Can't believe it is mid April as I look out the window and see it snowing as if it could be January. It's a good thing that there are days, like our 2nd Monday weavers gathering that help maintain a sense of joy and dare I say; sanity. This month Elin and Bob showed off the [...]
Amy's finished sample bootsSuch a fun group. Amy's son Jae was a star pupil, we were all trying to keep up with him.Two layers and both boots are felted around one foam insert and then cut apart as in the last photo. Lots of soapy water and booty shaking.talk about bigfoot...Amy and her husbands wonderful [...]
Our egg decorating took a new turn this year. Waiting for spring...
lots of treats including a flourless chocolate cakeZentanglesCaroles' doubleweaveMichelles sweater in progress/ Denise's weaving/Barb's felted bag and Nan's sweater for EthanBarb's strip purse ala Doni's DeliMichelle's embroidered piece/ Barb's hemp towels/ birch bark woven purse/Carole's knitting in progressCarole's stained glass and mosaic windowsThis Mondays weavers group met at Carole's warm and inviting home. Michelle shared [...]
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 [...]
Olgas baby alpaca shawl from Perusome of Elin's projectsWool roving rug of Elin'sBarb's newest knitting and her krumkakesKathy's vest/Virginia's handspun and woven rug/Susan's mothers rug/ Rug sample from shaft switching classBritish invasionDenise and Amy modeling some of Barb's great hats.Thank you Elin for having the weavers group out to your sweet farmhouse. It seemed like [...]
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 [...]
winter wonderlandsome christmas cheersuch a fun studio to photographgreat lentil soup and treatsmore of Amy's workElin modeling my scarf and showing her knitted scarfa color filled and charming houseDenise's lacy woven scarfold textiles and patternsmade me smile Amy is an artist I have long admired so it was doubly wonderful for our weavers group to be [...]
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.
beautiful bread by Jeanlots of oh's and ah's for Susan's fabrica freakin bolt of handwoven fabric by Susan Elins wool cord rug/ rayon scarf/ lovely linen scarf/Book featuring her Danish friendSusan's rag hemp and linen weavemy wool and silk honeycomb scarf on the loomMolly looking for tummy rubsIt seems like the November winds have brought us [...]
