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I’ll never tell

I’m making Christmas presents (several things, all rather last minute, at least for me), so can’t show or tell any of them, but I’ll let you play a guessing game. Name of the game is: What on Earth is She Doing?

These are all the steps I can give you until after Christmas, but here […]

My first snowblowing, plus dye results

A few weeks ago we had a wet, heavy snow here in Rochester (NY). Lots of it. 15″ reported at the airport. I shoveled for more than 3 hours, and it wasn’t easy. Or fun. I talked to a few people about changing my mind and considering buying a snowblower. A friend suggested I consider […]

Give me your input on color

I have some wonderful yarn from Finger Lakes Yarn I’ll be dyeing very soon. I think I’ll attempt to dye in the colorway of one of the attached images. Wanna give me your input?

Susan Pogue dyed these, and took the great photo. Thanks, Susan!

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Simple pictures are best

About a million years ago when I taught preschool, I remember reading this book to the kids. I was surprised to see that I’d used this same photo back in 2012, and that I’d commented then that I often forget this lesson. Well, I forgot it once again.

Back in August I hand painted […]

Working on towels

I know that I can sell a bunch of towels at the Weavers’ Guild Holiday Sale, so decided that’s what I’d work on next. I warped up the loom with that handpainted cotton shown in my last post and set about weaving. I was hoping that my dye planning worked so that each towel would […]