Our guild members are always busy creating new fibery heirlooms. We enjoy making items as gifts for loved ones or to sell at the Tavern Gift Shop. Here you will find pictures of some of these items and we hope it inspires your own fiber journey.
April Show and Tell
March Show and Tell
February Show and Tell
January Show & Tell
December Show & Tell
October Show & Tell
September Show & Tell
Tea towel in 8/2 cotton.
Mary Ann’s table runners.
TSWG towels. 8/2 cotton.
Judy’s tencel scarf.
Judy;s towels – s. 8/2 cotton. 20 epi.
Tea towels in Strickler 246.
Judy’s heart towels. 8/2 cotton.
George’s wool rug.
Jan’s Turned Twill towels from Vermont Weaving.
July Show & Tell
Becky learned how to use an Inkle loom from Sandi. This is her first Inkle band!
Ingrid joined us and showed us her Inkle bands. The first is a Swedish Pick-Up technique. These were woven on a Gilmore Mini Wave loom.
Jan’s Rosesbud Trellis Twill towels in 8/2 cotton.
Sandi’s garment fabric woven in 20/2 cotton. The darker weft is the Persimmon dyed cotton she brought from a trip to Japan. The draft is Swarthmore Check.
Sandi’s wall hanging.
Jan’s 8/2 cotton towels.
Unfinished TSWG towels warped with a variety of 8/2 cotton to empty a bunch of cones!
George’s sampler of Satin Weave from the green Davison book.
George’s M & W’s derivatives based on Handweaving.net # 55870.
May Show & Tell
Sandi’s plain weave towels with a tubular selvedge.
Sandi’s knapsack. The strap was also woven on the same warp as the bag.
Helen’s example from Josephine Estes Miniature Overshot.
Jan’s commission table runner.
TSWG guild towels.
George’s crackle towels.
George’s twill variation from Handweaving.net
Guild towels from the Candy Cane draft.
March Show & Tell
Jan’s Josephine Estes Miniature Overshot: Wheel of Fortune
Becky’s Baby blanket – Canvas weave from Tom Knisely’s book: Peaches and Cream.
Judy’s scarves on 10/2 cotton warp. Red: merino/silk weft. Blue: alpaca/silk weft.
Judy’s inkle band in Navy, green, gold and pink.
Sandi’s Double weave: stuffed rolls.
Sandi’s crammed and spaced scarf with handspun weft, dyed by Sally Vinroot.
Melinda’s shadow weave infinity scarf. Pattern from “Eight Shafts, A Place to Begin”, pg. 87.
George’s Wool rug.
Sandi’s Inkle bands. The green one has a hand-dyed warp.
Mary Ann’s Vibrant Virginia towels, Handwoven Pattern.
Mary Ann’s mystery yarn scarf. Tencel??
Mary Ann’s baby blankets with Caron’s Simply Soft acrylic yarn. Strickler # 48 & 49.
January Show & Tell
Mary Ann’s Snowflake Scarf: Bamboo warp & Weft
Mary Ann’s Snowflake scarf, Bamboo warp & rayon slub weft
Mary Ann’s Tencel and Bamboo scarf: Strickler #16
Becky’s Log Cabin placemats: 5/2 and mop cotton
George’s Wool rug
George’s Monk’s Belt from the Helene Bress book- The Weaving Book
George’s Monk’s Belt- Petit Point variation
Jan’s samples from the Acadian Weaving class she took recently.
Winter Skirt Fabric
Summer Skirt fabric
Cordonne
Catalogne for weddint coverlets
Boutonne
Kathy’s towels: Handweaving.net # 74312
November Show & Tell
Mary Ann’s newest scarves.
Strickler #21 and Rumplestiltskin in Bamboo & Rayon Boucle
George’s newly woven pieces.
Jan’s newest towels, ready for Christmas!
Kathy’s 100% silk scarf and more Christmas towels!
August Show & Tell
Catching up on the missed August Show & Tell:
George’s Country Overshot from Handwoven SO ’85. These were right off the loom so the hems are unfinished.
George’s Wool Rug: Notice the pattern looks like a film strip! Cool!
Sandi’s Krokbrod samples which she is going to cut apart and put on cards for a card swap in another guild.
September Show & Tell:
Ingrid’s Krokbrod coasters. All designed and woven on 3 shafts.
Sandi: This is a scarf in which Sandi experimented with yarns of different twist direction and fiber. You can see the seersucker effect which was produced.
Sandi also brought in some towels for the Tavern Store. In addition to the pictures, click here for a detailed description of how Sandi took a draft and modified it to to create these towels.
