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The Last of the County Fair Entries
Diana and Ingrid are the two remaining Not 2 Square members with Fair entries this year. Diana entered six pieces: Three towels, a table runner, a blanket and a wall hanging using Theo Moorman...
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Reflections on my Plainweave Boucle Towels by Mardi Naythons
The inspiration for these towels came from an item in Jane Stafford’s studio, using similar colors. From there, I decided to work on gradation, using Fibonacci sequences and division of space. The...
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Highlights from the County Fair
The Local County Fair has come and gone. The weaving and spinning entries were amazing as usual. Many of the Not 2 Square members entered beautiful pieces again this year. Here are the highlights....
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Cottolin Towels and Napkins
I hosted my first Not 2 Square group meeting this August. We gathered in my studio, a workshop addition my husband and I had built onto the back of our detached garage, where I debuted my latest...
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Twill Exploration
Observations about weaving twill towels from Mardi:After completing some relatively difficult projects and wrestling with adding 4 shafts, expanding my Ideal Glimakra loom to 8 shafts, I decided to...
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Sue Habbeger
This week, Not 2 Square lost one of our former members, Sue Habbeger. Sue graduated from Chico State, having studied weaving while she was there. Later she moved to Española, New Mexico and studied...
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Bobbin Storage Solution
These photos show the bobbin rack that Diana's husband made for her as a Christmas present. It actually took the coronavirus lockdown for him to get around to making it in April, but no problem, she...
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Circles and Rectangles
My offering this month is based on Susan Poague’s “Circles and Checks Towels in Turned Taqueté” in the May/June 2019 issue of Handwoven. I used the yarns I had in my stash rather than those she...
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Pandemic Weaving
Not 2 Square Weavers have been meeting monthly for many years. All of a sudden, the pandemic put all of that to an end, at least for the foreseeable future. So, like many other groups, we have...
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Bengala Mud Dye Project
Diana A. shared her Bengala Mud Dye Project with the Not 2 Square weavers at our monthly Zoom meeting. She wound off 9 skeins of 8/2 cotton and 9 skeins of 8/2 bamboo in the 9 colors included in the...
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January's Virtual Show and Tell
Not 2 Square Weavers are still in a social distancing mode, but continue weaving and sharing what they do every month in a Zoom gathering. This month's meeting had a lot of special pieces being shown...
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The March Meeting and Its Weaving Surprises
Karen W. wove this stunning black and white rug using shaft switching techniques. She devised the pattern by graphing it on paper first. Then she employed the shaft switching system she devised for...
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From Not 2 Square Looms
Weaver's are always on the lookout for new ideas, new structures, new ways to use color and texture in their projects. Here are a few relatively recent projects by our...
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Blooming Towels from Wendy-Marie's Loom
"These charming Texas Bluebonnet towels, designed by Cheryl Leib, appear in the Mar/April 2019 edition of Handwoven. They are very sturdy and make excellent gifts. The yarn is 8/2 unmercerized cotton,...
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Diana's Inlay Shawl Project
Diana has been working for the past 3 months on a project inspired by Nancy Peterson in Handwoven, Sept./Oct., 2021. It is a plain weave shawl in stripes of random widths and colors, 24” in the reed....
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Weaving at the County Fair
With things looking a bit more like normal, the Not 2 Square weavers have been showing off their woven projects at the local county fair. Here are the entries for some of our members.SueV entered...
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More Weaving at the County Fair
More Not 2 Square Weavers displayed their woven pieces at the Fair this month. Mardi entered several items starting with a beautiful baby blanket, using a gradient color scheme.Mardi's Baby...
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Textiles at the Fair
Eileen submitted a number of pieces this summer, including several scarves. The award winner was a variation of overshot. She used indigo dyed hand spun yarn for the blue and white scarf . A third...
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Wrapping up the County Fair 2022
Two more Not 2 Square members participated in the County Fair this year. Diana was able to use one warp and create two projects - a shawl and a pillow. For these projects, she used an inlay...
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Nevada County Fair 2023 - Nevada County Inspired
ICE and FIREEach year, the Not 2 Square Weavers bring out their very best handwoven items to display in the Wool Show at the Nevada County Fair. After several years of COVID disruptions, it seems as...
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