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
Tag: spindles
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…