Wi Sheep and Wool Festival
baaaamy fiber world for 4 days This fair is like being in a total fiber world for 4 days. It is not a real world but it sure is warm and friendly and above all colorful. My normal life comes to a halt and I am just immersed in fibery goodness everywhere I look. From the knitters talking and knitting in [...]
come to the fair
Name that yarnCan I eat it?So there is nothing left in my studio that is white. With a little help from my kids (and Molly), with a name that yarn contest for the new yarn bases I am trying out. The winner whose yarn names I choose the most of, was to receive a giant chocolate bar.They were so good [...]
gathering at Nan’s
Many thanks to Nan for hosting this months (oh wait, it was last months) weavers gathering. Tells you how crazy busy I have been. We had Sharon join us for the first time with some of the many projects she has woven over the years. Great inspiration, I hope that she joins us often. Many of the pictures are of [...]
out and about in San Francisco
 On a recent family vacation to San Francisco, I goggled yarn shops while sitting in the airport and copied down the address for Artfibers. It was actually a short distance from our hotel and with a banner like that how could I not follow my fiber nose. It did mean tricking my kids into going into the Banana Republic store [...]
magical day
Some days are more magical than others and our last 2nd Monday gathering of weavers and like minded fiber addicts, was just such a one. In part every gathering is an explosive exchange of creative ideas and energy, riotous laughter and general mayhem as everyone tries to catch up with each others doings over the last month. When the first [...]
weaving music
I have been excited to try this weave ever since seeing the swatch in Malin Selanders book Swedish Swatches. After a couple of mishaps on the warping reel, a couple of slow starts having to rethink the threading for the black, I was finally weaving and watching the fabric grow. And I don't know if it was the classical music [...]