Felted pieces by Nicola Hanna
Created last fall as gifts for family members.

I call this piece “Prairie Sky”, it is wet and needle felted. It was fun to play with the colours for the sky, using different kinds of material like roving yarn and dyed sheep locks.
The old cabin was a bit of a challenge for me in regards to getting definition and shading.

For “Yukon Mountain Valley in Fall” I used the same techniques and similar materials. The challenge for me always is to get definition and dimension - it is an inspiring process.

by Carolyn Steele Lane
using 8/2 un-mercerized cotton, 24 epi

I fell in love with the colours in the Sunset Towels pattern by Sarah Resnick and bought several cones in Canada minus the Italian Cotton/Linen  cone. Without the Cotton/Linen, I decided to find another pattern to use it on.

Then I discovered the Circles and Checks Towels in Taqueté by Susan Poague that were in Handwoven May/June 2019 and I just happened to still have a 8-shaft loom on hand.

Right away I was conscious of the fact that I chose colours that looked awesome in a stripe and proceeded to make something that had a yellow tabby in the warp. Unsure of the yellow, I added some nile green and as I didn't like how the colours flowed, I added purple because well, I like purple. And two greys - one of which ran out one thread short on the warp, so I substituted.

The first sample I wove made me think I might create something very ugly indeed.  Then I learned how many errors I had made in setting up the  loom. There were many.

It didn't improve the next sample.

I tried to relax and enjoy the process more. This of course went out the window when I was finishing the last towel. I learned that I had room for one more "last" towel and proceeded to weave it in a day.

I think I learned about colour. The colour of the weave changes with the angle you look at the cloth because I had a tabby in my warp. This lesson is still sinking in. I definitely learned about tension and got better at it as I went along - my last towel is probably the best. And washing improved everything!

I've already got another project on the loom and its in plain weave on 4-shafts. What a difference! I can actually walk away and easily pick it up again without losing my position in the pattern. It's quite relaxing and this time I'm only making two towels.

by Susan Clark  
Pattern “Chartreuse” by Baby Cocktails  
Material : Llama Natural Worsted from Estelle Yarns by way of Itsy Bitsy Yarn store. 

The sleeves were done first on double pointed and then circular needles in the round. The body was knit as a single piece adding the sleeves in at the appropriate place with  pockets incorporated as the body was knit. The wool was a Christmas gift from my son and it was a challenging knit, especially at the yoke and shoulder area and  matching the two front cable panels coming around to the back of the neck.