“We’re Back!”

In the Parkview Gallery (formerly Hallway Gallery) at Neilson Park Creative Centre
February 27 to March 19, 2023.

Due to the pandemic, this was the first hallway show in three years. It was wonderful to see woven, knitted and felted work gracing the walls of NPCC again. The show also included a display of “The Colours OF NPCC” organized by Joan McKenzie. A challenge like this one shows just how creative we all are and that our pieces are truly works of art.
I want to thank all those who participated as well as Cindy, Lori, Joan, and Helen B who helped to put up the show. I also want to thank Vanessa and Helen for setting up the template that the members used to submit a description of their art work. It worked beautifully and the staff at NPCC liked it as well.

-Karen Fowler, Show chair

Carolyn Ramos – Silver Shimmer Scarf

Cotton and silk, using the denting and cramming technique

Cindy O’Malley – Cotton Comfort Blanket

Cotton

Cindy O’Malley – Funky Felted Fedora

Uses Wool roving for the hat and Colours of NPCC for embellishments. Knitted and felted.

Diane Martin – Baby Blanket

Wool and wool/polyamide blends. Hand knit, mosaic technique.

Diane Martin – Colours of Neilson Park Cushion

Wool. Hand spun, woven on hand loom.

Diane Martin – Kerry Shawl

Wool, hand spun and hand knit.

Diane Martin – Orenburg Shawl

Wool/mohair blend, hand spun and hand knit.

Elizabeth Evans – Colours of NPCC

Wool. Tablet weaving. For the Colours of NPCC Challenge.

Elizabeth Evans – Kimono Vest and My Cup of Tea Scarf

Kimono Vest: Cotton, silk, tencel. Handwoven, patchwork. Dana Marie Kimono Vest pattern My Cup of Tea: Wool. Dyed with tea. Stripes are a result of high twist yarns.

Elizabeth Evans – Komebukuro-inspired Bag

Cotton. Handwoven cloth and tablet weaving.

Elizabeth Evans – Mixed Bag

100% cotton. Weaving, tablet weaving. Pattern is “Buckthorn Tote” by Noodlehead.

Elizabeth Evans – Perfume Bottle

Wool. Handwoven. Two very good friends designed the stripes in the warp 30 years ago. They were inspired by a beautiful perfume bottle. The scarf was woven in 2021 by a newer friend.

Elizabeth Evans – Up For A Challenge

Hand woven and hand spun. My response to a guild challenge issued in 2020. I received a bag of red, yellow and white wool fibre which I spun into yarn The weave structure comes from the 1947 edition of Home Weaving by Oscar Bériau and uses small amounts of commercial cotton.

Etobicoke Handweavers and Spinners – Royal Winter Fair Competition Shawl 2019

100% wool. 8 harness twill from the Carol Strickler Book.

Etobicoke Handweavers and Spinners – Royal Winter Fair Competition Shawl 2022

100% wool.

Helen Benninger – Colours of NPCC Bowl

Wool, linen, cotton cord, glass beads. Coiling.

Helen Benninger – Mauve and Teal Mat

Wool and various commercial yarns.

Helen Benninger – Zippered Pouch

Various commercial yarns, zipper, glass beads. Tapestry weave.

Helen Skelton – Snap Crackle Pop

Zephyr Merino Silk yarn. Jamtland Dral (Crackle). Scarf made for colour interaction study.

Helen Skelton – Wonder Woman

Mixed material. 8 shaft bound point rosepath. Graphic boundweave superheros and video game graphics.

Jane MacFarlane – Colours of NPCC Pencil Case

100% wool. Knitted then Felted with Zipper inserted. My entry for Colours of NPCC. Pencil case was knit, then felted, and a pom pom put on an inserted zipper. It is lined with a vintage silk scarf.

Jennifer James – Colours of NPCC Rug

Nature dyed wool and natural wool roving.

Jennifer James – Oxidization

Tencel – Handpainted Warp. Handwoven 8 Harness Undulating Twill.

Joan McKenzie – A Study in Colour

Mercerized and Perle Cotton. Plain weave with a supplementary warp. From a workshop, this piece shows how your perception of colour shifts with different blends of colour. Warp is all red or green – samples of weft colours are attached.

Joan McKenzie – Norwegian Band Sampler

Cotton and wool. Band weaving with Pickup. Bands were woven on a backstrap loom in traditional Norwegian patterns.

Joan McKenzie – Shades of Bright

Baby Alpaca boucle for warp, wool fingering for weft. This scarf was woven on a Rigid Heddle loom – a quick and easy way to weave a scarf!

Joan McKenzie – Tea Towels

Cottolin – 60% cotton, 40% linen, Cotton Slub. 2/2 Broken Point Twill. “I like using Cottolin as it combines the softness of Cotton with the crispness of Linen. This pattern is similar to what the Vikings wove in the 10th Century – as documented by Agnes Geijer in “A History of Textile Art. “

Joan McKenziee – Colours of NPCC Rug 1 and Rug 2

Wool yarn dyed with Madder, Goldenrod and Walnut. Guild Challenge using yarn dyed with plants from NPCC park.

Karen Fowler – Beautiful Blues

100% Tencel. Pattern from Bateman Innovations. This pattern is my favourite pattern from his book. It is a great scarf pattern as both sides are equally interesting

Karen Fowler – Colour Play

100% Cotton. This is a tea towel and a gamp all in one. Shadow weave is one of my most favourite weave structures.

Karen Fowler – Crazy Tea Towels

100% Cotton. These tea towels are Christmas presents for my sons-just a little late.

Karen Fowler – Lacey Poncho

100% Handspun wool. I loved knitting this poncho so much that I made a second one in ivory.

Karen Fowler – Rhapsody in Blue

100% Handspun Wool. Deflected Double Weave.

Karen Fowler – Wedding Blanket

100% Harrisville wool. Braided twill design. This blanket is a gift for my niece who got married in September 2019.

Lori Bond – If He Was A Shepherd

Wool fleece and naturally dyed yarn. Crocheting, needle felting and embroidery.

Lori Bond – Summer of 2019 – Working with 3 Skeins

Wool and cotton. Knitting, crocheting, braiding, weaving and needle felting

Marlyn Rollauer – Handpainted Handwoven Scarf

Handpainted tencel.

Marlyn Rollauer – Love Silk

100% silk.

Maura Leahy – My Party Dress

Black and hand dyed Merino wool and hand dyed silk. Nuno felted which entails laying wool in the pattern seen on silk and then felting both together. The garment is reversible.

Maura Leahy – New Beginnings

Merino wool, wet felted. This was made using a resist and then felting and forming into a vessel and embellishing with fins, gills and balls

Nancy Summers – Colour Play in Mats

100% wool, 5 mats woven using a weft-faced design. Part of the Colours of NPCC Challenge.

Patti Wibe – Colours of NPCC Scarf

Susan Lapell – Take the Cotton and Spin Me in the Morning

Handspun from medicine bottle “cotton” (most likely rayon or polyester fibre)

Vanessa Crandall – Crackle Scarf (Cranberry)

Tencel

Vanessa Crandall – Crackle Scarf (Copper)