Alternate titles: “Mud Mud Mud” or “The Stash Grows Ever Larger” Hi there folks! Believe it or not, I did make it to MD Sheep and Wool this year. TheEnabler and I headed to MD to visit AwesomeE and her fam, as well as my family. We ended up with… Read More »MD Sheep and Wool
I took two classes at Unravel over the weekend on Baltic knitting techniques, both taught by Aleks Byrd, a knitwear designer and illustrator with family roots in Estonia. The first was on Saturday on Baltic Braid techniques from Estonia and Latvia. I’d heard of Latvian braids before, and even did… Read More »Weekend Trip to the Baltics
This past Thursday was the start of the Farnham Malthings Unraveled Virtual Festival. I kicked it off with a class by Felicity Ford called “Sunsets & Sheep: Recolouring a Stranded Colourwork Design – Felicity Ford” which said it would build “confidence around changing the colours of a stranded colourwork design.… Read More »Sunsets, Sheep, and Shades
As I mentioned a little over a week ago, this past weekend saw a couple different virtual fiber festivals. I joined a couple of the Knit+Escape demos and sessions, and plan to watch some more of them this week while the recordings are available. One of the sessions I attended… Read More »Back and Forth to Go Around
On Sunday, we had our family needle felt session, with Cecilia Ho from FelTastic Fashion as our instructor. My husband comes from a large extended family – his mother is one of six children, and he has quite a few cousins. They are a family with a fairly strong creative… Read More »Family Holiday Felt Session
Fiberworld 2020 I recently learned about Fiberworld 2020 in a Facebook group I’m in. It’s occurring from August 19-23rd and consists of online vendors, demos and classes. I’ve bought my ticket because it looks promising – it’s attracted Abby Franquemont as one of the teachers and it was put together… Read More »Needlefelt and Fiberworld 2020
I am almost done with spinning my “Ocean Rain” fiber! I was actually super duper prompt about taking my four little turtles of singles and winding them on my ball winder into two ply balls – each with two plies. I did this last Saturday, and a week later I’m… Read More »Look look look!
Our plan for Wednesday was to catch the 10am ferry to Bressay, walk around for a little over an hour enjoying the island, then take the 11:30 back to Lerwick to have lunch before heading up to the Shetland College tour. The ferry dock for the Bressay ferry is in… Read More »Final day in Shetland
It’s been a busy but thankfully not totally exhausting couple of days. This is really good, because we’re only part way through our trip and the full day hike in still in front of us. I have, however, already eaten far more scones than is good for me. TheEnabler and… Read More »A Shetland Update
Since last January, I’ve been planning to go to Shetland Wool Week 2019. By this time next year we’ll most likely be back in the States, so this seemed my best shot. Getting to the Shetlands is no joke, even from within Europe, must less from the US. But now,… Read More »Roadside Beanie & Getting Ready
