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I have been spinning and knitting this fun fibre project for the past six or seven weeks, relatively quick by my standards. I created it for the Five Counties Guild Challenge, which will be displayed Sept. 21 at an annual conference of five spinners and weavers guilds in Burlington, Ont ( Read more... )

Fibre fans might be interested to read the story of this lace shawl on my nature blog:

An exotic pigeon inspired this handspun, knitted shawl


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Last time I was here I wanted to return soon, but it has taken us more than three years to arrange another visit to Easton Mountain. Our purpose is to attend the Adirondack Fibre Festival in nearby Greenwich NY. I was so wound up leaving work yesterday that I forgot my glasses, then left my headlights on in the supermarket parking lot and had to ( Read more... )

Waterloo County Knitters' Fair has become an annual event for Danny and me. We went yesterday. It's not exactly the most relaxing way to spent a September Saturday, but we both brought home some pretty-pretties. I acquired the makings for a cuff-to-cuff cardigan, including four skeins of a hand-dyed 100% superwash merino from Voila Fibers in a ( Read more... )

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It was a rough ten days of intense and ongoing anxiety, but Friday evening I came up for air and changed plans to allow some me time, including dishes and laundry then hanging out and playing Civ-III. When the dishes keep getting done, it's a healthy indicator I'm looking after myself better.

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