A fact of life, if you live in a rather remote area and want to keep up with friends and family, is that you have to make journeys outward to see people. Last weekend I went over to the coast for 2 nights, on my own since Rick had been over earlier that week to pick up lumber for some jobs and do some things with his mom and sister.
On Saturday I was invited to come for lunch and “show and tell” at a 5-day weaving workshop I usually would have attended – just couldn’t pull it off this year with everything else that has been going on. It is taught by the wonderful Judith MacKenzie and they were doing some very fun projects this year, including a collapse weave scarf.
The group had gotten together and put together a surprise gift for Judith – gardening tools for her to use at her new home out near Forks, WA:
Judith always has some dyepots going at this event. Here is fiber turning blue as it comes out of an indigo bath and encounters oxygen:
Judith will be teaching some workshops out in the Forks & LaPush areas in the coming year. They don’t seem to have a website yet but you can email northcoastfiber AT centurytel DOT net for more information. Or click the thumbnails below for the full size image of her workshop brochure (2010 through Spring 2011).
On Sunday I spent time with my knitting friends. The fineness of the day tempted some of the knitters to stay home and work in their gardens, so we were a small but happy group:
Here is the divine Miss Z’s just-finished sweater with ribbon trim:
Tomorrow we take off for southern Oregon to visit friends and family, ending up at Lake Quinalt on the Olympic Peninsula for a couple of nights at the end of the week. I’ll try to report from the road, but we’ll see….
Twisp of Fate 
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