Day 3 Tour de Fleece

Happy 4th of July! Hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful day and welcome to day 3 of Tour de Fleece! Here is the picture of the skein that I spun on day 1 and 2 Romney and Lincoln 219 yds. The Romney fleece was purchased from the Barnstable Fair, and the Lincoln fleece was purchased from the first year that the Big E hosted a fiber festival! Looking forward to this year's Big E fiber festival : ) And I will be at the Barnstable Fair demonstrating spinning, hope to see you down there as it is a wonderful Fair for all !

Day 3: I spun from a Shetland fleece that I purchased last year when I went to NH Sheep & Wool festival.

Oh Yeah here is what can happen to a footman when you are not watching lol!

Tour de Fleece day 2

Day 2 of Tour de Fleece, team Russian underpants, day 1 spent time spinning on my CPW (Canadian Production Wheel) spinning a Romney fiber, sorry no pics on that day ; ( Today I spun Lincoln fiber and plied it with the Romney, will post the yarn picture tomorrow when it is dry, but I do have this picture of me spinning the Lincoln fiber. Twisted the footman on my CPW, just like a bike, have to stop and fix the coat hanger that served as a footman : p

Summer time

Beginning of summer but still feels like spring. It is nice being on top of a mountain because the temperature is cooler. I have been busy getting things ready for my tatting class and creating ways to use tatting. Found out that you can use tatted items to imprint on polymer clay!

Also dyed yarn , knitted and felted a cloche hat and trimmed it with tatting.

And knitted and felted a purse and added a felted tatted item and trimmed the top flap of the purse with a tatted trim.

Spring is Here!

Spring is here! Looking around and seeing the green grass showing and the flowers peeking through is a sight to behold after a long winter. Even the birds are excited with all the chirping, singing makes me happy!

Easter is just around the corner so I decided to tat an Easter Egg for my next tatted item.

Still on my list of tatted items is jewelry, finishing a quilted block I was working on. Hopefully I can find the book, you know how things get when you move, you wonder what box I put it in and did I put it up in the attic. But I just might post it as a work in progress : )

Here is the quilt block that I need to finish, I have to find her gloves, aren't we always losing our gloves : )

It's been soooo long!

My time flies when your busy! New Goals - Keep blogging or you'll get a flogging argh !

Alot has been happening since I last posted, like moving to a different state. I love my new home it is nice and spacious, I even have a studio Fiber Playhouse. So I have been going batty making batts, cleaning and picking and carding fleeces. Dyeing and spinning and designing patterns.

Went to Maine in February for SPA weekend and had so many laughs and eyes filled with eye candy, hands busy feeling yummy fiber, and of course meeting old and new friends, what more could you ask for!

Bummer hubby got laid off but on the upside it got me motived to keep focus on my Fiber Playhouse business, so there are patterns to make up and sell, fiber to sell, orifice hooks, or if you need your fleece cleaned and carded into batts I am here! Just contact me : )

Also I will be teaching needle tatting in Maine at the Fiber College so that is exciting. Hope to see you there!

February is Here!

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and I must have been hibernating from my blog...yikes!

Now I am in the middle of moving after over 30years, so it is going to take a long time for sorting through things.. memories...okay...look at it ..take a picture for a memory..right! I am looking forward to the move, as we will have a lovely view of the lake, a wrap around porch, and I will have a big studio..Yeah! I love ravelry as I have already made contact with people who love fiber as much as I do.. This weekend is NETA SPA , what a great break from the moving.lol. I have designed a hat and scarf pattern called "To be or not to be", knit with a yummy yarn from Dye Dreams (50% alpaca, 30% merino, and 20% silk) Check out their website. It was a nice surprise to see it is reversible. Also I have been knitting really cool bracelets. Well have to go pack for my great long weekend!

SLATER MILL EVENT

This event was wonderful, the room they held it in was a fiber artist dream with all the looms, wheel, tables, wooden floors ...aww the space!
I enjoyed meeting new people and letting them take a spin at my wheel : ) for those who tried spinning , all I can say is, keep at it, you have great potential. It lifts my spirit to know that the art of spinning, knitting, crocheting, weaving, basketry, are still being pursued. Hey guys! It was great to see all of you involved too! Thank you Ruth for putting this event together and making everyone feel welcome, that goes for you too Janice, and thanks to all who helped me lug in my wheels and stuff! Isn't Ravelry great, where else can you network and find out about awesome events and meeting great people!
Unfortunately, I was so busy with showing delightful future spinners how to spin that I didn't get any pictures, so if there is anyone out there that has some pictures to send me , I would greatly appreciate it.. I need to get more disciplined in taking pictures for my blog...duhh! Any way, if you haven't been to Slater Mill, check it out, it is a wonderful museum , with a delightful gift shop, and offers awesome classes!

Next, this coming weekend I am looking forward in attending my first weaving guild meeting...can't wait! and of course the following weekend RHINEBECK !!! whoohoo!