Well it has been a hot minute since I last posted about our monthly 2nd Monday weavers gatherings. Â Our last get together in person was a lovely and surprisingly warm day in November at Kathy's lovely home in the valley. Â We thought we would have to gather outside around a fire but didn't need that [...]
So this is the day before Thanksgiving and I find myself procrastinating ( a speciality of mine) and instead of baking pies, or whatever, will show you our November gathering of fiber friends at Kathy's home. We were expecting colder weather but it was a warm enough day that we didn't even need the fire [...]
Our 2nd Monday in October weavers had a lovely and brisk gathering surrounded by beautiful fall colors at our local park. As I am writing this we have just had our first snowfall of the season so it will be interesting to see how we social gather in the upcoming winter months. Kathy has offered [...]
The last farmers market flowers.  Our fiber group shared a lovely day at Eckhardt Park for our 2nd Monday weavers gathering in September. Although it is hard to say what the colder weather will bring. We acknowledge that the isolation of not getting together once a month is not what any of [...]
For it being a such a crazy time, where the crazies are seemingly without end, it is surprising how fast the summer is actually disappearing. With another shooting in Wisconsin of an unarmed black man this weekend, we are once again confronted with the evidence of a racist society, and now the back lash of [...]
Like so many things, for the last couple of months our 2nd Monday weavers gathering has been on hold, with limited contact via email to see how everyone is dealing with this time of uncertainty, fear and isolation. Our country is experiencing continually rising numbers of covid-19 infections in part due to a lack of [...]
clouds are my happy place right now poem by Pablo Neruda Keeping Quiet Now we will count to twelve and we will all keep still for once on the face of the earth, let’s not speak in any language; let’s stop for a second, and not move our arms so much. It would [...]
I find it hard to believe how much our world has changed in just over a week since our weavers group got together at Jan and Tony's new home. What I thought wouldn't affect our rural Wisconsin lives much at all has seen our local schools and businesses close and friends and neighbors self isolating [...]
Sonya hosted our 2nd Monday fiber group this month and gave us a delightful tour of some of the Finnish textiles that she grew up with. Such exquisite linens, so expertly created gave me something to strive for and made me proud that I, in a small way, continue in the art of making cloth [...]
Elin hosted our 2nd Monday weavers group on a wintry day in January. Her and Bob's farm is as beautiful in it's winter slumber as it is in the bloom of summer. Their farm with its beautiful vistas is the epitome of what our Driftless Area of western Wisconsin is. A place of hills and [...]
