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This Can’t Be Flu…can it?

I’m sick…really sick! Argh! I haven’t been this sick for a very long time. Did I bring this back from NY or is this going around in ME? Hmmm…It hit me so fast I barely saw it coming. One minute I had a little scratchy throat and the next thing I was walking dead. I hope Jim’s flu shot keeps him safe [so someone will        [….read more]

Rhinebeck (aka NY State Sheep & Wool Festival) Fun!

Rhinebeck was wonderful! It took a little longer than usual to get the booth set up because everything was new but it was well worth it. And as always, Nina had infinite patience and was very very helpful. We have alot of fun at this show and it’s so good to see old friends…and meet new people, too! This year we had new neighbors across        [….read more]

Columbus Day Open House

Here's Nina milking one of her goats…they're just the sweetest girls an their milk is YUM!

Our local craft guild had their annual open house today. I had to clean up and organize the yarn & rovings in the studio which is always a good thing and I had to bake -ugh! I’m not a baker…hate making cookies. But I made some pumpkin        [….read more]

Rhinebeck Rush!

That’s what it says on the outside of the box that just went to the mill for roving. This colorway is… big breath…this is SO outside my comfort zone and anyone who knows me will be very surprized…the earthy green base with raspberry and orange/salmon accents. I wish I could say that I’m confident. I did a test on my small drum carder as I        [….read more]

Painting

here's a blue-green colorway

For a couple of years, I’ve had a bunch of skeins hanging around that were dyed and came out a not very attractive grey color so I decided to paint over them. It’s been fun — I guess partly because I felt as though I couldn’t make them any worse than they already were. The results were very nice        [….read more]