So here I am in a New Zealand summer, feeling the heat and enjoying the sunshine, very much aware of the vast climate difference others are experiencing in the northern hemisphere right now! Just a week or so ago I saw images of people ice skating in the streets of northern Holland, bringing back some very fond memories of playing in the snow and ice during the winters I was there. One of my big pleasures at the time was
Hi Everyone, Now that we are just a wee bit into the New Year, we are hearing about all kinds of diets, cleanses and detoxes. And, I confess, after the partying I did over the holidays, I have been whipping up my fair share of green smoothies too.
As the year is quickly approaching its end, we all reflect upon what the New Year has in store for us. One of the first things I eagerly look forward to is St. Distaff’s day(also known as Rock Day), a holiday for all of us spinners! This special day during Medieval times was the first day after the twelve days of Christmas, the 7th day of January. This marked the time when women would return to work, resuming their household
Dear Fiber Friends, This is the time of year when I start to feel a rebellion against excess! I’m sure it’s a reaction to the holidays and anticipating being cooped up during the winter months. In past years, I’ve been myself through all types of self-designed programs to reduce some of my hoards.
We would like to share a blogpost with you from Natalie Redding this week. The reason being, Natalie is teaching her ‘Redding Method’ dye classes with us as the Master Dyers Certification program here at Fiberygoodness. And even though we are now all the way through to the third level of certification classes, we are still extremely excited by the way these classes are going and the way Natalie is teaching them. This excitement just grows because we KNOW, Natalie
With the release of the recent Pantone Color report and the publication of the September issue of Vogue magazine, we get a peek into some fresh ideas for colors and shapes for Spring 2016. With winter right around the corner, not being a great fan of the cold and snow, I am happy to dream of spring.
As many of you know, selected finished pieces from those of us who have gone on the Journey to the Golden Fleece have been on display at the Bellefont Art Museum in Bellefonte, PA. With our trusty photographer, Sara Norine James, riding shotgun, we headed up for the opening reception a couple of weeks ago. Was it amazing? Oh, yes…truly amazing to see the pieces hung in the gallery. Sara took shot beautiful images for us. So without further ado,
This week we have a new and exciting announcement to make, because once again our little team is expanding! We are super lucky to welcome on board the lovely Claire Des Bruyeres! Claire is now our French Connection, the oo in our la, the croissant with our coffee, our point of contact for all our treasured French speaking students! We are deeply grateful that Claire has made herself available to help us in this way, along with Jan and Evanita!
A couple of weeks ago, I got an email asking if I would be interested in reviewing the Louet Spinzilla 2015 September Fiber Pack which I agreed to do…and then it came…and it was like a little avalanche of fiber! The box contained far more than I expected. This is the fourth fiber pack Louet has designed for Spinzilla 2015. This pack contained 1 lb Wensleydale Top, 1 lb Superwash Merino Top, 1 lb Wool/Mohair Blend and a Gaywool Dye
For the past year, we have been working on organizing a showing of a collection of twenty pieces representing the Journey to the Golden Fleece with the Bellefonte Art Museum. The project of making this happen has been a journey unto itself. Fortunately, I had a warm up project a couple of years ago when I organized the traveling Leather and Lace Challenge Collection with Deb Lambert of Picasso’s Moon. I thought when I had finished with that project, I