Here is another idea from Sandi which shows how she took a draft from the Davison book and, with color, changed and modernized the look. We didn’t get to see this in person but hopefully, she will bring it to the October meeting.
Melinda: A set of versatile tea towels for sale to family!!
Mary Ann’s advancing twill Table Runners in 5/2 cotton. The pattern is called Butterflies in Clover and was from a Handwoven magazine.
Mary Ann’s handwoven potholder in 3/2 cotton. This is from Handwoven and called, My Favorite pot holders. It is woven in twill and half basketweave.
Kathy recently returned from a trip to the UK, including across the rugged and beautiful highlands of Scotland. She was lucky enough to go to Lochcarron Weavers where most of the Tartans are woven from lovely merino wool in three different weights. The far left picture is of the various Ross tartans and the one on the right is called All Ireland tartan.
Judy’s Jewel-tone towels. The original pattern is from Vermont Weavers’ Club.
Judy’s quick-weave tea towels!
George continues to practice on and learn from his, new to him, AVL Compu-dobby loom!
George: Star of Bethlehem table runners. These were woven in 3/2 (I think) and Sugar and Cream for the weft.
George: a bevy of block weave table runners in an array of colors!
June Show & Tell
A small selection of the Josephine Estes samples woven in the study group.
Barbara: Handspun yarn and Handspun / Handwoven wall hanging
And another gorgeous handwoven wall hanging!
Jan: Placemat inspired by Roller Birds & Bumbaret from Handwoven’s 21st Century Towel Contest
Jan’s winning towel from the Woolery 6/2 Cotton towel contest. 2nd place winner!
Sandi: Small Overall overshot towels.
Susan C: Samples from the loom.
Helen: Wandering Vine Overshot for a cushion cover
George: Large Overshot draft in navy and green
Kathy: Patriotic pinwheel towels in 8/2 cotton.
George: Wool Rug, 8/4 cotton warp 6 epi. with wool weft
Kathy: Honorable Mention in the Woolery contest.
Lavender Fields (original design) in 6/2 cotton
August Show & Tell
Catching up on the missed August Show & Tell:
George’s Country Overshot from Handwoven SO ’85. These were right off the loom so the hems are unfinished.
George’s Wool Rug: Notice the pattern looks like a film strip! Cool!
Sandi’s Krokbrod samples which she is going to cut apart and put on cards for a card swap in another guild.
September Show & Tell:
Ingrid’s Krokbrod coasters. All designed and woven on 3 shafts.
Sandi: This is a scarf in which Sandi experimented with yarns of different twist direction and fiber. You can see the seersucker effect which was produced.
Sandi also brought in some towels for the Tavern Store. In addition to the pictures, click here for a detailed description of how Sandi took a draft and modified it to to create these towels.
Here is another idea from Sandi which shows how she took a draft from the Davison book and, with color, changed and modernized the look. We didn’t get to see this in person but hopefully, she will bring it to the October meeting.
Melinda: A set of versatile tea towels for sale to family!!
Mary Ann’s advancing twill Table Runners in 5/2 cotton. The pattern is called Butterflies in Clover and was from a Handwoven magazine.
Mary Ann’s handwoven potholder in 3/2 cotton. This is from Handwoven and called, My Favorite pot holders. It is woven in twill and half basketweave.
Kathy recently returned from a trip to the UK, including across the rugged and beautiful highlands of Scotland. She was lucky enough to go to Lochcarron Weavers where most of the Tartans are woven from lovely merino wool in three different weights. The far left picture is of the various Ross tartans and the one on the right is called All Ireland tartan.
Judy’s Jewel-tone towels. The original pattern is from Vermont Weavers’ Club.
Judy’s quick-weave tea towels!
George continues to practice on and learn from his, new to him, AVL Compu-dobby loom!
George: Star of Bethlehem table runners. These were woven in 3/2 (I think) and Sugar and Cream for the weft.
George: a bevy of block weave table runners in an array of colors!
August Show & Tell
Catching up on the missed August Show & Tell:
George’s Country Overshot from Handwoven SO ’85. These were right off the loom so the hems are unfinished.
George’s Wool Rug: Notice the pattern looks like a film strip! Cool!
Sandi’s Krokbrod samples which she is going to cut apart and put on cards for a card swap in another guild.
September Show & Tell:
Ingrid’s Krokbrod coasters. All designed and woven on 3 shafts.
Sandi: This is a scarf in which Sandi experimented with yarns of different twist direction and fiber. You can see the seersucker effect which was produced.
