I never thought that, at 48 years of age, I’d go to my first Comic Con. (For those of you who have never heard of it, Comic Con is a convention devoted to all sorts of pop culture, from comic books to superheroes to tv shows and more). And little did I think that I would go in costume. Along…
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No-Bull Book Review: Scottish Knits, by Martin Storey
I have started and been interrupted from finishing this book review for, literally, months. But my competitive spirit runs high, and so when Lorna’s Laces left a comment on my blog yesterday, sympathizing with my backlog of book reviews and asking if I wanted to race, well, it’s on! Just the kick in the pants I needed to get a…
And another month whooshes by…
I do get a little mystified when I peek at my blog and realize that nearly a month has gone by since my last post. May has been a nice month for me, since for the first time in a long time I had no overnight trips scheduled. While I love my fiber-related travel, it can be exhausting, and right…
Maryland Sheep & Wool 2013: Gallery
It’s become a blog tradition: presenting some of my photographs from Maryland Sheep and Wool. Now that I’ve been going to fiber festivals for a while, the must-buy-all-the-yarnz frenzy has cooled somewhat, and I enjoy meandering around with my camera, admiring all the pretty things. Here’s some of what I saw: Box of antique bobbins
Maryland Sheep & Wool report: 2013
I’m back home, sunburned and happy. I had a glorious time at Maryland Sheep and Wool, and it was especially lovely to have a fiber-related day that had no “shoulds.” It was a stunningly gorgeous day: sunny but not hot, with a refreshing breeze. I can’t remember the last time the barns were such a comfortable temperature. It’s hard…
Spinning nirvana
Although I do have a wheel (an Ashford Traveler) and use it occasionally, I really am just a dabbler when it comes to spinning my own yarn. This could not have been more apparent than it was this weekend, during my teaching jaunt at Abby Franquemont’s Stringtopia Spring String Fling. I was surrounded by some world-class spinners and spinning teachers,…
A quick hello from historic Lebanon, Ohio
It was a long drive–about 9 hours in all, even without stopping for more than five minutes at a time–but now that I have arrived in Lebanon, Ohio, I am charmed. I mean, how can you not love a town that has a public library that looks like this? I am staying at the Golden Lamb, a historic inn…
Branching out
It’s hard to believe I’ve been dyeing yarn for something like six years. Even though I mix the dyeing up with other endeavors, like designing and writing, it’s still easy to get into a rut. After being away from the dyepots for a few weeks to do other things, I realized I had next to no inventory. And I realized…
No-Bull Book Review: Hat Couture, by Theressa Silver (Cooperative Press 2013)
“Wearing a hat is like having a baby or a puppy; everyone stops to coo and talk about it.” — Louise Green I’m trying to get current on all my book reviews, and fresh in my in-box is Hat Couture, just published by Cooperative Press, so let’s coo and talk about hats. “Hat Couture” is a collection of patterns…