Fiber here, fiber there, fiber everywhere

I had to put my corporate hat back on these last few months working on hubby's new office.  I was a bit rusty but got back into the swing of things pretty fast.  I collaborated with another designer friend and we had lots of fun working on the project.  I think it turned out pretty darn well, even on our limited budget.

Now that the project is over and everyone is moved in and happily working away in their new environment, I took the opportunity to get away for a week-long fiber intensive with the Golden Gate Fiber Institute.  I had wonderful six full days in a rigid heddle weaving class and a fiber felting class.

The fiber felting class was taught by Sharon Costello who is known for her illuminated felted sculpture.  This is my lampshade, wet felted (look, no seams Mom!) merino wool embedded with silk threads, bits of silk fiber, and strips of silk sateen fabric.  The added bonus was that I learned how to wire a lamp.

With Syne Mitchell, I finally learned how to warp my rigid heddle loom all on my own as well as how to weave more complex patterns than good old plain weave.  The sampler above shows just a few of the more complex weaves that can be done on the rigid heddle.

These are three bookmarks that are all woven on the same warp, but look very different when woven with different weft threads.

This scarf was my favorite project of the week.  It's made with hand-painted sock yarn and it's so soft and drapey.  I've got big plans for my rigid heddle loom and all the wonderful hand-painted sock yarn I've managed to hoard accumulate.