In spite of the dire warnings about Hurricane Earl, the weather’s turned out to be lovely this weekend. The hurricane changed course and left us with clear, cool, breezy days that feel like fall. The term “holiday” is used loosely here. We don’t have holidays from taking care of our … Read More
Looks like tomorrow will be a good day for the start of the Washington County Fiber Tour. Fiber enthusiasts should venture to NY and join our alpaca and fiber friends for this fun event.
I’m back from a great fiber weekend in Freeport, ME at Spa, Spin & Knit. Depsite heavy, wet snow, high winds, power outages and such, many fiber enthusiasts made the trek. We arrived in Freeport at noon on Friday to almost 50 degrees and sunny – that was quite a … Read More
Well, it is still only February, despite the mild, dry weather we’ve had over the last few weeks. This is the one week that I have to travel – to Freeport for Spa – and snow is forecast for the rest of the week! It’s gonna be a long ride … Read More
Our next fiber gathering will be Feb 26-28 at Spa, Knit & Spin in Freeport, ME. I’m busy winding skeins and washing sock yarn and hope to have time to do a bit more dyeing. I’ve ordered the needles that have sold out and put in a large order for … Read More
The Holiday Fiber Festival in White River Junction last weekend was a great success! Many thanks to Lois Miller of White River Yarns for picking this up at the last minute and making it happen. Look for this festival to happen again in 2010. It’s an event with a little … Read More
I’m packing up this morning and heading to White River Junction for the Holiday Fiber Festival. This should be a fun three days of all things fiber. There will be vendors, workshops, a spinning room, games, snacks, room to sit and visit while you work on your fiber project. Free … Read More
The festival was held in Rhinebeck, NY last weekend. The weather was a bit cold and it showered on and off most of Sunday. But you can’t discourage serious fiber fanatics from their mission. The crowds were great and we sold a lot of alpaca yarn and roving. If you’re … Read More
We had a nice group of alpaca owners here yesterday for a fiber skirting workshop. Now that I’ve reorganized the fiber barn, I need to spend time out there and finish this year’s skirting. We’ll be shearing again before we know it and there’s be no room for fiber if … Read More
We had a great weekend at the Vermont Sheep & Wool Festival even with the wet weather on Saturday. Everyone seemed to like the new location at Tunbridge Fairgrounds. I believe plans are already in the works for same time and location next year.