Sandi also brought in some towels for the Tavern Store. In addition to the pictures, click here for a detailed description of how Sandi took a draft and modified it to to create these towels.
Here is another idea from Sandi which shows how she took a draft from the Davison book and, with color, changed and modernized the look. We didn’t get to see this in person but hopefully, she will bring it to the October meeting.
Melinda: A set of versatile tea towels for sale to family!!
Mary Ann’s advancing twill Table Runners in 5/2 cotton. The pattern is called Butterflies in Clover and was from a Handwoven magazine.
Mary Ann’s handwoven potholder in 3/2 cotton. This is from Handwoven and called, My Favorite pot holders. It is woven in twill and half basketweave.
Kathy recently returned from a trip to the UK, including across the rugged and beautiful highlands of Scotland. She was lucky enough to go to Lochcarron Weavers where most of the Tartans are woven from lovely merino wool in three different weights. The far left picture is of the various Ross tartans and the one on the right is called All Ireland tartan.
Judy’s Jewel-tone towels. The original pattern is from Vermont Weavers’ Club.
Judy’s quick-weave tea towels!
George continues to practice on and learn from his, new to him, AVL Compu-dobby loom!
George: Star of Bethlehem table runners. These were woven in 3/2 (I think) and Sugar and Cream for the weft.
George: a bevy of block weave table runners in an array of colors!
August Show & Tell
Catching up on the missed August Show & Tell:
George’s Country Overshot from Handwoven SO ’85. These were right off the loom so the hems are unfinished.
George’s Wool Rug: Notice the pattern looks like a film strip! Cool!
Sandi’s Krokbrod samples which she is going to cut apart and put on cards for a card swap in another guild.
September Show & Tell:
Ingrid’s Krokbrod coasters. All designed and woven on 3 shafts.
Sandi: This is a scarf in which Sandi experimented with yarns of different twist direction and fiber. You can see the seersucker effect which was produced.
Sandi also brought in some towels for the Tavern Store. In addition to the pictures, click here for a detailed description of how Sandi took a draft and modified it to to create these towels.
Here is another idea from Sandi which shows how she took a draft from the Davison book and, with color, changed and modernized the look. We didn’t get to see this in person but hopefully, she will bring it to the October meeting.
Melinda: A set of versatile tea towels for sale to family!!
Mary Ann’s advancing twill Table Runners in 5/2 cotton. The pattern is called Butterflies in Clover and was from a Handwoven magazine.
Mary Ann’s handwoven potholder in 3/2 cotton. This is from Handwoven and called, My Favorite pot holders. It is woven in twill and half basketweave.
Kathy recently returned from a trip to the UK, including across the rugged and beautiful highlands of Scotland. She was lucky enough to go to Lochcarron Weavers where most of the Tartans are woven from lovely merino wool in three different weights. The far left picture is of the various Ross tartans and the one on the right is called All Ireland tartan.
Judy’s Jewel-tone towels. The original pattern is from Vermont Weavers’ Club.
Judy’s quick-weave tea towels!
George continues to practice on and learn from his, new to him, AVL Compu-dobby loom!
George: Star of Bethlehem table runners. These were woven in 3/2 (I think) and Sugar and Cream for the weft.
George: a bevy of block weave table runners in an array of colors!
June Show & Tell
A small selection of the Josephine Estes samples woven in the study group.
Barbara: Handspun yarn and Handspun / Handwoven wall hanging
And another gorgeous handwoven wall hanging!
Jan: Placemat inspired by Roller Birds & Bumbaret from Handwoven’s 21st Century Towel Contest
Jan’s winning towel from the Woolery 6/2 Cotton towel contest. 2nd place winner!
Sandi: Small Overall overshot towels.
Susan C: Samples from the loom.
Helen: Wandering Vine Overshot for a cushion cover
George: Large Overshot draft in navy and green
Kathy: Patriotic pinwheel towels in 8/2 cotton.
George: Wool Rug, 8/4 cotton warp 6 epi. with wool weft
Kathy: Honorable Mention in the Woolery contest.
Lavender Fields (original design) in 6/2 cotton
June Show & Tell
A small selection of the Josephine Estes samples woven in the study group.
Barbara: Handspun yarn and Handspun / Handwoven wall hanging
And another gorgeous handwoven wall hanging!
Jan: Placemat inspired by Roller Birds & Bumbaret from Handwoven’s 21st Century Towel Contest
Jan’s winning towel from the Woolery 6/2 Cotton towel contest. 2nd place winner!
Sandi: Small Overall overshot towels.
Susan C: Samples from the loom.
