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, [...]
lots of treats including a flourless chocolate cakeZentanglesCaroles' doubleweaveMichelles sweater in progress/ Denise's weaving/Barb's felted bag and Nan's sweater for EthanBarb's strip purse ala Doni's DeliMichelle's embroidered piece/ Barb's hemp towels/ birch bark woven purse/Carole's knitting in progressCarole's stained glass and mosaic windowsThis Mondays weavers group met at Carole's warm and inviting home. Michelle shared [...]
be still my heartsweater (kit 36) knit with paper yarn a silk mohairSilk stainless steel yarn and fine merino, feltedAs my love for all things Habu deepens I decided to check out the Appleton Wi yarn shop, Iris Fine Yarns partly because they featured Habu yarns and gasp, knitted samples of said yarn. So with [...]
Olgas baby alpaca shawl from Perusome of Elin's projectsWool roving rug of Elin'sBarb's newest knitting and her krumkakesKathy's vest/Virginia's handspun and woven rug/Susan's mothers rug/ Rug sample from shaft switching classBritish invasionDenise and Amy modeling some of Barb's great hats.Thank you Elin for having the weavers group out to your sweet farmhouse. It seemed like [...]
new Habu yarnsoh the horror knitting and weaving with the Habu silk/stainless yarn. Love it!gaspIn the interest of full disclosure I may officially now have too much yarn. Shortly after the new year I, for the first time, took all (well almost; there is still some under the bed I think) of my fiber and [...]
It may be a f*#*'d up world, but at least we don't have to go around with those hairdos. These magazines of Caroles, from the 60's, were chuckled over at our thursday morning, coffee at the coop, laugh till we get kicked out, group of friends.
 A lovely, foggy winter morning, catching up on some of my favorite blogs with a cup of tea and some new yarn to try. Shelter is a yarn I have been looking forward to trying, designed by my favorite blogger/photographer/knitwear designer; Jared Flood of Brooklyn Tweed fame. It is manufactured in Harrisville, NH from Wyoming [...]
Linen twillsome of Nan's knitting projects , some UFO's for longer than she cares to remember/ and lots of great artwork at Nans' house.Barb's angel with attitudeBeautiful,old hooked wool rug from Newfoundland. Kathy says: I found out through a link Jean sent me that the Grenfell piece is actually hooked. It was an interesting read [...]
Thanks Evan for sharing this incredible artist Elena Papaioannou. Inspiration for the new year in so many ways.
 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 [...]
