MAINE VILLAGE WEAVER

  https://mainevillageweaver.etsy.com/listing/1841934977 Red green black twill woven placemats 14 x 21  Generous sized to fit large dinner plate  Glasses and silverware  Machine washable Tumble dry  Cotton and cotton poly yarns used   Click on link to go to Etsy shop to purchase  Red placemats

Here I show a a hand woven bag holding fresh flowers this September . Woven just like a rag rug ! Pretty and each one is unique  I’ll be putting Sunflowers in them soon !  Great for cut flowers  Also could hold a bottle of wine to give as a gift !    

Teal blue off white navy and white beige hand cut cotton fabrics  On a natural white warp  24 x 36  2 feet by 3 feet $120 plus sh  Close up of a section of the rag rug  More of the rag rug  It is called a rag rug here in New England  What it refers to in this scatter rug  Is that there are strips of cloth cut and placed inside a warp or in between the cotton threads while under tension on a loom My particular loom is a floor loom 60 inches wide  I can create different width in size rugs and go for how ever long. the rug needs to be I created this rug 2 feet wide and went 40 inches long  When I cut the rug off the loom it shrunk like a rubber band being released from under tension  So I lost 4 inches as the material and yarn shrunk up immediately  I added at the ends a woven hem keeping all the fabric strips in place . As I sit at the loom I pick out the colors as I go  If you like this rug I have put it up as a listing on ...

 How many weavers record their work ? I have notebooks of past projects with notes so to help me in my future projects . I also repeat my fabric designs and as I get older I don’t always remember the epi or ends per inch . Also the color ways or dye recipes . Here is my notebook closet . I started out  with journals but I grew as I like to keep a piece of the fabric also recorded. Drop me a line or photo of your records! Weaving is a way of life calming, regenerative, meditative, creative, problem solving, what other words help you explain what weaving does for you ?

  “Check your Attitude” Scarf hand woven with American merino wool Scarf available from www.hangar207.com Click here to go to website Scarf available from link The inspiration for this hand woven double weave wool scarf is the instrument panel on small planes  Go to the link above to learn more about vintage airport hangers and small planes  Supporting local artists and producers  Also videos on Instagram hangar_207  Awesome !  

Iron tile holder  This is a hand forged iron Shaped to hold a 6 inch tile on the wall Held up with two screws Decorative tile in the holder  Available in my Etsy shop click link  https://www.etsy.com/listing/783984472/tile-holder-iron-wall-hanging-custom?ref=listings_manager_grid

Two pictures of my work of weaving at the loom this fall . I am making a hand dyed wool rug . The yarn on the loom is 8/4 poly/cotton and the wool strips are sewn together in a random fashion . I am using blues , browns , greens , with a dark red and pumpkin colors .This will be the last of this colorway as the wool strips I have dyed will be all used up to make this rug .  Weaving at the loom this time of year is my favorite as the sun comes in and warms my back as I sit and weave.

Excited to share this item from my #etsy shop: Red rust beige cotton wool table scarf square runner  fringed  https://etsy.me/36PB2er www.mainevillageweaver.etsy.com A beautiful setting for a Thanksgiving table can be made with my unique hand woven table squares and runners 

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

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

Full of sunlight today and ready to thread the loom ! I have got my three layers of clothing on two pair of socks and of course my long Johns, Ha ! The yarn going on the loom is hand dyed merino two ply , it glows in the sunlight . Icy cold green blue color

Floorsweeper keeps the hand woven rugs fresh and it is quieter than a vacuum cleaner !  Vacuum cleaners are harsh and rough on a hand woven rugs These little sweepers pick up lint and small bits easily  My husband appreciates it first thing in the morning as I scurry around picking up from the day before activities . He is usually reading or writing or best yet doing a puzzle while he contemplates his next Iron project . If I want to light a fire under him and move him out to his shop ( ha,ha) I use the shop vac to clean with . The noise gets him outside quickly ? Motivational ? Maybe I do use it !

Here is Andy this morning working on a piece of recycled copper sheeting . Something is going to be created out of it ??  He works in all weather and conditions . Andy doesn't let the weather stop him  When he was in his late twenties he fished for King crab up in Alaska  Home port was Dutch Harbor where later the TV show " Deadliest Catch " was filmed  He fished there for five years  I went up to Dutch Harbor with our oldest son and pregnant with our middle child  We later flew back to Seattle and bought 30 acres on Orcas Island , Washington  I had our middle son as a home birth on the island  That same son lives there now working as a metal artist  www.zackaryaleck.com 

A windvane that spins into the wind. This is a snowy morning and a Happy New Year the sculpture sitting outside our gallery is set to sail .

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

Woven blue check mat is 7.5 x 15 long of cotton and wool  Click here  to purchase Pottery dish with seahorse imprint by Hockomock pottery $20 size is 4  in x 7 in

Contact me phyllisleck@gmail.com if interested in loom with storage bench $550 

                                          Celebration of American Craft Week Phyllis Leck will be on hand to demonstrate her weaving and let you try you hand at weaving on one of her looms . A 10 % sale will be on all items local crafts as well! Phyllis and her metal artist husband Andy have set up their workshop and outbuildings to display and sell local crafts all through the summer/fall season American Crafts week highlights this and ends the season for them. After this the crafters take home their items and you can see Andy or Phyllis by appointment as the weather sets in and the folks in Maine hunker down for their long winter nap. Just kidding  we are working long hours with our long johns on,ha!

it has been a busy summer ! Thanks to all who visited and purchased from us ! We appreciate your support . Recently I can across a group studying the forgotten art of growing and working with flax and linen. There was a workshop I wish I could have attended in Historic Deerfield village in Massachusetts. Here is their link New England Flax and New England Flax and Linen Also this summer I have been fortunate to be dying from knotweed making a soft grey brown color that looks fabulous woven into a shawl ! The subtle colors enhance your features and go with a natural look ! Customers suggestions have been wonderful as they said to put it on a table or on the window too as a window dressing

Cool runner for the summer feeling  Shells , sea glass and a hand woven naturally dyed table runner  Woven gift bag holds a bottle of wine or has a handle and can be hung on the wall Village Weaver hand weaves both  Purchase on my web site  Pick grey shawl 72 in long or 96 in long to use on your table  You will be the only one to have. This gorgeous look  Www.mainevillageweaver.com www.mainevillageweaver.com