Helen: Wandering Vine Overshot for a cushion cover
George: Large Overshot draft in navy and green
Kathy: Patriotic pinwheel towels in 8/2 cotton.
George: Wool Rug, 8/4 cotton warp 6 epi. with wool weft
Kathy: Honorable Mention in the Woolery contest.
Lavender Fields (original design) in 6/2 cotton
Jan’s version of the Ukraine Forever tartan. May 2022
MoPurl 8/2, Sea Blue, Canary, White & Black. Pattern: 2/2 twill,
SB80W24Y6W6SB6W24SB16BK4Y28W4 then reverse
Jan’s version of the Ukraine Forever tartan. May 2022
MoPurl 8/2, Sea Blue, Canary, White & Black. Pattern: 2/2 twill,
SB80W24Y6W6SB6W24SB16BK4Y28W4 then reverse
Kathy’s Lavender Fields- for Woolery Weave Off
Bluegrass Mills 6/2: Lavender, Purple, Switchgrass, Med. Green, White
Sett: 20 Original draft- twill & broken twill
Kathy’s version of Strickler 728
8/2 cotton: Sett at 20 epi
Kathy’s turned Monk’s Belt in 6/2 Cotton
Bluegrass Mills 6/2 Cotton. 401 ends.
Sley plain weave areas at 18 epi. Sley other areas at 36 epi.
Use second warp beam or weight float areas.
Jan’s versions of a draft from Handwoven, Nov/Dec 2019
Judy’s modified gabrochene. July 2021
Mary Ann’s Christmas Pinwheels. June 2021
Mary Ann’s Candy Cane table runner. May 2021
Jan’s Westmoreland tartan. March 2021
Mary Ann’s new handwoven valance. March 2021
Kathy’s version of the Mid-
Century Modern pattern from Handwoven.
August Show & Tell
Tom’s stroller blanket: modified basket weave draft from Handwoven – It’s a Boy. Acrylic yarn.
Tom’s chenille scarf in plain weave with a warp of rayon chenille remnants and rayon variegated chenille weft. 8 shaft – 12 dent.
Guild towels in Strickler Rosesbud Trellis Twill towels in 8/2 cotton. 8 shaft. 20 epi
Melinda’s towels – Strickler #246 with a varity of treadlings. 8/2 cotton. 8 shaft, 20 epi.
Mary Ann’s towels – plain weave with 8/2 cotton and one in slub weft with Christmas tree border and clasped weft accent.
Kathy’s Black cat towels in 8/2 cotton with 3/2 pattern weft. This is a 12 shaft draft done on an AVL mechanical dobby loom. 20 epi.
Jan’s simplified overshot towels in 6/2 cotton with 5/2 pattern weft.
Guild towels – combination twill. 8/2 cotton.
George’s damask towels from Handweaving.net. 6/2 cotton at 20 epi.
June Show & Tell
Four of our members attended the MAFA conference in Millersville, Pa in late June. There workshop samples are among our June Show & TEll.
Bobbie took a class in making Temari balls. She came home with several in-progress!
Sandi participated in a class on spinning and plying. This is just one of her pages, showing one of the wool fibers, Corriedale, which she learned more about.
Kathy took a wonderful class from Robyn Spady which included “tasting” several weave structures which she had never attempted. Some of them included Swivel, Samitum, Biederwand and Velvet, among others.
Jan took a class on weaving Southern Counterpanes. Using 20/2 cotton was a new challenge.
Two new scarves from Maryann. One called Rumplestiltskin and the other a variation on Strickler #46.
We always enjoy seeing the rugs that George brings in each month. They are wonderful. He also brought in some 12 shaft twill variation towels this month.
Judy’s two towels woven on a pinwheel warp with a modification to the treadling. Also, an Inkle band key chain and a beautiful beaded Kumihimo necklace.
This simply elegant ribbed scarf from Sandi has a tubular selvedge. She provided the draft for those who would like to try out this edge treatment. This tubular selvedge was a little different from the last one, being slightly flatter and more oval in cross-section than her previous scarf.
April Show & Tell
Heather’s handspun yarn from Corriedale wool. She is using Jacey Boggs Faulkner’s book, 51 Yarns to Spin Before you Cast Off to expand her spinning skills.
George’s – Three twills from Handweaving.net plus a sample.
George’s two Huck towels from the Bress book.
Melinda’s 8/2 cotton towels from Strickler: # 206 thru 213. 396 warp ends.
Kathy’s 6/2 cotton towels modified from Handweaving.net #37993 Amures 12 shaft draft. Second picture is a close-up of the braided twill design.
