MAINE VILLAGE WEAVER

 Sometimes sitting on the porch listening to the spring frogs in the evening you need something more than just a sweater . My wraps are warm but not heavy . Light enough to move in and snuggle up to your loved ones . They come in black,  white , turquoise , gray . These can all be found on my website www.mainevillageweaver.com Maine Village Weaver  click link to go to my web site . Hand woven with love ! Have a look  Turquoise wrap Light weight off white , linen , specks of tan and brown Turquoise wrap Off white ,linen, specks of tan and brown  Gray wrap Turquoise wrap Up close view of textured in the turquoise wrap  Off white , linen color with specks of tan and brown  Black Off white  This one is a OOAK shawl 24 x 66 inches  Woven with wool ,cotton ,soy and linen !  There is a cotton yarn in this that has copper thread spun into the yarn   Very unique  Email me  Leck@midcoast.com 

Mustard Brown Tablerunner Early American enthusiasts and Primitive decorating would love my mustard and brown table runner hand woven this month .Available in my Etsy shop . Click the highlighted name above. Thanks for looking Best and Be Well

Black and gray linen napkins Recently I finished lovely linen napkins . https://www.etsy.com/listing/708666130/napkin-linen-black-gray-check-hand-woven?ref=listing_published_alert You can see more in my Etsy shop listing  They pair up nicely with my black and white place mats also available in my Etsy shop for purchase

When weaving it is hard to cut the material after it is woven . Carefully washing and pressing your fabric and now what to do with it ? I came across this wonderful usage of hand woven fabric on the Mendocino wool and Fiber website . https://www.mendowool.com/blog/fabric-usage Her explanation of using the fabric for a top makes a lot of sense and I am going to try it . Happy weaving!

Christmas time I decorate my weaving room with old antique shuttles .Top shuttle is from a factory fly shuttle ,second one down is a beautiful antique hand made carved  shuttle with years of wear and the third is a more recent hand shuttle missing its rod to hold the bib in . The little scrap of woven blue and white coverlet holds Christmas gifts a cinnamon stick ,pine cone and an old Santa Christmas card .  Maine Village Weaver Christmas

You can find these hand woven placemats on Etsy this spring ! Lively colors will go with any decor I was inspired to use these colors when I visited our daughter in Austin Tx . The colors down there were so vivid ! You can find them in my shop on Etsy click on  GO HERE  to be taken to my shop

Hi everyone! Well we maybe snowed in a lot but folks from Cushing just a few peninsulas up the coast north of here came by on a nice sunny day . They ordered shelf brackets custom made for their kitchen and a set if anirons for their fireplace.

We were not always working as artists but have created this lifestyle for ourselves . We made the decision 30 yrs ago to create and live off of what we make with our hands. Andy was away fishing King Crab in Alaska for 5 years and we had two little boys that wanted to know " where's daddy" . It was hard "yes " but we knew not forever. We sold our piece of land on Orcas Island ,San Juan Islands in Washington state and moved back east to the Maine coast. Now we live in a 200 yr old house on the Pemaquid Pennisula after raising our three children and can look back now and say "yeah " that was a great decision! Our basic theme here is " build it and they will come" . We have stress at times but you know it is different kind of stress. When we decide on our own deadlines is different than deadlines imposed on you. We are free to make decisions for our selves . Long hours you bet , but who working for himself doesn't want to go the extra mi...

Our daughters loaf of bread from Barn Door Baking Co  in Damariscotta She stared her own business this year and takes orders for pick up only www.barndoorbakingcompany.com My weaving room in the early morning . I keep it unheated  at night so I go out to my weaving room in the morning and turn on the old kerosene Moniter heater to warm it up . I find the sunlight so inviting . Skein winder has hand dyed super fine merino wool on it being used in a project  I am working on .

Hand woven towels are a way to stay in touch with our past . Primitive decor or modern decor Black and Tan can work in both.  Click here

Dark blue border with a lite center is an all cotton hand woven rug  Can be woven to any size  Gerri custom ordered this  and loved it  Easy care by shaking out  Can be gently machine washed  Art for the home 

The Wild Hare Farm  is a new blog I have added to my Blog list .This is a blog written by a young couple just starting their family farm . Read it and enjoy! Have a great day!

Christmas Craft Fair in Boston  Scottish Lion will be attending . Just three weeks away. This is a chance to get to see Andy and his wonderful upcycled metal sculptures. I don't know what he will have for the show.He always brings fresh new ideas to each show. Black Iron Pine Tree wall art by Scottish Lion Wrought Iron Andrew Leck recent commission Recent commission of wall art upcycled fuel tanks and hand forged iron . Title of piece is " Black Iron Pine Trees" measures 2 ft tall by 7 ft long  and stands out from the wall in spots 3 to 4 inches.

Phyllis Leck with her favorite customer Kathy Fuller showing off her custom woven tablecloth Phyllis Leck dba Village Weaver at the Walker Homestead Show What a perfect day in Sept at the Walker Homestead show! Sold out of my newest work ! Hand dyed yarn woven into scarves and shawls. Go to my web site www.mainevillageweaver.com  to see and purchase a scarf. I use golden rod for a yellow gold color, knotweed for a grey green color and black walnut for a light brown.  As a shawl it can also be a curtain in a pantry or "buttery" . Customer modeling my Grey green color shawl 

Macomber 48 in  Ad a Harness Loom Here is a deal!  A Macomber 48 in loom. For sale . Look at my Etsy shop for details in the side margin.

Antique Coverlet This  a special sort of blue , I guess I would call it "Marine Blue" as it is not a dark navy but a gorgeous shade. This oldie has a few rips and holes but still has a charm about it It is all wool and is woven in two layers so this side is blue with white and the reverse is white with blue. It would fit a 3/4 to double size bed If interested you can email me :leck@midcoast.com or call 207 563-5788 and I can email more pics

Blacksmith shop in first light 2011 "Lunar Ball" moves with the wind mounted on granite pedestal Here are some great photos taken early in the morning of our yard. You can see Andy's blacksmith shop just getting the first rays of light shining on it as the frozen land starts to wake up. The "Lunar Ball" with snow on it  highlights the eye of the moon.

Andy creates a wall double bowl holder. WB-2 is the item number. He can also make it longer to hold three large bowls. The trencher in this holder is 14" across and 3" deep. Deep wooden bowls are successfully shown in the iron bowl holder. Fine mess pottery listed in margin can create a large bowl for you to display.Looking for handmade wooden bowls ? I found in NH www.newhampshirebowlandboard.com . They create maple and cherry wooden bowls, beautiful.

S2- Pie Stand , three shelves can hold pie plate size plates or display pottery. As seen in Country Living magazine it is still our most popular item. Hand riveted together and gracefully hand forged by Andy. A shop display must have! Your customers will be walking out with it!

Here is cotton fabric taken after the look of old ticking fabric.The warp threads are raised and the shuttle is passed through to create the web of cloth. Cotton yarn was used of yellow tan slubby yarn and red rust . All color fast it can be washed gently . Sturdy enough to be hand towels this fabric will go into pillow shams and a bedspread.It will match the previous bedspread created in a post in this blog earlier this year. Call if interested 207 563-5788