May 14, 2003

Hi everyone,

Hope this finds you working on a cool summer project.  I am in the process of painting skeins and rovings for the Midwest Weavers Conference to be held in St. Louis June 22-29, 2003.  Check out their site at Midwest Weavers Conference and plan to attend.

You will find lots of changes and new pictures at the website with hopes that your visits will be more enjoyable.  Dyed yarns and rovings are now ready to ship with PayPal shopping cart in place for your shopping convenience.

Let me know how I may assist you.

Best regards,
Margaret Pittman

http://www.heritageyarns.com
Your one-stop color shop
Margaret@heritageyarns.com

In This Issue:

• 8/2 Tencel
• Silk/Rayon - 8 oz.
• More Summer and Winter Treadling Options
• In the Next Issue
• Upcoming Shows in Your Area
• PayPal Shopping Cart Added for Your Convenience
• Shopping/Contact Information

8/2 Tencel

Mill dyed 8/2 tencel is here in 8 oz. skeins and ready to ship.  This replaces the 10/2 that I have carried in the past.  It has a beautiful sheen and somewhat easier to warp than the 10/2 as selvages do not have to be doubled and is a larger grist yarn.   Colors include black, cobalt, hunter green, mineral green, Pompeii red, dark teal, cocoa and shale.  You may view the new colors at Mill Dyed Yarns or What's New.

The 8/2 natural should be here any day so that I can begin painting skeins. Look for dyed stock soon at Hand Painted Yarns.

Silk/Rayon - 8 oz.

Colorways ready to ship in the popular silk/rayon are Blueberry Hill, Moonlight Sonata, Plum Parfait, Spring at Rocky Springs and What a Wonderful World.  Look for faux ikat scarves/shawl options in the next issue.  Or, you may purchase separately at Hand Painted Yarns.

More Summer and Winter Treadling Options

Occasionally, I feel a reminder is in order of how I "think" Overshot.

Four-shaft overshot consists of 4 blocks:  A = 1 & 2; B = 2 & 3; C = 3 & 4 and D = 4 & 1.  The blocks are threaded sequentially, i.e., A, B, C, B, C, D, and share a common thread between sequential blocks.  Since looms vary from jack-style, counterbalance or countermarche, it is easier for explanation purposes to work with a direct tie-up, i.e., 1 treadle to 1 shaft.  Think of covering the blocks or weaving the blocks when weaving the pattern rather than treadle numbers or  treadle orders which really don't mean anything if you don't know what they are tied to.  A tabby shot of 1 & 3 and 2 & 4 alternate with pattern shots.  And, yes, I weave tabby with 2 feet!

This treadling, like the others, is on a Overshot threading.  And I learned this treadling from Barbara Miller.

1 Pattern weft (P) and 1 Tabby weft (T)

Repeat each block 3 times starting with Block 1, Block 2, Block 1, etc.

Block 1            Block 2
A-1 & 2 (P)       C-3 & 4 (P)
1 & 3 (T)          1 & 3 (T)
B-2 & 3 (P)       D-4 & 1 (P)
2 & 4 (T)          2 & 4 (T)
B-2 & 3 (P)       D-4 & 1 (P)
1 & 3 (T)          1 & 3 (T)
A-1 & 2 (P)       C-3 & 4 (P)
2 & 4 (T)          2 & 4 (T)

Variation of above - Repeat blocks in a 4X, 2X, 4X, 2X, 4X sequence.

Block 1              Block 2
B-2 & 3 (P)         D-4 & 1 (P)
C-3 & 4 (P)         A-1 & 2 (P)
1 & 3 (T)            1 & 3 (T)
C-3 & 4 (P)         A-1 & 2 (P)
B-2 & 3 (P)         D-4 & 1 (P)
2 & 4 (T)            2 & 4 (T)

One could spend quite a while on Summer and Winter and not get through exploring!

I would like to encourage you to become a member of HGA.  It was through HGA's 1994 Teaching and Learning through Correspondence (TLC) that I learned so much about 4 shaft overshot.  Barbara Miller was my mentor for the study and I learned so much from her.  This and other studies such as the
Learning Exchanges (LX) are just a few of the benefits of a membership in HGA.

In the Next Issue:

• New colorways

• 8/2 Hand Painted Tencel

• Faux Ikat Weaving Kits

Upcoming Shows in Your Area

It is with anticipation that I look forward to meeting so many of you I have met on-line at the next show where I will be a vendor.  I will be at the Midwest Weavers Conference, Fiber Fantasia in St. Louis, MO from Thursday, June 26 - Saturday, June 28.  Joining me will be Laura Fry, master weaver,
author of Magic in the Water and Heritage retailer.  Stop by the booth so we can associate a face with the name.

PayPal Shopping Cart Added for Your Convenience

PayPal shopping cart has recently been added to most items on the website.  If there is an item missing a PayPal button, contact me and I can give you a total.  Or if you would like to use your Visa or MasterCard, email your phone number and I will call you for credit card information.  You may also pay by personal check or money order in U.S. dollars.

Shopping/Contact Information

Yarn shipments are limited to the U.S. and Canada. If you live outside the U.S. or Canada and would like to place a pattern order, please inquire at Margaret@heritageyarns.com.

Visit Knitting Patterns and take a look around at the wide selection of downloadable patterns from HeartStrings.

Purchasing options:  by PayPal shopping cart, Visa, MasterCard, personal check or money order.

Margaret Pittman
Heritage Yarns
5875 Baxter Drive
Jackson, Mississippi  39211-3317 USA

Telephone - (601) 956-1478
Email - Margaret@heritageyarns.com
Fax - (601) 957-2963
Celebrating color in hand painted skeins and warps since 1994

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