Please excuse me if this post looks wonky. I\’m at a rest stop in the middle of Ohio. Using my phone to post. I got some news yesterday that made me feel like I needed to be in Pennsylvania. So I packed my stuff and this morning at about 6:30 I got on the road. […]
So I got home from North Carolina a week ago. It has taken me this long to begin to feel normal. I\’m always a little extra tired and want to be a little extra quiet when I get home from a teaching. This week was a little different because I had decided to take part
I was fortunate to have the opportunity to meet Deb Robson about 10 years ago. It mostly came about because I was contacted while she was writing the Fleece and Fiber Sourcebook to see if I could provide a few of the samples for the book. At the time I owned the Spinning Loft and
Today I teach my first class of 5 total at The Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair or SAFF for short. Today\’s class is a breeds study that I started teaching a couple of years ago called Who\’s the Fairest: A Princess Breeds study. We all wear tiaras and there is some talk about princesses and how
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Today I teach my first class of 5 total at The Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair or SAFF for short. Today\’s class is a breeds study that I started teaching a couple of years ago called Who\’s the Fairest: A Princess Breeds study. We all wear tiaras and there is some talk about princesses and how
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I showed some Tunis on Facebook and Instagram a week or so ago that I had hand carded. I began with slightly over 2 pounds of scoured fleece and it took a little under 4 hours and I had just a tad under 2 pounds of hand carded rolags. I had plenty of comments about
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Remember that awesome podcast called The SpinDoctor? Sasha Torres did that podcast for several years with reviews and talk and fiber festival visits. It was always one of my favorites. You can still find episodes on itunes and at the Spindoctor.com website. there are 40 episodes. Sasha\’s voice is almost hypnotic so be prepared to
So the wool got washed and a few days ago I was sure i had all of my fibers but I needed to assemble the fibers for each class to make sure. This is my starting pile: That hip high pile is all of the washed fleece. I ad my list of what wool i
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So there\’s this retreat coming up in September. You can see all the in depth details here Happycamperfiber.com. This retreat is happening September 20th to the 22nd. It will be small and intimate – around 30 people total. You will get to take all three classes. Each class is about different things about color. My class
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So there\’s this retreat coming up in September. You can see all the in depth details here Happycamperfiber.com. This retreat is happening September 20th to the 22nd. It will be small and intimate – around 30 people total. You will get to take all three classes. Each class is about different things about color. My class
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