An Historic 15 Star Flag
We are reproducing an historic 15 star flag. Wove the bunting, Kate Smith at Easton Hill did the dyeing. Now the piecing in the tradition fashion. Stars to be placed on the canton next.
Oh the projects we get involved in!
Drapery fabric for Hill House in MN
Still working on the color way for them but here it is in the colors that they chose.
Here is another color way.
The Hyde Hall Stair Carpet
The Hyde Hall stair carpet which we wove this winter, is being installed by David and Charlene Hunt of the Vermont Rug Company today.
The aubergine color in the border brings out the mahogany stair rail and treads. The very fine nose of each tread is a detail that I hadn’t noticed until the carpet was installed.
This is a Damask Venetian Carpet, which is a structure mentioned in inventories but rarely found as surviving fragments. We have a small border piece from the early 19th century and only images of surviving centers. Together we made this Venetian Damask carpet for Hyde Hall.
Spring scarves from the latest Jacquard pattern
Spring Scarves from the latest Jacquard pattern. These are like heaven! They are soft and lightweight perfect for the upcoming Spring holidays. They feel like silk because they are. Actually they are a very fine cotton warp with Zephyr – a silk and merino worsted blend – so they are light, long durable and of course for sale! We only have a few in three different color ways. The lilac and gray, the indigo blue and cinnabar, and white very fine chenille. I want to get them out for folks to enjoy so super sale price of $55.00 They are going on on on line store in a few minutes…the pictures do not do them justice!
Coverlet Symposium at Hyde Hall, Cooperstown, NY
Friday, May 1 – Saturday, May 2 – Sunday, May 3, 2015
Common or Uncommon? What makes a coverlet special? This is a symposium for coverlet collectors, museum curators and textile enthusiasts. Let’s explore why we think some coverlets fit a particular tradition and others are out of the box.
Historic Hyde Hall is located inside Glimmerglass State Park. Contact us at Thistle Hill Weavers for more information. Cost for this symposium is $155.00, which includes lunch all three days.
The ups and downs of working with historic textiles
The ups and downs of working with historic textiles. We are warping a reproduction of a Venetian carpet that I have wanted to weave for a long time. The surviving piece is in the collection of Old Sturbridge Village but it is very similar to drafts in the Silas Burton account book. It contains Plaids that make the carpet unusual. That’s going very well at the moment.
The downs are that for no apparent reason after running perfectly at the start up the camel hair running on the little S6 took out about 150 ends on each side of the warp. The cloth will be beautiful but unexpected crashes aren’t a joy on a Friday.
Damask Venetian Carpet on the loom
I thought you might want to see the steps a little further along. The Damask Venetian Carpet for Hyde Hall is now running. Come see it this weekend or next! Here is the complete warp, beaming the warp and the beginning of tying in to the existing carpet.
Blankets for Turn (Washington’s Spies)
We wove these blankets originally for the HBO series Turn ( Washington’s Spies) and now they are available through OutLaw Franky and Thistle Hill Weavers We are also doing them in a beautiful dark blue (photo by Sam Meredith)
We wove these blankets originally for the HBO series Turn ( Washington’s Spies) and now they are available through OutLaw Franky and Thistle Hill Weavers We are also doing them in a beautiful dark blue
