So finally the dyeing is done, the truck was packed and I was on my way to the fair. The Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival in Jefferson, WI. And then I turned around to go back for the sweater I had just finished the night before. Good thing I did, cause I found the three [...]
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 [...]
So, with our first snowfall of the season a large group of fellow weavers journeyed to Denise's newly purchased home, for our 2nd Monday gathering. It was fun to welcome a few new faces and with many faces we don't see all that often; Denises' house was bursting at the seams with fiber conversations here, [...]
All my dyeing was not for naught. (That just sounded too Shakespearean to not say.) Nan and I had a very successful and tiring 3 days of total immersion in everything sheepy. Nan even got to see a lamb being born with some assistance from the shepherd. I saw a set of quadruplets shortly after [...]
Well I have assembled my little fiber army and am off to The Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival to find fame and fortune; hopefully not in that order. Here are some pics of the last few weeks of madness. Warning; color explosion ahead.Thanks Erinn for lots of great color name ideas based on Dr Who. [...]
The last couple of weeks have been filled with color as I prepare for the Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival, as evidenced by my green finger, a blue big toe and briefly a blue dog. But that is a whole other story. Tomorrow I load up the truck and ply my wares at the festival [...]
Name that yarnCan I eat it?So there is nothing left in my studio that is white. With a little help from my kids (and Molly), with a name that yarn contest for the new yarn bases I am trying out. The winner whose yarn names I choose the most of, was to receive a giant [...]
 On a recent family vacation to San Francisco, I goggled yarn shops while sitting in the airport and copied down the address for Artfibers. It was actually a short distance from our hotel and with a banner like that how could I not follow my fiber nose. It did mean tricking my kids into going [...]
Getting ready for the Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival this weekend (the 10-12th), lots of work and lots of color, and as you can see from a couple of pictures; I had some helpers. The tomatoes couldn't be ignored, so I had that pot bubbling away in between running downstairs to paint some more yarn. [...]
Lots and lots of color in the studio, until I stuff all I can in the car and head down to Jefferson, to the Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival today. Hey if I sell out,I'll have room to bring a sheepy home. Shh! My hubby would have a serious fit.
