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 [...]
 Octobers weavers gathering was at my house last month. As always we are equal amounts fiber and food; mixed with friends, and that is about all I can say about that.Barb's mittensOur table is always a mixture of food and fiberSusans' scarfDenise is having a mini garage saleMichelle is making books using recycled papersand some [...]
domestic goddesses unite, originally uploaded by kindred threads.one more batch to go
This is always a sweet fair, with great music, lots of interesting food and many familiar and friendly faces. It doesn't hurt that the art fair organizers treat the artists like royalty, throwing an incredible feast Saturday night and keeping us going with handouts of tasty apples and water throughout the fair. Other than having [...]
Habu samplescotton gima samplewool/stainless steel yarn doubledJaponica Cravat from the book "ori ami knits"Shawl pin by Jul
Our egg decorating took a new turn this year. Waiting for spring...
be still my heartsweater (kit 36) knit with paper yarn a silk mohairSilk stainless steel yarn and fine merino, feltedAs my love for all things Habu deepens I decided to check out the Appleton Wi yarn shop, Iris Fine Yarns partly because they featured Habu yarns and gasp, knitted samples of said yarn. So with [...]
new Habu yarnsoh the horror knitting and weaving with the Habu silk/stainless yarn. Love it!gaspIn the interest of full disclosure I may officially now have too much yarn. Shortly after the new year I, for the first time, took all (well almost; there is still some under the bed I think) of my fiber and [...]
It may be a f*#*'d up world, but at least we don't have to go around with those hairdos. These magazines of Caroles, from the 60's, were chuckled over at our thursday morning, coffee at the coop, laugh till we get kicked out, group of friends.
mosaic wall outside Elizabeth Maurlands former studioSteele Cow studio in Wakon, Iowa. Artist Valerie Millerpottery studio of Winthrop and Sandra Byers, in Rock Springs, WI.pottery studio of Winthrop and Sandra Byers, in Rock Springs, WI.old school house now a pottery studiostudio of Char TerBeest Kudla Fiber Artist and husband Franksculpture outside of the food coop [...]
