The Goderich Signal-Star, 1983-09-28, Page 63Weaving. popularity turns
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Weaving by Christine _Scott, Walton, is one of, several
craft offered for sale at the Van Egmond House.
When *person thinks of weaving. there is an linage of an
older woman, bent over a loom, working with hundreds of
threads to make bolts of cloth. The cloth is used to make
clothing for family members.
The advent of textile mills, fashion stores, and women
now in the labor force has seen the loom being discarded.
Instead, people wore the more convenient, ready made,
store boiig*t clothing.
More recently, weaving has again become popular, not
out of necestiitr, but as an art form.
A resident lcf Walton for 18 years, Christine Scott
completed O 1rt pro?ram in London nine years ago. The
course featured .weaving, a craft which Christine pursued.
Weaving was only a hobby until two years ago then her
craft become so popular that she decided to make a business
out of it. She joined the Huron Tract Spinners and Weavers
Guild. The Guild holds two craft shows and sales a year.
Here, members have the opportunity to sell their crafts.
Christine uses a loom similar to the type used by early
pioneers. Using a loom, cloth is made when thread is
stretched between two rollers. The loom has to be threaded
in a special order. Yarn IS then threaded through a reed
which provides the proper spacing. The reed is also used for
beating the work down.
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°°Setting up the loons is the most time consuming part of
weaving,' says Christine..it is possible to make one cushion
coven, from start to finish in one day. "But 1 would really be
pusblpg." In addition to pillows, Christine weaves purses,
clothing, plate mats, scarves, wall hangings, anything
made of cloth.
Weaving can also be.combined with macrame to produce
interesting wall hangingseAnyone wishing to purchase her
items dont necessarily have to purchase what she has
made. 'Items can be made to order to color coordinate in
their homes.
As for her clothing, "1 wouldn't say it's better, but my
outfits are unique, which to me is worth something."
In addition to weaving, Christine has started making
dolls. Her specialty is making monkeys out of work socks.
She finds the dolls attract prospective buyers to her
weaving booth at craft sales. The two crafts are an ideal
combination, Most of her sales are by word of mouth, "but
my weaving is becoming more popular."
Christine hopes to teach weaving. Start up costs for a
beginner vary from $75 for a table loom to $600 for'a large 36
inch floor model loom. But a loom isn't needed to weave.
"Cardboard or a wooden frame can also be used."
"Weaving was part of my school course and just
appealed to me," Christine sums up:
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