To dye..or to weave
With 2 fairs coming up I can't decide if I need to dye or sit at the loom and build some inventory.So far dyeing is winning, Â I still can't believe how long it takes to label and organize everything. Â This weekend I will be at the Driftless Area Fibre Faire in Mineral Point and June 14th I will be in [...]
pinwheels and hidden mills
Something about weaving pinwheels makes me want to giggle, and chase firefly's in the moonlight.I found this hidden woolen mill accidentally while exploring the river in my daughters college town, Appleton, Wi. Established in 1880 it is called the Courtney Woolen Mill and they card wool into quilt batts. Good, fibery find= lots of daughter eye rolls.wool/alpaca/cashmere pinwheel twill scarf
waiting for babies
I know if my kids see this blogs title, there will be heavy duty eye rolling and groans. But hey this time, I'm waiting on some baby eagles. The eagle nest on our property has been moved into; and one of the pair has for the last month, always been sitting in the nest. I see "her?" white head poking [...]
spring?
The weavers group gathered at my house this month. I generally don't have the group at my house in the winter because my driveway can be a snowy icy white knuckle adventure. So mid April should be good, right? Well when I woke up to 4 inches of fresh new snow I pretty much just rolled over and decided to [...]
looking for spring
In a where's waldo kind of a way my daughter and I wanted a road trip, partly to get out of Dodge and partly to find some unfrozen signs of spring. Since I had to take her back to school in Appleton we decided to continue east and stay overnight in Door County. I could really use some waves crashing, [...]
spring gathering
What with the weather one minute having me cheer the robins and the start of spring and the next getting my longjohns back out for a 10 degree F morning walk, I was very thankful for our weavers gathering at my friend Carole's house.I don't know of a home that more reflects the artful, family centered, natural lifestyle that permeates [...]