in the County. Ingrid chose Fire as her inspiration.
This scarf is woven with sock yarn, sett at 15 epi. he structure is an extended point twill with a tie up that is almost a 2/2 twill.
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| Nevada County Inspiration Scarf |
Sue entered two items in this year's Fair.
The first is a towel.
The second is a inkle band.
Stay tuned for more Fair entries from the Not 2 Square members.
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