October 2015

 

 

Peace Country Spinners' and Weavers' Fall Workshops in September in Fort St. John, featured tapestry weaver Elaine Duncan and Marjo Wheat, Master Spinner. See more of Elaine's work at www.elaineduncan.com/gallery  

  

 

Five days learning how to weave tapestry from the front or back.  This was a refresher course for some of us.  Two days only of instruction was an option, taken advantage of by a couple of our members.  Handspun yarn dyed with nature dyes were used in our work and was a pleasure to use as all of the colour harmonize. We had a wonderful time.

 



We ate and dined well including a party on Saturday night at the home of one of the participants.  Socializing within our group is one of the great benefits of belonging to Peace Country Spinners and Weavers.  We share information about our current projects and guild activities.  We are inspired by each other as well as by the instructors of the workshops.

 

 

The  spinning workshop featured spinning for consistency, adjusting knitting patterns and crock pot dyeing. There was a lot of laughter during this workshop!

 

 

 

And the weaving continued...

 

 

Elaine's sampler

 

 



It was a very productive time at the Lakeview Inn in Fort St. John.  Thank you to Elaine and Marjo for sharing your expertise.  Thank you to the Fort St. John PCSW members who helped to make these workshops so successful.  There was an unofficial nomination to have 5 day workshops more often.

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Peace Country Spinners and Weavers activities:

• April 16, 2016 Hines Creek.
• September 10, 11, 12, 2016 Lake Saskatoon, Saori Weaving. www.saltspringweaving.com