Colleen Carroll's fiber art displayed at the Driftless CafeThe piece on the right is one of my favorites/ photo by Colleen CarrollMy daughter and I had the pleasure of enjoying a lavender iced tea and coffee cake at the Driftless Cafe in town, while getting a look at Colleen Carroll's wonderful fiber art displayed on [...]
square dancing to the Pie City RamblersElin describing the Danish tradition of burning the witch for good luckAdd captionan incredible fireworks displayOne of our weaver friends, Elin and her husband Bob threw the most wonderful summer solstice party last weekend. From the incredible potluck to the barn filled with square dancing to the Pie City [...]
Susan's barn loomAround Susans' studioMy Swedish lace shawlMaking monrovian starsshopping at Avalanche Looms, always a delightmy lampworked bracelet/ Evans hubby doll/ Olgas' coat/ Barbs' rep weaveWhite elephant gift exchange and Joannes treasure trove of bobbins from SusanBring your own fruit, fruit salad with St Lucia buns Everything about our gathering, on St Lucias' day at Susan's [...]
Carole's doubleweave scarfElin's alpaca woven scarf, Barb's repweave and Elin's hand dyed yarn, Susan"s scarves, my rayon chenille shawl(sorry Susan for cutting off your head)Carole's doubleweave pillowtranquil pondloom with a viewElin's hand dyed yarn, Olga's recycled sweater hats, Barb's wool applique, Joyce's dyed silk scarvesDenise, bravely modeling the sheep hat portion of a costume that [...]
Some days are more magical than others and our last 2nd Monday gathering of weavers and like minded fiber addicts, was just such a one. In part every gathering is an explosive exchange of creative ideas and energy, riotous laughter and general mayhem as everyone tries to catch up with each others doings over the [...]
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 [...]
