Illinois Prairie Weavers Guild

05/25/2026

May show and tell. Some of the beautiful weaving our members have finished.
Sheri B. – Overshot Experiments. Overshot, cotton warp with wool and various yarns on 4 shafts. Weaving for fun.
Phyllis S. – Towels. Double two-tie, 8/2 cotton on 8 shafts. Class project at Fine Line.
Bev A. – Ten Towels. Turned Taquete using 8/2 cotton (one 8/1 cotton) on 4 harnesses at 24 epi. It’s a warp faced Summer and Winter.

04/29/2026

Some of the show and tell projects from our April meeting. For more pictures and detailed information visit our website. https://illinoisprairieweavers.org/programs/show-and-tell-photos/
David W. Tablet woven band in 20/2 cotton.
Kris M. 8 harness crackle weave towels in 8/2 cotton.
Tam M plain weave and twill scarf on 4 shaft.
Tammy Deck Embroidery, cotton and tender using weavers thrums.

03/26/2026

Guild members show and tell. Bev A. Turned taqute towels. 8/2 cotton. 4 shafts used. Gay A. Turned taquete towels on 8 shafts .

03/25/2026

L.G’s March show and tell Tapestry triptych. Cotton warp with wool weft.

02/28/2026

Sarah’s Double Huck workshop samples. Cally Booker’s zoom workshop has been going great! So many options to try with this topic.

02/24/2026

Paula’s beautiful summer and winter towels. 8/2 cotton.

02/16/2026

February show and tell photos.
Betty BK. – Wool,silk, cotton batting,viscose.
Barbara N. – Plain weave, 8/2 cotton.
After owning the red placemats for almost 20 years (always intended for tote
bags), I finally found a use for them. One is lined with an equally old piece of
Kaffe Fasset fabric and the other reverses place mat and fabric. The straps
are simple plain weave inkle bands that were also looking for a use for the
past year or so. The tab and key fobs were intended as shoe laces. One bag
has an inner cell phone pocket. They are each ~7.5”x~8”. These will be
donated for our fund raising sale in my community.
Chris M. – Four harness twill, 10/2 tencel, four shafts, 24 epi. This was a Christmas Gift.
Sarah B. – Monksbelt sample, 20/2 wool/silk noil tabby with handspun merino monksbelt detail. Four shafts, 20 epi.

02/13/2026

Amazing double weave pick up.

Linda A. Double Weave Panels. Double weave pickup or reverse twill. Cotton and Tencel

01/19/2026

Our January show and tell. Sara B. Home grown flax spun into 20/1 weight yarn and added as contrast stripe to 28/1 plain weave pillow case.
Lori B – Deflected Doubleweave scarf woven on 8 shafts with an 8/2 Tencel hand-painted warp and 2/18 Zephyr weft, sett at 24 epi.
Fiona C. 4 color double weave pillows woven with 8/2 bamboo/cotton on 16 shafts.
Sue Z – Multiple potholders woven on a Harrisville PRO potholder loom. Patterns include Plaited Twill, Birds Eye, Plain Weave, and Log Cabin.

01/07/2026

More log cabin from our 2025 challenge.
Tam M. Towels woven on 4 shafts with 8/2 cotton.
Virginia R. Log cabin wool jacket woven on 4 shafts.
Phyllis S. Log cabin and twill towel woven on 8 shafts in 8/2 cotton.

01/06/2026

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