Last week, I was fortunate to teach a class on various ways to spin hand-dyed braids for the Kansas Alliance of Weavers and Spinners (KAWS) 2017 conference in Lawrence, Kansas. In preparing for the class, I pulled together a number of resources and added some of my own experiences and experiments into the mix. I got together with my friend … Continue reading →
I decided a while back that every 35 years or so, a person deserves a new spinning wheel… so when a bit of a windfall came along, I took the leap! My criteria: I love a traditional look, it couldn’t be too big, and it needed to offer something besides what I already had in my old faithful Country Craftsman. … Continue reading →
One day not too long ago, my older daughter asked if I wanted some buffalo wool…?!? Of course, I answered YES before I bothered asking for any more information, but then I wanted to know how she was able to get it for me! As it turns out, she happened to be on FaceBook at just the moment that a … Continue reading →
Perhaps you have heard of the “slow food” movement, which began as an effort to counteract “fast food”, which in many ways is symbolic of the modern lifestyle. Norway’s NRK television network appears to be taking this idea into another arena: broadcast television. “Slow TV” is a fairly recent (and regionally limited) phenomenon that seems to be taking that country … Continue reading →
