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 [...]
Having missed the last two months of our weavers group I was so happy to spend a day at Kathleen's on a perfect July summer day. As always a pending weavers gathering will find me weaving like a crazy person to get a project off the loom for our show and tell. An even crazier [...]
I have been looking forward to sharing a few (maybe more than a few) of my favorite pictures from a trip my husband and youngest daughter and I took to Scotland and Ireland in May. It is hard to describe why I felt so connected to the beauty of these countries, especially the highlands of [...]
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 [...]
Rachel invited our fiber group to meet at her family's house to watch her small flock of sheep be sheared. Â Some of use couldn't resist getting our fingers right into that beautiful wool. Â I am sure there is a lot of joy in raising their children with the experience of caring for the cattle, sheep [...]
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. Â 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. Â Maybe a downside in having 3 looms set up is that I can ignore one [...]
Happily this months weavers gathering ended up at my house at the last minute. Although I usually avoid hosting in the winter months due to a steep and often icy driveway, I was excited to have the group visit while our Christmas tree is up and decorated. Something about a log cabin and Christmas decorations [...]
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 [...]
Our friend Barb B. has survived a week long "spinzilla" challenge to host our weavers gathering on a fine fall day. I am surprised that after spinning 7,853 yards or 4.46 miles of singles yarn that she was able to stand much less be the gracious hostess that she was. Although I did notice that [...]
