I kept the warp chains separate as I wound on...
It was very slow.
Separate warp chains for each of the 11 different yarns
A small collage I did today in Andrea Fuhrman's Mixed Media Workshop, sponsored by the Visual Arts Alliance of McPherson. It was so much fun!
Saturday, while I worked my turn at the VAAM gallery, I wound this skein into balls. I don't remember where I got this skein or who dyed it, but the colors are so beautiful, I wanted to have lots of photos to remember it by. I probably will like it more as a skein than whatever I will weave out out of it (?!??). Warning: more photos of this skein are coming! I really must learn to dye my own.
I've been curious to try this little "Loomette" given to me almost 15 years ago by Cher Olson. After carrying it around so many times and saying I'm going to make time for this—yesterday, I finally did it. 
After using floor looms, weaving on this tiny little loom was so interesting. I'm not even sure I did this correctly, but I finished the little square, removed it from the loom, and it didn't fall apart! Now, for yarn variations and uses for the little squares!
Had a birthday recently and received delicious new papers and ribbons to experiment with...
I've been playing with card-making. I love texture, fiber, and paper, and wanted to send thank you notes that were more personal than mass-produced cards. These designs are made with a stamp by Hero Arts. I used the same stamp on cards I sent at Thanksgiving. Giving thanks...year around!
Here are the bookmarks. It was interesting to experiment with combinations of yarns in the weft—almost like mixing paint colors. The warp is cotton/linen and the wefts are cottons, rayons, and a fun novelty "eyelash." 
I wove them, one by one, on my Schacht "Baby Wolf" loom.
My scarves are displayed with lovely jewelry by Susan Shepard and a beatifully crafted teddy bear by Glorice Schafer.
Nestled between pottery by Wayne Conyers and Leanne Kilmer is my set of linen, silk, cotton, rayon "luxury" mugrugs to cushion a drink. 
Linen, cotton, rayon
My second cotton and linen shawl displayed with a gorgeous pearl, shell, and silver necklace by Susan Shepard. My big thrill last weekend—someone purchased the first shawl.
Desk-top Mobiles: "Finding Balance" series
above, "inner strength"
This shawl is actually off the loom and all the fringes are knotted. Tonight I'll wash it. I know it looks a lot like the first one, but the weft is the cotton boucle alone. No intricate weave structure or pattern—just the texture of the eight different yarns in the warp and the boucle weft. I love texture!
My weavings are displayed with the floor cloth by Michaela Groeblacher, McPherson, and glass by Rick Garnett, Buhler, and wall hanging (above) by Susan Shepard, McPherson. This display was designed by fiber artist Shin-hee Chin. This is all part of "Fiber Art: Form and Function - Invitiational" at the VAAM Gallery, McPherson. Be sure to see the wonderful array of fiber art on display. The entire show was hung by Betty Jo Houchen, Elizabeth Liljegren, David Brock, and Shin-hee Chin.
The scarf is off the loom, this time with a different weft combination. I was trying to keep on task to get the fringe twisted—tedious. Here, one side is twisted and the other is about to be twisted.
Finding Balance: Inner Strength
Finding Balance: Mystical Moment
The 60" scarf is finished, washed, and drying flat on my diningroom table. Tomorrow it will view the world from its post in the Visual Arts Alliance of McPherson (VAAM) Gallery.
Wayne integrated his pottery in the landscape.
This is a huge and beautiful garden overlooking a small lake. Wish I had photos of the other five gardens on the tour too!
Back at home...
Last Saturday, I took my turn "minding the store" at the VAAM Gallery. While I was there, I wound another warp to put on the smaller portable loom. I set up my warping board right next to a display case full of Susan Shepard's beautiful jewelry. I hope to bring the small loom and weave this warp in the garden I will be in during "Art in the Garden" on Saturday, June 21. As of today, the warp is almost ready to wind on the back beam of the loom. A photo is coming...
Winding warp on the warping board...
Ready to go...
I gathered up eight cotton and cotton-linen yarns from my stash to make some shawls. 
Close-up of the yarns, measured and wound in chains, and ready for the loom.
Each pair of two yarns is on separate lease sticks.
Sunday night, I finished slaying the reed with four of the eight yarns. Maybe I can do the other four yarns tonight? Better get to work! I'd like to have at least one shawl finished for the VAAM Art in the Garden on June 21. 
These are on currently on display at the Visual Arts Alliance of McPherson (VAAM) Gallery in McPherson, Kansas. This series of cotton and silk scarves all have the same warp, but each has a different weft. The one on the left has a contrast weft at the opposite end (at the back of the display) which echoes the band in the front. The scarf second to the left was sold today.
This is a runner which is fan-folded atop the four scarves, making an interesting display that I never would have thought of. The runner is all cotton, weft and warp.
This is what I'm working on right now. The warp is Brown Sheep Wool from Nebraska and the weft is a variegated rayon space-dye. As you can see, I will need to refill my bobbin. Actually there is another scarf already woven on the cloth beam, but I haven't cut if off. The weft for that is a teal wool also Brown Sheep Wool. Hope you visit my blog for the Visual Arts Alliance of McPherson (VAAM) http://visualartsallianceofmcpherson.blogspot.com/
I spend more time posting to that blog than I do on this one, but I plan to post more often here in the future.
Coasters and sets I used to make. I miss them and want to make more small weavings...
