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Jasmine Johnson-Kennedy 3/22/17 Jasmine Johnson-Kennedy 3/22/17

Ombre as weft element: a cowl on Surfacing

A shuttle rests where the woven web meets unwoven warp in a colorway of greens and blues and browns | 14 Mile Farm Handweaving and Homesteading in Alaska

The play of hand dyed weft against pinstriped warp gives the appearance of sunlight on the changing surface of the ocean | 14 Mile Farm Handweaving and Homesteading

Ombre from blues to greens in hand dyed yarn | 14 Mile Farm Handweaving and Homesteading in Alaska

Long staple Egyptian cotton warp and weft make for very soft neckwear! | 14 Mile Farm Handweaving and Homesteading in Alaska

Hand dyed weft lends visual texture to this handwoven wrap scrap cowl | 14 Mile Farm Handweaving and Homesteading in Alaska

This was a super fun cowl to weave. I'd been saving up a very special yarn remnant to use as weft on it for months....

You may remember, way back last summer, I dyed the warp for Unconditional. It was my entry for the Great Competition of Weavers at IBC Atlanta: the themed competition required an ombre and/or monochrome element in the submission. Well, the structure I used required what is known as parallel threading - every other warp thread being color A and every other warp thread being color B. One color was a deep maroon of mother's love, and the other warp color was an ombre grad from mostly blues to mostly greens. The cakes of yarn are pictured above. As I wound the warp, I wound the leftover bits onto a pirn to save for this project. So the ombre that goes warp wise on Unconditional became an ombre that goes weft-wise on this cowl on Surfacing.

I love that the shift from blues to greens speaks to the heart of Surfacing, to that liminal space between the depths of the sea and the verdant hills above.

This cowl is 100% long staple Egyptian cotton that is super soft and soapy. It is one of the only pieces that will be publicly available in the shop off of the full Surfacing warp, although I may sneak in a scarf-only warp in the Surfacing colorways because there is just so much I want to play with!

Jasmine Johnson-Kennedy 2/18/17 Jasmine Johnson-Kennedy 2/18/17

ACLU Donation Auction : Sugar Plum Fairy cowl with handspun luxury weft

A textured cowl in purples, blues and pinks with a hand spun weft | 14 Mile Farm Handweaving and Homesteading in Alaska

Hand spun skein of a luxury fiber blend with labradorite | 14 Mile Farm Handweaving and Homesteading in Alaska

This Bethlehem Star motif in an advancing twill paired with the hand spun weft makes for a divine texture | 14 Mile Farm Handweaving and Homesteading in Alaska

Hand spun yarn in a luxury blend by HipStrings and a rose quartz | Handweaving and Homesteading in Alaska

Sugar Plum Fairy hand dyed warp in purples and blues meets a gorgeous hand spun weft in pinks and blues | 14 Mile Farm Handweaving and Homesteading in Alaska

I have been wanting to structure my business in such a way that I am able to contribute to the increasing vitality of the global community we live in as well as supporting my nearest and dearest. I've decided that I will be holding regularly periodic charity/donation auctions of pieces with hand spun wefts.
Hand spinning is for me a process of imbuing love and intention and healing and magic into the yarn that I am spinning. Combining my own hand spun weft into handwoven cloth - which is itself a process-oriented craft with lots of intention and and healing and magic making; is a synergistic undertaking that I am both proud and humbled to be able to offer to the world. Each charity/donation auction item will be made of hand spun crafted specifically with intention sent towards the chosen organization. It is my dearest hope that the combination of my energetic work and your monetary donation will be able to bring some spark of light to the darker corners of our world's experience.

This first charity/donation auction will be to benefit the ACLU in support of their legal work in support of human rights in the US. The auction itself will be held within the 14 Mile Farm Facebook Chatter group - click the link and request to join if you are not already a member. (If for any reason you're not comfortable bidding there, or if you don't do Facebook, feel free to message me to arrange for proxy bidding.)

This cowl is from the Sugar Plum Fairy warp. The warp is 100% hand painted cotton, woven in a Bethlehem Star motif advancing point twill of my own design. The weft is a hand spun luxury blend from HipStrings in the "Unicorn Fluff" color way. Unicorn Fluff is blend of 25% Superfine Merino wool, 25% Tussah Silk, 12.5% Mulberry Silk, 12.5% Bamboo, 12.5% Baby Camel, 12.5% Faux cashmere designed by HipStrings and custom processed in the UK. The cowl measures 16" deep including the mini-fringe and is wrap-width in circumference.

The auction will run next week, Wednesday February 22nd from 2 pm - 6 pm AKST in the chatter group. Come join us!

Shout out to the amazing Nikki at Silver Seedling for the gorgeous earrings in the photoshoot!

Jasmine Johnson-Kennedy 1/26/17 Jasmine Johnson-Kennedy 1/26/17

Handspinning

A skein of handspun wool/silk yarn in shades of blue and green rests on a weathered wooden table with a white flower | 14 Mile Farm Handweaving and Homesteading in Alaska

A skein of handspun wool/silk yarn in shades of cream, red, brown, and green rests on a weathered wooden table with a white flower | 14 Mile Farm Handweaving and Homesteading in Alaska

I've fallen head over heels in love with making my own yarn. I knew this was coming, that one day my spinning wheel and I would begin a love affair. Handweaving is already a slow artform, requiring meticulous care and attention. Handspinning the yarn with which to handweave slows it yet again and adds layers of love and meaning to every thread in the finished product. It is different though, where weaving requires meticulousness and lots of planning for each piece, spinning has a different flow to it, more organic and spontaneous but also oh so meditative. The combination of the two crafts are synergistic for me, each filling the spaces in my creative heart that the other leaves open.

The next step in the #slowfiber journey is clearly to get my own sheep, and I'm already dreaming of it.

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