Worstead festival day 2

Another lovely day at the Worstead festival at Worstead church with the Worstead guild of weavers spinners and dyers. Today I was demonstrating beaded kumihimo. It took me all day to finish a necklace with size 11 seed beads. Take a look at the finished necklace...

Here are a few images from the festival today....

This is Stan on the left and his wife Cath on the right. They were demonstrating weaving on an eight shaft loom and spinning.

Look how lovely Stans weaving is coming along...

Sharon is demonstrating spinning...

Sandra is demonstrating weaving on the rigid heddle loom...

Lesley was teaching some visitors how to use the kumihimo braiding disk and how to weave on a peg loom..

I really enjoyed it and am looking forward to next year!

Worstead festival Day 1

Today has been really lovely. Really warm and sunny. Lots of people visited St. Mary's church for the Worstead guild of weavers, spinners or dyers exhibition and demonstrations. It is a huge church. Apparently it was built with money from the wool trade, very interesting.

This is mine and Roses (@Gonewoolly from twitter) stall.....

I was demonstrating weaving on a rigid heddle loom. I managed to finish the scarf I was weaving....

I hope you like it. I will be putting it up for sale tomorrow at Worstead festival.

I will be demonstrating beaded kumihimo's tomorrow. Hopefully I will get one finished and post the finished product tomorrow evening

Worstead festival competition

It is the Worstead festival this weekend and the Worstead guild of weavers spinners and dyers are demonstrating in St. Mary's church. There is a competition for hand woven, spun or dyed items and the theme is autumn. I finished my entry today. Last minute I know. It is a hand woven handbag. It was woven on a rigid heddle knitters loom. The bag is lined with red cotton and decorated with twisted cord. I used a heart shape knot on the front flap.

A shrug and a shawl

I have been a little bit knit crazy! Firstly, I made a shawl from Boo knits pattern called Dare to Dream on Ravelry. I used a lace weight yarn made of silk and camel from Lichtfaden which was a dream to knit!! So soft and smooth! The pattern was very easy to follow and I added an extra pattern repeat. I used beads from crystal and ice in Cardiff. I was very pleased with the finished shawl. I managed to finish it with just one skein as well so there was none left over to add to the stash.

Secondly, I made a shrug from a pattern called Genevieve from collinette yarns. The pattern is one size and it turned out quite big. Silly me did not do a test swatch, but luckily I am not skinny so it fits me well! I used the yarn called for on the pattern, Parisienne, colour way Marble. Very soft and lovely yarn. Beads were also from crystals and ice. I added them as I went along rather than threading them all onto the yarn as the pattern stated! I have not got a picture with me wearing it but here are some pictures of it laying on my conservatory floor....