Building Bridges 2020

Carol Bodin

Purple Pops

Tapestry woven for tapestry study group challenge to use 3 colors – turquoise, purple, and green.

This piece is one of several pieces submitted from the Tapestry Study Group  challenge.

Jeanne Bohlen

Dancin’

Cotton Seine twine warp, 3 strands hand dyed Faro weft, 8 epi tapestry.

Submitted in memory of Dotty Szymanski, longtime member of WGGB Tapestry Study Group.

This is related to other tapestries from WGGB Tapestry Study Group.

Joanna Brandt

Chuppah for Allison and Matt

Advancing point twill on 8 harnesses; warp yarn is a mixture of 8/2 ring spun cotton dyed by Kathrin Weber of Blazing Shuttles and pima crochet cotton dyed by LeRoo Crochet; weft yarn is 20/2 silk.

This piece is a bridge between generations and life stages. A Chuppah cloth, suspended on four poles over a couple during their wedding ceremony, symbolizes the home they will build together. I chose the colors for this piece to look like the sky as a representation of endless future possibilities for my daughter and son-in-law. It was woven in two pieces and stitched together in the center.

Heidi Brown

Bridging Fiber Flock to Garment

All of the fiber for this project is from six different colored alpacas all belonging to the same fiber flock. The fiber is all natural colored and has been blended during the plying of the yarn.

Pat Capogrossi

Weaving a Trip

Original

Twill, 8/2 cottolin, 4 shafts, 5 name drafts combined.

Weaving road trip a few years ago to Vävstuga. Started with study group topic of name drafting and took show theme literally as bridges. Drafted names of bridges that took us on our trip to the class. Added a name draft of our names and Vävstuga.

Chose colors and item based on connection to class in Swedish weaving: blue, yellow, white. Swedish weaving focuses on household items so I did a table runner.

Nancy Charamella

Earthy Placemats

Handwoven magazine scarf pattern
Twill, perle cotton, 8 shafts

Our son and his family moved from Maryland to South Carolina. Whenever our two-year-old granddaughter ate at our house, she insisted on having a placemat. I wove these placemats with an earthy colored warp (per our daughter-in-law’s request) to remind our granddaughter how much we love her and are still part of her life, even though she now lives 600 miles away.

All yarns came from my “stash” because at the beginning of the pandemic many yarn suppliers were shut down. It was also a personal challenge to use what I had.

Nancy Charamella

Friendship Towels

I wove these dishtowels for my sister and dearest friends as a symbol of our friendship and love during this difficult time of distancing and isolation.

During these months of quarantine and staying at home, I have thoroughly enjoyed my weaving. I’ve always found weaving to be meditative and a way to destress. I am so grateful to have a fulfilling way to fill the hours and keep my brain active.