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<\/a><\/p>\nThe site was Lisa’s house, and she has a weaving studio which is Fiber Nirvana, as far as I am concerned.\u00a0 It has lots of cozy spots to sit and look at books, wind yarn, knit and hand-sew, or just contemplate.\u00a0 There are also many looms, mostly warped and ready to play.\u00a0 Her organization is inspirational, and anything you could want seems to be there, and easy to find.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tracy is planning to take the Nihon Vogue Design course, so she and Lisa spent some time drafting on large sheets of graph paper on the large table in the space, while I knit on a Christmas sock. This studio has everything, I tell you!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tracy showed us a cowl that she made, using Julie Weisenberger’s “Family Tree”<\/a> motif. This motif is really great, and although Julie worked it into a sweater, Tracy’s cowl is an even better use for it, in my opinion.\u00a0 Looks great!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lisa warped her 8 shaft Louet Spring loom for a Swedish Snowflake Twill. All we had to do was pick a weft color and weave!\u00a0 Wow.\u00a0 I was sure that I would screw it up, but the pattern wove up quickly, and we finished the warp over the weekend.\u00a0 Tracy took the towels home to finish the hems for us, because she is a sweetheart who enjoys doing things for other people.\u00a0 And she has time to hem on her long train commute to work.\u00a0 But mostly because she is a total sweetheart.<\/p>\n So, I am going to have two gorgeous towels because my friends warped the loom and are finishing the towels for me.\u00a0 You would think I would be satisfied with that, right?\u00a0 But, no.\u00a0 I wound a new warp and am planning to do my own set of Swedish Snowflake towels and do it all myself. I know that is crazy, but I want to see if I can do it all myself! I’m not sure what I will do with all of the towels, but someone will love them, I’m not too worried about it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n I brought a big bag of Pendleton scraps, which Lisa helped me turn into a rug.\u00a0 This was much more physical than I expected, as the instruction was basically, “Beat the s*&^ out of it”\u00a0 My legs, core, and shoulders got a real workout weaving this thing.\u00a0 But the 7 feet of rug wove up quite rapidly, and I love how the pattern emerged.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>