Burano
Burano IslandA beautiful island near Venice; simple, peaceful and unabashedly colorful. The houses are brightly colored, to guide the fisherman home through the fog. This place touched my soul with its gentle beauty.
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09, 2010
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09, 2010
Driftless Area Art Fair
Well, I have survived the craziness of having two big fairs back to back weekends. This weekend was the Driftless Art Fair and I shared a booth with Barb of It Could of Been A Piano ( go to her blog for an explanation of her business name). She had lots of handwovens and her [...]
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09, 2010
Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival
The Sheep and Wool festival was a lot of fun this year. I always think that I am not going to do it another year; but once surrounded by fiber and the the people that so enjoy it, it would be silly not to be part of it. I had the incredible pleasure of meeting [...]
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09, 2010
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09, 2010
My week
Getting ready for the Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival this weekend (the 10-12th), lots of work and lots of color, and as you can see from a couple of pictures; I had some helpers. The tomatoes couldn't be ignored, so I had that pot bubbling away in between running downstairs to paint some more yarn. [...]
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08, 2010
Ciao Bella
This week we have returned from a once in a life time trip to Italy, with the whole family; and packed our oldest daughter off to college. I find myself somewhat in shock from both. It has been something of a culture shock coming back to our small town after seeing the aged beauty in [...]
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08, 2010
indigo inspirations
This beautiful indigo bunting was looking in the window as I was weaving these blue scarves. Probably trying to beat the snot out of the bird in the reflection; but I like to think he was admiring my color choices. Scarf dyed with indigo at Barbs gathering
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07, 2010
indigo dye day in dell
 Indigo in all its glory. Last monday was our 2nd monday gathering at Barb's in Dell. She most generously shared her indigo dye pot and I dyed a scarf just off the loom and some yarn. All turned out the most incredible shades of blue, all different. The pot had a mettalic sheen on the [...]
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07, 2010
Summer cherries
 There is nothing more beautiful to me than a tree or bush, loaded with lush red berries. Today Nan and her son Ethan and I went to a local orchard to pick cherries. I had 2 pails tied around my waist with a rope and in no time at all we both had our pails [...]
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06, 2010
a day at nan’s
Thanks Nan for hosting the weavers at your home for our 2nd Monday gathering. The food was an incredible treat; and as people start pulling their projects out of various baskets and bags it was hard to focus with so much fiber splendor laying about. Some of Nan's projects. The overshot weaving won a ribbon [...]