My passion for the lively texture of collapse weave continues. The shawls are woven in plain weave using an overtwist Habu Textiles wool crepe as the fiber that gives the weave its springy liveliness.  At 2/48 this is so fine as to be almost invisible in the weft. And with the loosely set warp threads [...]
Summer is truly here and I can't think of a better way to spend a day than getting together a car full of friends, for a road trip through the rolling hills of southwestern Wisconsin. Even better to have the destination of our newest fiber friend Barb's lovely country home. We enjoyed seeing her flock [...]
Our February weavers group met at fellow fiber artist, Virginia's shop; Sylvan Meadows on Main Street in Viroqua, WI. It was a warm and inviting place for our ever expanding group to spread out in, surrounded by lots of fiber and the scent of her lovely handmade soaps. I loved that that a few people [...]
Viva Gallery is an artists cooperative that I am proud to be a member of, and we recently featured a group show, where we each took home an 8x8 canvas, to go all arty on. Now for the painters, this was not such a "think outside of the box" kind of challenge but as a [...]
Tomatillos from Barbs garden Barb's newest rep weave warp Well it seems that I am a little behind in my blog posts. So here is a whirlwind tour of our October gathering at Barbs house. Barbs beautiful rep weave warp is probably a finished rug now; so I can't wait to see it. Kathy shared the felted [...]
The true stars of the fairLots of Habu in my boothGreat restraurant in WhitewaterMy artful friend NanThree bags full. At the silent auction. Only two came home with me. getting her sheep show ready This years WI Sheep and Wool festival once again was three++days of sheepy goodness, full of yarn and fiber in every color [...]
This was a fiber fair unlike others that I have done, in that it was a smaller show and one I was trying sight unseen. It seemed pretty likely that a fair taking place in the scenic Shag Rag Alley of Mineral Point, WI, would be a pretty safe bet.I am so happy that I [...]
This months 2nd Monday gathering was at Barbs home in Dell. For me it was an excellent place to escape the endless dyeing and weaving I have been doing for 2 shows I have coming up in September. Yikes it is almost Sept. So this is a short one.Thanks Barb and all for a great [...]
Habu samplescotton gima samplewool/stainless steel yarn doubledJaponica Cravat from the book "ori ami knits"Shawl pin by Jul
Last Monday, our 2nd Monday gathering was at my home. Spring is here in all of her unpredictable beauty; which explains why I was whipping the sheets off some of my outdoor flowers as people made their way up the driveway. My little beauties survived 2 nights of frost and now I am hoping that [...]
