Several years ago, at one yarn show or another, I met a gorgeous redhead named Beth Smith. I didn’t realize it at the time, because she was so funny and humble and warm, but Beth is a goddess of spinning. She’s had her hand on more sheep than James Herriott — taking tangled, grassy, greasy fresh-shorn fleeces and seemingly effortlessly…
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Over so quickly!
It’s a good thing I had a fabulous weekend at Rhinebeck, because I had no sooner gotten home and put my jammies on than we had our own little ground-floor tsunami. The plumber is here right now trying to figure out how bad it is. So I’m going to ignore the sound of the Wet-Vac and remember the amazing weekend…
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,…