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Threshing Bee June 9, 2018 Report

The Sheep-to-Shawl team had a wonderful day at Patrick Ranch. The weather was glorious, not too cool, not too warm.

The following guild members participated in our second demo of sheep 2 shawl, hats off to all as they did a wonderful job.

• Carder – Linda Hilgeman

• Spinners – Collen Harvey-Arrison, Felicia Heidrick, Jane Burke, & Marielle Peterson

• Plier – Cyndi Dickinson

• Weaver – Mary Shoger

• Educator / Docent – Lori Mason

Some specifics about our first project

Fiber – We used fleeces from Marilyn Cardinal’s last year’s flock (Lincoln & Romedale cross) & some of Cyndi’s merino fleece bought last year from Merry Meadow’s Farm

• • 1 white & 1 gray from Marilyn

  • 1 white from Merry Meadows

Dyes – Dyed the gray with Cushings plum to achieve 2 colors

• • 1 strong plum, & light plum (once the first skein was dyed I dropped the second skein to just tinted the gray)

Pattern – Dornick Twill

Warp – total warp yardage 840 yards (248 ends + 2 floats on both sides = 252 ends ; Warp length 120 inches)

• • White – 306 yards

  • Purple – 287 yards

  • Light purple – 247yards

Weft – Linda carded 298 grams (10.6 oz) of the mixed merino & Lincoln cross & we used 258 grams (9.2 oz) approx. 801 yards

Sizes

• • on the loom - 24 5/8 inches in the reed, 22 3/8 at the fell line

  • off loom - 21.5 inches by 92

  • Finished size after washing in eucalan is 19 inches x 87 inches without fringe

Though we didn’t complete the shawl in the 4.5 hours the Sheep to Shawl competition rules stipulate, we learned a great deal from this event which will help us in the Lambtown event this October. Here is a photo of the finished shawl, which was raffled off.

This report was given by Cynd Dickonson