sheep shearing at Rachel’s
Rachel invited our fiber group to meet at her family's house to watch her small flock of sheep be sheared. Â Some of use couldn't resist getting our fingers right into that beautiful wool. Â I am sure there is a lot of joy in raising their children with the experience of caring for the cattle, sheep and chickens that are part [...]
winter gathering at Bonnie’s
Our weavers meeting this month was at Bonnie's house with the enticing invite to see her winter lambs.  It was great to see Bonnie again and share her hospitality and I never pass up a chance to see babies of any kind. Check out Pine Knob Organics on instagram for some truly inspired photography of the critters and life on the [...]
Bound weave for the new year
This bound weave sampler has been a long time in the making. Â I think once I figured out how the patterns are designed and realized how slow of a process this weaving was going to be, I lost my mojo. Â Maybe a downside in having 3 looms set up is that I can ignore one for a couple of years [...]
hygge with friends
Happily this months weavers gathering ended up at my house at the last minute. Although I usually avoid hosting in the winter months due to a steep and often icy driveway, I was excited to have the group visit while our Christmas tree is up and decorated. Something about a log cabin and Christmas decorations seem to go together well. [...]
a day in Avalanche
Our weavers 2nd Monday group gathered, in the "not really" a town called Avalanche; at Susan's home and studio also known as Avalanche Looms. Not only did we get to share lots of good food and be inspired by each others creative endeavors, we got to shop! Susan gave us a bit of a demonstration on how she does an [...]
A gathering at Barb’s
Our friend Barb B. has survived a week long "spinzilla" challenge to host our weavers gathering on a fine fall day. I am surprised that after spinning 7,853 yards or 4.46 miles of singles yarn that she was able to stand much less be the gracious hostess that she was. Although I did notice that when we sat outside in [...]