I can’t believe I have been back from Orcas Island for a week already. While I was gone, Rick reported that the new cats were getting along well and playing a lot. They seem to be firm friends by now: Spinning camp, or fiber retreat, was a lot of fun as always. The theme was [...]
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Mister and His Sister
Posted in pets, spinning on March 5, 2012 | 1 Comment »
December doings
Posted in Methow Valley, spinning, weaving on December 4, 2011 | 3 Comments »
It’s been clear and cold here, with no change in sight for next week. We still have snow but it is getting to be an icy, crusty affair. It’s beautiful – but we’re getting anxious about lack of new snow for skiing and snowshoeing! Meanwhile, since returning from Seattle at Thanksgiving, I finished up 3 [...]
So Tempting
Posted in spinning on July 19, 2011 | 3 Comments »
I have been spinning more lately, and this led to a flurry of drum-carding activity the last week or so. The carder had fallen silent and forlorn for quite some time, so it was nice to get drawn back into it. It all started when I spun up 4 oz. of a prepared batt from [...]
Orcas spinning camp
Posted in dyeing, spinning on March 4, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I spent last week up on Orcas Island at “spinning camp” with Judith MacKenzie – my 4th time at this event (I missed 2009). This year’s theme was “Bringing Color into Your Spinning”. They were set up to do a lot of dyeing outdoors (always a bit iffy in February in NW Washington). Then it [...]
A Tale of Two Spinners
Posted in spinning on November 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
First of all, I have my new camera and am back in action in the picture-taking department. It is a Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS7, and as usual I did my research on the Digital Camera Resource Page website. I have always found his in-depth reviews to be very helpful. Read the review of my specific camera [...]
Off to Orcas
Posted in spinning, travel on February 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’m taking off today for the spinning workshop/retreat up on Orcas Island. I have been to this event a couple of times in years past, but skipped last year. It is organized by two women who live on Guemes Island, just off the coast from Anacortes. Our instructor is the wonderful Judith MacKenzie, a master [...]
Early Spring
Posted in Methow Valley, spinning on February 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been kind of gray and misty around here lately, the snow is melting, the roads are clear, ground is beginning to show – in other words, it is more like March in the Methow, than early February! Thank you, El Nino… while east coast and midwest seem to be reeling under heavy snows, we [...]
Spinning Day
Posted in knitting, spinning on January 29, 2010 | 3 Comments »
We had a good turnout yesterday at Methow Valley Spinners and Weavers, for our 4th Thursday “focus on spinning” day. Somehow we had kind of fallen out of the habit of making this 4th meeting of the month truly about spinning, so it was heartening to see all the wheels in motion and a lively [...]
Wet but still White
Posted in knitting, outdoors, spinning on January 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Greetings from the soggy Methow Valley. We have had a steady supply of precipitation – if only it would stay about 5 degrees colder… then it would stay as snow. At least we got a nice 3-4″ over Saturday night, and some of it is still on the ground, but the roads are once again [...]
Resolutions
Posted in home life, spinning on January 9, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I didn’t make any specific New Year’s resolutions, yet the past two weeks have seen us finishing things up, organizing, taking care of things long postponed, and the like. Not much of this activity was picture-worthy, and so I tended not to post on the blog. But we are here and busy! I started teaching [...]
