Arlene: I thought I knew Wool Wench pretty well. Afterall, week in and week out, hours of Skype sessions, uncountable emails…and then, accidently, I found out that while I love Thick & Thin yarns, Wool Wench isn’t a fan. What?!?!?
Big Batch of Site Updates!
It sure has been exciting here this week! Since we all have so much going on in our lives, we thought we’d do a little recap on the blog in case you missed any of the happenings. The biggest news
On Making Things for Others
Suzy warned me about writing this post. She tells me it is going to stir up controversy! But, this is what has been on my mind lately…if you read all the way to the end, I will tell you why…hehehe…
Featured Color: Brown
If I am asked what my favorite color is, I used to answer “green”…now I would probably answer “pink”. But, never has it occurred to me to answer “brown” nor has brown even come in as second, third or fourth
Featured Color: White
Welcome to our new semi-regular series of posts on Color! Because color is so fundamental to what we do as fiber artists, Suzy and I will be tackling color one color at a time. Living in a part of the
Mrs. Mills Be Gone!
When I was in third grade, we were to learn how to write using cursive handwriting. At the beginning of the year, my teacher, Mrs. Mills, put up a board with many ink pens on it in all different colors.
Fiber Preparation is EVERYTHING
As a beginner spinner, I remember fiber being, well, just fiber. And, there were all of these strange terms such as “batt”, “rolag”, and “combed top”. It was confusing…remember, I wasn’t a natural with my wheel and to make matters
Into the Fire…
Arlene, here. Suzy and I take turns writing these posts and this week it was my turn…and this week, we decided we would focus on keeping a journal. This is rather ironic to me because my relationship to keeping a
Gathering Things
In just a few short days, we embark! In last week’s newsletter, we talked about some pre-course homework to help you get warmed up for what is to come. That assignment was to collect five images each of that make