Natural fibers (mostly wool), animals, bicycles & serendipity
Those of you who, like me, enjoy books on the order of Clara Parkes' The Knitter's Book of Wool and Sue Blacker's Pure Wool: A Guide to Using Single-Breed Yarns have a new collection to check out: Ann Kingstone's Born … Continued
This follows the previous post and pertains to the reason for my next research area, Shetland sheep and wool, and to the impetus behind the Dreaming of Shetland project (website to come at dreamingofshetland.com). Donna Druchunas sent a link to … Continued
Updated in July 2013 to add a link here as the Dreaming of Shetland website goes live. ___ Ah, time. There just isn't enough of it. If there were, I'd complete a lot more blog posts. I have ten started … Continued
Following my day of learning a few Peruvian knitting techniques, I was fortunate to have a long half-day workshop with Nilda Callañaupa Alvarez on a single weaving technique from her home village of Chinchero. Ñawi awapa means "eye border," and it … Continued
Last weekend I took two textile workshops. This is remarkable. Mine is one of those lives where if I have time for a workshop, I don't have the money to do it; and if I have the money, I don't … Continued
