Renata Rathonyl Reusz, Whonnock Weavers & Spinners, Maple Ridge, BC. Canada, And Heather Swartz, Dodie Wirth, Celia Lehr all of Whonnock Weavers & Spinners
Materials: Cotton, wool, silk, mohair, various commercial yarn and beads.
Technique: Knit one/purl one using freestyle knitting and crochet. Modules for the sleeves and back panel each smaller than hand size. Weaving, embroidery, beading.
- LOOM: 36″ Leclerc Artisat.
- WARP: Warp in 3 colors: magenta, purple and ruby of 3/2 cotton set at 24 epi, 12 dent reed approximately 8″ wide
- WEFT: 20/2 cotton (pink)
- Plain weave 1/3-2/4 woven warp face with 2 spools.
- Shawl collar is knitted (knit one pearl one width 5″ (mercerized cotton)
Description: The highlight out of many workshops I attended was “Unique clothing using freestyle. Knitting and crochet.” By making small modules and putting them together. The possibilities are endlessly-open for creativity. Some time ago my friend Heather (due to health reason) was unable to use her modules and gifted them to me. This gave me the idea to use hers and my modules combined with different ideas to create a kimono jacket. This upcycling of the original work from more than one workshop gave me lots of pleasure. It was a challenge to combine all the techniques and make something that really “glows”. I am very happy to put this work to a final “stand-out” piece. It truly is a “collaboration” which is something that can happens when surrounded by a weaver “guild community”. The whole project took me one year to finish. Dodie and Celia provide me with good advise.
