This Novembers gathering of weavers was at my house in the hopes that I could host before the snow flies and getting up my driveway becomes a leap of faith. Other than a couple of panicked parking situations everyone made it up and we proceeded to have a fun and fibery gathering. Plus I always [...]
Our September weavers gathering was a hot sunny day at Anne Marie's country home. It is fun to travel these winding roads and see the homesteads tucked back into the hills where gardens are bountiful, children are raised and life just happens. After driving these back roads not so far from my own house I [...]
This months weavers gathering was hosted by Janet and Tony at their condo in LaCrosse right across from a lovely garden and the Mississippi River. It didn't take us long to take over the community room tables with piles of handwovens and yarny goodness. Lots of great food, as always but I especially loved the [...]
With 2 significant snowstorms in April totaling more than we had received any other month this winter, our weaving group was thrilled to pile into Barb and Harry's warm and welcoming home. By the time Judith and I arrived the dining room table was well covered with handwoven goodies for show and tell. My contribution [...]
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 [...]
This bound weave sampler has been a long time in the making. 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. Maybe a downside in having 3 looms set up is that I can ignore one [...]
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 [...]
My scarf babies are all labeled and packed in the car ready to debut at the Driftless Area Art Festival. this weekend. Here is a little preview of what I have been doing all summer. Hope to see you there! collapse weave scarves, colors inspired by the dunes of the Leelanua Peninsula of Michigan. [...]
It was fun to have our weavers group gather at my house on a lovely spring day. Once we got show and tell out of the way and stuffed ourselves with quiche and lots of great food we spent some time taking in the view from my deck. The eagles made an appearance in trees [...]
I have been to Decorah many times but this is the first time I have been through the exhibits at the Vesterheim Museum. What a treat! I have been wanting to see the exhibit of Lila Nelson's weavings as a few from our weavers group have taken classes with her and had a lot of [...]
