Our December weavers gathering at friend Sonya and Cecil's was a riotous, joyful, pre holiday laughter filled delight. While we always find inspiration in the sharing of our fiber creations, this meeting was especially meaningful in that Sonya had requested that we bring something that our mothers had created. Of course I totally spaced it [...]
Novembers 2nd Monday gathering found a van load of fiber friends traveling to LaCrosse, to Kathy's sweet northside home. As always it is fun to see the spaces that inspire us to weave or create. Kathy's Glimakra loom was threaded with a lovely rayon chenille fabric, soon to be a piece of wearable art. I [...]
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 [...]
Here is a bit of a catch up on what I have woven over the course of the summer in preparation for The Driftless Area Art Festival, a fair that I am always honored to be part of. My looms have been empty for a month now and that is just wrong. So today I [...]
My booth and Nan wearing the infamous Infinite Loop top by Cocoknits This years Wisconsin Sheep and Wool festival was as always a whirlwind of fiber, sheep, friends, and lots of color...everywhere. My friend Nan took a spinning class and helped me man the booth; and I must say that we make a [...]
Well the yarns are all dyed, the baby skeins are packaged with care, the truck is almost packed and I think it is time for a beer. (I'm so tired I couldn't spell beer) (again). Tomorrow morning I head off to Jefferson for the Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival to ply my wares. Am I [...]
Last months 2nd Monday gathering was at good friend Nan's home. Lots to see and as always plenty of shared food to eat. With 2 fiber and art fairs coming up this month this will be short and sweet. Just know that fun was had by all. my tencel scarves and yarn acquisitions from [...]
Anytime our weavers group is invited to Olga and Gordon's home during the summer months, I know we are in for a treat. We enjoyed a wonderful day gathered together under an apple tree,  surrounded by multitudes of Olga's red poppies and breathtaking gardens . My camera kept drawing me away to explore the gardens [...]
Our 2nd Monday weavers group met at my friend Carole's lovely home. Her gardens are a delight to explore and it is obvious why weaving is not a priority during the summer gardening months. It made me want to go home and give my plants a little pep talk. I picked a bad day to [...]
So I have decided to take a little break from my black and white obsession to play with color in the form of dyeing some tencel warps for some twill scarves. Although I do a lot of dyeing of protein fibers with acid dyes and have that process down pat, I am leery of dyeing [...]
