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For February, we showcase Peggy Baldwin's "Dress Bag". Click on the picture to see a larger version.

Peggy Baldwin won the Complex Weavers Award at "Heart in Hand Member's Exhibit" at the Midwestern Weavers Conference in Grinnell, Iowa, USA. She writes:

"The bag which received the award was constructed from a portion of a very complex linen warp which combined Bronson lace, supplemental warp, and Theo Moorman inlay. The draft was based on Barbara Walker, Handwoven #102, pp 80 - 83, and Handwoven #130, pp 64 - 66.

"The draft requires eight shafts, although I wove it on a ten-shaft Macomber with two back beams. There are two blocks of tabby and Bronson lace on four shafts, the supplemental warp threads on two shafts, and the tie-down threads for the Theo Moorman inlay on two shafts. I did not design this cloth using a computer so it is diffcult to re-create it on a computer draft, but Sue Mansfield has done a super job using Fiberworks-PCW. [To download the wif, click here.]

"The warp was 8/1 linen in yellow and yellow-green and 25/2 linen in natural, wound one on one, for the tabby and Bronson lace, 16/2 linen in purples and magenta for the supplemental warp, and 40/3 cotton in gold for the Moorman inlay tiedowns."

This was only the beginning of the challenges which Peggy overcame. See her article on page 9 of the February 2010 Complex Weavers Journal. [Webmistress' note: as of the posting of this item (February 8, 2010), the February 2010 CWJ had not been mailed to members. It will be mailed soon.]

Used by permission.
This is the ninety-third item in our showcase of what members are doing.

Watch this space - something else will be here around the first week of March, 2010.
To see the items previously showcased, click Showcase

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