A spring gathering of weavers and fiber friends is always a joyful occasion, and Aprils gathering at my house was a good indication of how ready we are to let winter go. Not quite "sit on the porch" warm but at least I wasn't too worried about dealing with snow on my steep driveway. Everyone [...]
This was a day of great food and lots of inspiration at Anna and Greg's. It took me awhile to make it past all of Greg's pottery calling to me from their front porch. Greg is a potter and Anna has a sewing studio and is an excellent knitwear designer.Once inside their art and pottery [...]
Apparently being cooped up with cold temps has made for some productive weavers, judging by the wonderful projects on display at our weavers gathering at friend Elin's house. Just enough textile overload, shared comradery and laughter to keep us going until next months gathering, despite what winter throws at us. Â woolies by the [...]
November's weavers gathering was at good friend Nan and Jim's home. They and their young son, Ethan had recently been to Japan and had lots of books, pictures and tales of their travels to share. They all got to experience indigo dyeing, sumo wrestling, drumming and kayaking. A highlight of our gathering, as always is [...]
With our lovely fall colors comes a plethora of artist studio tours to tempt me from getting back to weaving. This year hubby and I did the Fresh Art Tour in west central WI. I had so much fun talking with two weavers in Alma, WI that I almost didn't make it to the actual [...]
