Upcoming Auction

A guild member donated a copy of my original monograph, done for the master level of the Guild of Canadian Weavers, to the Prince George Fibre Arts.  The local guild already has a copy, so it was decided to auction the donated copy off as a fund raiser.

The monograph consists of four ring binders filled with samples of cloth in loom state and wet finished.

There are dozens of samples, with epi and yarns used, how the cloth was wet finished and in many cases, several wet finished samples showing the effects of 2 minutes, 4 minutes (or for some, more) has on the wool used.

There are some yarns that are not wool, but the focus was on creating cloth to make cold weather garments so they are predominantly wool.

Part I includes the write up of how I set up the experiment in order to control the fulling and be able to compare from one set of samples to another.

The auction will be open in the next few weeks, once Birthe has got her system set up.  Shipping is estimated to be approximately $45, so any bid needs to include that as the shipping cost.

This document is 'rare' insofar as only 9 copies were produced.  One was donated to the Guild of Canadian Weavers, one to the local guild, I kept two copies, but the fourth binder from one set went missing while on a round robin.  The rest were given to friends.

It was out of this work that eventually Magic in the Water grew.  That book sold for $195 Canadian and did not have as many samples as this has.  What it did have was a greater variety of yarns, and more detailed documentation.

I even had garments made from some of the cloth from the samples in part 4:

I still have this jacket and do wear it occasionally.  It has no pockets.  :(

I wore this jacket for about 10 years or more, eventually wearing it out.

my mother wore this coat for years

If anyone is interested in entering a bid when the auction goes live, stay tuned here or my other social media for contact info for Birthe and the dates the auction will run.