Category: Fashion Show

Fashion Show 2020

We held the Fashion Show 2020 at the Epsom Fire Department on February 9 2020. The weather was clear and cold, so we had a rather decent turn out. The pot-lock lunch, as usual, was full of delightful things to eat. Odediah supplied materials and instruction for “Spinning to maintain color part 2” wherein we spun a top two different ways for a chain ply to see the effects of the different spinning methods (across the top or over the fold) would have on the finished yarn.
Many members showed some of their projects at the fashion show

We held the Fashion Show 2020 at the Epsom Fire Department on February 9 2020. The weather was clear and cold, so we had a rather decent turn out. The pot-lock lunch, as usual, was full of delightful things to eat. Odediah supplied materials and instruction for “Spinning to maintain color part 2” wherein we spun a top two different ways for a chain ply to see the effects of the different spinning methods (across the top or over the fold) would have on the finished yarn.
Many members showed some of their projects at the fashion show, pictures below:

Fashion Show 2018

We gathered on a soggy February day in Epsom for our annual Show and Tell fashion show.  We had lots of good food and the maple cookies were a special treat.  Lots of items for show and tell and we displayed some items that were inspired by the double knitting class by Alasdair Post-Quinn.

Fran displaying her rug made with handspun

A close up look at this year’s creations

Cowl, hat, shawl and chicken mittens

Fingerless mitts

Squares for an afghan in progress

The shawls made at 2017 NH Sheep and Wool were displayed and are available for raffle.  Drawing will be held at the annual meeting.

Fashion Show 2015

Fashion ShowFEBRUARY 7, 2015 – A beautiful day, clear sailing on the roads, and a terrific turnout for this year’s Fashion Show.  Emily started the circle with scarves woven from fiber she had dyed at our day with Ellen Mason last fall.  In the foreground of this photo is a shawl that Trish made from yarn dyed in stages on the wound ball.  There is a feather and fan hat knit of fiber spun by Robin in gradients, and two scarves at the back that Kathy dyed as fabric at Ellen’s Dye Day. Great examples of the fun we had with color that day.

The hat and headbands in the photo below were knit by Beth, using traditional Aran designs and wool/dog hair blended yarn that she spun.
Because Beth makes yarn from beloved pets for people, the items all have a story.

Our craft comes with a lot of interesting stories.  This year Ellen shared a scrapbook about her brother’s farm, flock, and herding dogs.  Tamara had a “Wild Fibers” tale about connecting through a co-worker with spindlers in South America.  And Ann told us about all the President’s wives who live on a friend’s farm, where she got some beautiful wool for a sweater from Dolly!  Ann separated the colors in the fleece for spinning and used the yarns to knit in the design – enough for a sweater and a cape..
Another project much admired was this coat. It is understandable why it was several seasons in the making. Check out the “coat of many colors” Fran is working on for Jessica on her return, and another sweater in a main color of blue using handspun multicolors in the patterning.

Robin used her dyed fiber for this hat.,which includes a variety of wools and angora, and for this surprise jacket done in black and variegated.

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