Textiles at the Fair

Eileen submitted a number of pieces this summer, including several scarves.  The award winner was a variation of overshot.  She used indigo dyed hand spun yarn for the blue and white scarf .  A third scarf was woven with tencel.

  

Eileen's Indigo Dyed Scarf

Eileen's Scarf

Eileen's Tencel Scarf

She entered a shawl.

Eileen's Shawl

She also submitted household items - a huck towel and overshot table runner.  

Eileen's Towel

Eileen's Table Runner

A bag and yardage round out Eileen's entries.

Eileen's Bag

Eileen's Yardage

Betsy entered two rag rugs. 

Betsy's Rag Rug

Betsy's Rag Rug

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She also entered a hand towel woven with twill blocks.

Betsy's Towel

Betsy also entered a doubleweave table cover and a bag.

Betsy's Handwoven Bag

Betsy's Table Cover

There's lots of talent in the group.

County Fair Entries, Continued

Two more Not 2 Square members had entries in this year's County Fair: Jeanne and Betsy.

Jeanne wove and then sewed this blouse.  

Jeanne's Blouse

For her Nevada County Inspired entry, Jeanne drew inspiration from the local hippies and tie-dyed fabrics that past and current hippies enjoy.  This shawl was woven with hand dyes warps that Eileen created.  For her scarf, Jeanne used Vice Yarn for her warp.  This is a space dyed yarn that comes with long color sections.  
 

Jeanne's Nevada County Inspired Entry

Jeanne's Scarf

Jeanne's final entry was a cowl that she knit from her handspun yarn.

Jeanne's Cowl

Betsy entered a scarf and a bag sewn from fabric that was woven at the end of the warp of some of Betsy's rugs.

 
Betsy entered two wall hangings.  The one woven with wheat was a collaboration with Beryl.  Beryl supplied handspun yarn.  The lavender wall hanging included spring of lavender.

Wheat Wall Hanging

Lavender Wall Hanging

There are a few more people we need to highlight.  That post will be written soon.

More County Fair Entries

Here are the entries from three more of the Not 2 Square Weavers:  Betsy, Eileen and Wendy-Marie.

Betsy entered some unusual items into the Fair this year - a wall hanging and a sea creature (possibly a jelly fish or an octopus).  She also entered a scarf and a shawl.

Betsy's Sea Creature

Betsy's Scarf

Betsy's Shawl

Betsy's Wall Hanging

Betsy's Table Runner

Eileen entered a shawl, a woven bag, and two scarves, one in the Nevada County Inspired Division.

Eileen's Woven Bag

Eileen's Nevada County Inspired Scarf

Eileen's Scarf

Eileen's Shawl

Wendy-Marie entered two collaborative projects: one with Beryl and Igor to create aBest in Division Shawl and another with SueR to make a book cover.  She also submitted two scarves - one into the Nevada County Inspired Division.

Wendy-Marie's Nevada County Inspired Scarf

Wendy-Marie's Blooming Leaf Chenille Scarf

Wendy-Marie & SueR's Book Cover

Wendy-Marie's Collaborative Spinner/Maker Shawl

There are a couple more Not 2 Squares entries to share in the next post.