{"id":186,"date":"2010-11-28T16:44:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-28T16:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/?p=186"},"modified":"2011-03-25T22:37:01","modified_gmt":"2011-03-25T22:37:01","slug":"weaving-and-spinning-at-skylands-manor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/?p=186","title":{"rendered":"Weaving and Spinning at Skylands Manor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_wMHmSKIt2bg\/TPKG3b9-JqI\/AAAAAAAACPs\/Qz6oqg1Y7ts\/s1600-h\/skylands%20manor%201%5B1%5D.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"skylands manor 1\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"164\" alt=\"skylands manor 1\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_wMHmSKIt2bg\/TPKG3y5MbRI\/AAAAAAAACPw\/fmj4kc09El4\/skylands%20manor%201_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" width=\"244\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> My local weaving guild, the Palisades Guild of Spinners and Weavers, will be setting up a weaving\/spinning\/dye-ing studio at the New Jersey State Botanical Gardens that has a Tudor Revival Mansion on the property called Skylands Manor.&#160; This opulent building was built in the 1920s out of stone that was quarried right on the property.&#160; It is completely out of character with the image of a weaver\u2019s studio, but that\u2019s what we are going to create!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_wMHmSKIt2bg\/TPKG4C1QRlI\/AAAAAAAACP0\/DaA-wzQi-LY\/s1600-h\/skylands%20manor%203%5B1%5D.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"skylands manor 3\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"229\" alt=\"skylands manor 3\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_wMHmSKIt2bg\/TPKG4nJZ_cI\/AAAAAAAACP4\/q3sLxK7ZvMU\/skylands%20manor%203_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" width=\"229\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Here is the room that will become a fiber studio!&#160; Like no studio any of us will ever see in real life!In any event, I will enjoy sitting in the room to weave all day on Thursday!&#160; The open house will take place from Thursday, December 2, through Sunday, December 5, from 10am until 4pm each day.&#160; Then there will be evening wine and cheese events as well.&#160;&#160; Someone will be weaving at my loom each day, and others from my guild will be spinning, knitting and doing some bobbin lace! So if you are anywhere nearby, drop by!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_wMHmSKIt2bg\/TPKG5A8Lu1I\/AAAAAAAACP8\/0G9FjQtvWQE\/s1600-h\/skylands%20manor%204%5B1%5D.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"skylands manor 4\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"244\" alt=\"skylands manor 4\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_wMHmSKIt2bg\/TPKG5c35x1I\/AAAAAAAACQA\/edUlX2jyY90\/skylands%20manor%204_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" width=\"164\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>And here is the entrance to our studio.&#160; I\u2019ll have the loom set up at the window near the fireplace to take advantage of natural light during the day. We are setting up tomorrow!<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_wMHmSKIt2bg\/TPKG59IviZI\/AAAAAAAACQE\/LgpTQ7cEudk\/s1600-h\/kithcen%20towels%20guild%20demo3%2012.2010%5B3%5D.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"kithcen towels guild demo3 12.2010\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"184\" alt=\"kithcen towels guild demo3 12.2010\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_wMHmSKIt2bg\/TPKG6fKYFWI\/AAAAAAAACQM\/AMFUgr39gkM\/kithcen%20towels%20guild%20demo3%2012.2010_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" width=\"244\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>This is what I\u2019ll be weaving: kitchen towels in Monk\u2019s Belt, which I hope to use as presents later in the month!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>> My local weaving guild, the Palisades Guild of Spinners and Weavers, will be setting up a weaving\/spinning\/dye-ing studio at the New Jersey State Botanical Gardens that has a Tudor Revival Mansion on the property called Skylands Manor.&#160; 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