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Finished Objects!
Michelle
Michelle has run the dye pot several times to dye yarn she previously spun.Dharma acid dye "Berry Crush" on white Icelandic.![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jEb7wQ96tTE/X0xWPXQnW4I/AAAAAAABAyU/n5NMLO0fwp0XPoj-6PsFm7dKQ15h2G98ACPcBGAsYHg/s640/IMG_20200730_200649.jpg)
Jacquard "Spruce" on Coopworth:
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Jacquard "Aztec Gold" with a touch of "Chestnut" on Coopworth (one of her favorite mixtures!)
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Dharma "True Turquoise" on both white and gray Icelandic:
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Isn't the tone achieved by overdyeing the gray fantastic?!
Dharma "Cherry Bomb" on gray Icelandic:
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Michelle has been continuing to spin down her stash including a fleece from a llama named Mia:
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She also spun a bunch of alpaca in different combinations.
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Michelle and her husband, Greg, embroidered a cloak for Greg during their time in England. Michelle finally got that lined. They've been home from England for 10 years, so it's about time.
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Erica
TJ's Socks!!! Erica finished knitting the socks for her son, TJ. He loves them and has been dancing and sliding around the living room in them. :)Erica finished weaving off her handspun warp for TJ. It still needs the weft thread ends trimmed and the fringe twisted (if he is going to use it as a scarf). He probably wouldn't use a bag and seems to like it as a quite long scarf!
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Masks :)Ginny Cardigan swatches Deep Cove Handspun, Saltwater woolen prep 3 ply handspun, Nightshades
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Works in Progress
Michelle
Michelle is currently spinning some pink merino tencel that is probably some of the oldest fiber in her stash:![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zNTPoGUQl4Q/X0xZe0G9-zI/AAAAAAABAzE/csqxdNVukkg3mHSWeKMgQvtl6P202l4fACPcBGAsYHg/s640/IMG_20200730_235828.jpg)
Michelle has also started crocheting a spider. It doesn't look like a spider yet:
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The link to the pattern: https://www.etsy.com/listing/741665895/pattern-crochet-giant-spider-tarantula
Erica
Erica has been weaving away on the damask with the Treeenway Silks Zolo Borello colourway weft. She has done a lot of thinking about how to handle the possibility that there will be variances between the different dyed skeins, it will take about 4 skeins. Erica decided that in the Middle Ages, based on the textiles she has studied, that weavers would keep with one skein until the end of a repeat. This is based on studying partial textiles which do not show any variance in weft color within a single repeat.Here is the damask photo with two different dyes lots.
![Purple and red textile, the background is purple and there is a repeating lotus and rosette pattern in red.](https://scontent-lhr8-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/115824785_10221097360118861_3327723216901929661_o.jpg?_nc_cat=104&_nc_sid=84a396&_nc_ohc=246SMjYkLtYAX-gbUhS&_nc_ht=scontent-lhr8-1.xx&oh=b3cf3b2a9dea9649615aec4480df39cb&oe=5F692AD8)
Here is the damask woven using the only one skein.
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Do you see a difference? :)
Erica has cast on another pair of socks for her husband, Oli. The whole family now has one pair of hand knit socks. Erica is considering. over time, knitting 4-5 pairs of socks for each family member. Stay tuned. :)
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Erica is also working on finishing the seams on her handwoven robe. In order to finish the hems, she has started warping a narrow, long linen warp to weave a reinforcement for her robe. This decision is based on The Metropolitian Museum's analysis of a 7th C Persian Riding Coat. She has wound a nearly 9 meter warp, sett at 20 epi, and 4 inches wide. Yeah she knows she mixes measuring systems, apologies to those who are driven made by this! :)
Erica took her knitted shawl out of hybernation. This shawl is knit on 5.5 mm Signature Needle Arts needles, in a fingering weight yarn from The Two Ewes!
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