Kathy’s check towels using Handweaving.net draft #79734. Woven in 6/2 cotton. Left set of towels woven in a single weft color.
Mary Ann’s Plain weave bath mat using cotton flannel fabric as weft and
February Show & Tell
Tom’s Bronson Spot bag woven in bamboo.
Judy’s Log Cabin towels in 8/2 variegated cotton.
Sandi’s Circular weaving and Krokbragd coasters
Melinda’s shadow weave infinity scarf.
Kathy’s towels using variegated 8/2: Sunny Skies and Windowpane.
Jan’s Tutti Frutti baby blanket using variegated 8/2 from T. Knisely’s book.
Jan’s towels adapted from a Handwoven pattern called Mayuri scarf, March-Aptil 2020.
Latest run of TSWG towels to be cut off the loom.
More guild towels: C. Birtwistle Crepe
George’s Towels: Turned taquete adapted from “Taquete Towels”, Handwoven May/June 2000. 10/2 perle cotton, 30 epi
Elizabeth’s potholder rug.
Becky’s Bronson lace scarf in cotton.
December Show & Tell
Melinda’s Mug Rugs.
Judy’s foray into Overshot.
Kathy’s two scarves for Christmas presents. The blue one is a combination of alpaca and a lace weight merino wool. This is before wet finishing. The green one is all alpaca, the grey one is plied and the green was a single. To reduce ruffling of the selvedges, it was wet-finished then blocked much like a knitted piece would be. Also, the fringe was wet felted then cut short.
George’s Fancy Twills woven on his new AVL loom.
Judy’s very cute fish towels!
Sandi’s raw silk warp woven with hand spun Blue-face Leicester.
October Show & Tell
The latest Guild Towels – hot off the loom! One of our favorite drafts: Strickler #21 / 22
More Guild Towels!
Jan’s Summer and Winter class sampler:
George always amazes us with his beautiful wool rugs
George:
Kathy’s newest towels for a wedding present. Interesting Crepe weave by C. Birtwistle in yellows and blues. Notice how different the back and front is.
Sandi’s wonderful double weave.
Sandi’s newest kitchen towel.
July Show & Tell
Judy’s handknitted shawl, “Feather Duster” in her handspun yarn.
Bobbie: A sampling of Krokbrod on one threading/warp.
Tom: “Dorothy’s Dozens” towels along with his project card.
Becky: Two rugs – one with “plarn” weft and one with wool weft.
George: two rugs woven in Taquete.
Kathy: Monk’s belt table runner and napkins.
Kathy: Strickler #246 with variegated cotton.
Wonda: A baby quilt expertly sewn by one of our newer weavers! We love all fiber arts!
Jan: Towels in Strickler # 79 & 81.
Mary Ann: Scarves in Tencel and Perle cotton.
May Show & Tell
Jan: Ukraine Forever Tartan, 2/2 Twill in 8/2 cotton.
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Texas Bluebonnet’s in 6/2 cotton from Handwoven Mar/April 2019.
Judy: Spring Blossoms from Webs in 8/2 cotton.
MaryAnn:
Bobbie: Krokbrod from a class she took.
Guild: Undulating Point Twill Baby blanket in acrylic.
Melinda: Strickler # 208 page 51 in 8/2 cotton.
Tom: Rep Weave from Strickler # 305 in 5/2 cotton warp and 3 strands of 8/5 rug warp for pattern
Helen: Josephine Ester Dimes & Dollars in 10/2 warp/tabby and 5/2 pattern weft
George: Rug in Rosepath threading, 8/4 cotton warp 6 epi. with wool warp
George: Rug in Rosepath threading, 8/4 cotton warp, 6 epi with acrylic weft
Kathy: Strickler #728 in 8/2 cotton
Lavender Fields (original design) in 6/2 cotton
Turned Monk’s Belt in 6/2 cotton
Tom’s Rep Weave placemats: Warp 5/2 mercerized cotton
Weft 3 strands linen 8/5 rug warp, Strickler 8 shaft pattern book no 305
Melinda’s version of Strickler #208 page 51. 8/2 Cotton. Sett at 20 epi
Judy’s Spring Blossoms towels. Pattern from WEBS May 2022
Melinda’s towels. July 2021 
Sandi P. is currently weaving a transparency. Notice the white paper “cartoon” beneath the actual cloth being woven. Looks like it’s going to be beautiful poppies! June 2021 
Judy’s been very busy at her looms! Towels and scarves in beautiful patterns and colors! Keep ’em coming! May 2021
