Home … and new rules
I had my fiber group over last Friday. In the non-summer months, we take turns meeting at people’s houses. When it’s my turn, there’s a lot of cleaning involved. Normally my partner and I...
Category: Making
Trip to Canada, and back
A friend and I went east to Canada for a fibre festival (spelled the Canadian way). First stop was in downeast Maine, where we got out of the car to admire the scarlet reds...
October Cloth
I’m declaring this one finished. Appropriately in October, five years after I started it. Its name has always been the October cloth, although I worked on it in different seasons. It also rested a...
Ecoprints
I was inspired to make some ecoprints the other day. It’s not hard but I’ve resisted this kind of project for awhile. It involves some equipment, which can seem like a hassle. In my...
inspiration and finishing what I started
I saw a black swallowtail on a zinnia at the community garden. It allowed me to photograph it, fairly closeup. What gorgeous colors and patterns. The white spots on its upper wing resemble a...
Labor
There was one sunny warm day last week. We worked in the garden. Planting seed potatoes was the goal. There were quite a few steps involved, and some extra steps added just because. I...
Items of interest
I was thinking I have nothing to post about. Then I looked out the window and noticed this tree. It struck me that it looks very odd at this time of year. It’s a...