Inge J. and 2 other members decided to take up the challenge this week and Inge pulled these lovely colours from the crayon bag!
3-Crayon Colour Challenge – Louise O.
Louise O is having so much fun she has made two scarfs and is planning a Temari ball too!
3-Crayon Colour Challenge – Hannelore L.
Hannelore L. has finished her 3-Crayon Challenge tea towels and the Guild provided the appropriate oohs and aahs.
3-Crayon Colour Challenge – Kathy T.
Kathy T has completed her challenge as well, and is proud to say she didn’t have to purchase any additional fibre for it! Three cheers for a well stocked stash!!
“the overall majority for warp and weft was cotton, mostly
2/8, but also 5/2 mercerized and a similar sized cotton slub…
I added about a cm of white wool bouclé in the middle of the warp, and I
strand of the same wool bouclé went into all weft bundles.
The weft bundles were made up of a 8 single strands of the above different
yarns and colours, hand wrapped carefully onto a shuttle…”
It looks great Kathy and the brushing after the finishing gave it a fabulous finish. Well done.
3-Crayon Colour Challenge – Louise H.
Louise H has knit up this wonderful fish hat! This is one of her favourite patterns and each fish hat is truly unique! The original pattern is from Thelma Egberts.
3-Crayon Colour Challenge – Leslie A.
Leslie A. has decided to step out of the comfort zone and try tablet weaving for her project. Inspired by John Mullarkey’s “Tablet weaving made easy” . Two of the three colours are on hand and the the third is hopefully on order soon.
Update – the finished project was on display at the Chilliwack Fair. It was originally planned as a guitar strap but ended up as a belt as it wasn’t quite wide enough for a strap.
3-Crayon Colour Challenge – Marlene R.
Marlene R. sends us these photos of her Challenge project. Absolutely amazing – well done Marlene! Marlene’s chosen weaving method is Saori and she always produces the most stunning items.
3-Crayon Colour Challenge – Jenny O.
This year our Guild is challenging our members to create an item using 3 colours drawn from a large bag of crayons! The project must contain at least 60% of the colours chosen. As there were two- sixty four boxes and a twenty-four box of crayons emptied into the target bag – the colour combinations were amazing. So, as time goes by, we will update the projects by our members.
Jenny O. chose these wonderful colours. Jenny plans to weave a scarf with her colour choices.
Here we have Jenny’s completed scarf and it is lovely!
Towels for Spring …
Some cheerful towels by our members to brighten the walls of our Guild room.
“Learn to do by doing” award – 4H
For the last several years the Chilliwack Spinners and Weavers Guild Society have sponsored an award for the Chilliwack District 4H. Last night, at Rosedale Traditional School, I had the honour of awarding a young man the “Learn to do by doing award” at the Chilliwack District Awards. Carlos Kortekaas and his parents have graciously given us permission to list his name as the winner of the award this year.
Over the years I have seen many 4H members at the various Chilliwack Fairs and other events around our valley. I have not had a much closer connection than that, though I have always been impressed by their hard work and enthusiasm. Having attended the dinner and awards I now have a much broader understanding of this amazing organization and am more impressed than ever. Carlos and his siblings are just one family of many in our Valley who have achieved many goals through this program. It was very encouraging to see so many young people embracing the ethos of Head, Heart, Hands and Health. Many thanks to the Chilliwack District 4H Council for inviting us to participate in supporting these wonderful teens. I look forward to next year and another chance to celebrate them!
Chilliwack Spinners and Weavers Guild Society 