Myths. Legends. Stories and fairy tales. We grew up with them, we read them to our kids, they entertain us and transport us to different and magical times and places. But you know, I don’t think thats all there is to it. If we go back a very long time, a really really long time, before we had the computers and the interweb, before we had books, before we had written words.. these stories were more than just a moments
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 place. In fact, I have never known anyone to say their favorite color is brown. Surely those folks exist, but I am not aware of them — although certainly someone reading this will claim brown as theirs. While brown has
Its Friday, and I hope you are all looking forward to a weekend of much fibery goodness! For myself (Suzy), I would be pretty happy with a day off and some extra time to spend with my fiber and dye stashes. In the meantime though, there are preparations to make, websites to be updated, information to be sent out and fiber kits to be assembled, because… dahdahdahhhh.. we are nearly ready to reopen enrollments for the next Journey to the
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 world that is experiencing winter right now, complete with more snow that usual, I’m very inspired to start this series with white. I drive through the countryside to go to work five days a week. Often, the ride is very
This week we are anticipating the release of Module 2 in our Golden Fleece Fiber Creativity course (scheduled for 6 January). We have seen some wonderful yarns coming in as a result of Module One, as people have worked through the materials. So I thought this week was a great time to highlight one of the features on our FiberyGoodness.com website – the Gallery! We are thrilled to see it filling up with some truly amazing, thoughtful, stunning, and creative
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. When our cursive handwriting was deemed “good enough”, we earned the pen of our choice. So, the faster you were “good enough”, the more likely you were to get your choice of pens. And, you could graduate from writing with
We are thrilled to see that many course participants now have their Golden Fleece Circular Looms in their hands and are already beginning with the fun that is weaving in circles! If you haven’t yet received yours and are expecting it, don’t worry, its not long to wait now. One of the reasons we love these looms so much, and also Majacraft who produces them, is that each and every one of these has had so much personal care and attention, first
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 worse, I wanted to cling to the idea that any fiber would do! But, slowly my understanding regarding fibery-related matters started to become clearer. I learned about staple length. I watched old dvd’s from master spinners like Rita Buchanan. The
We really did it! You, Arlene, me, here we all are, several weeks into our journey already! I know that there are people at all stages of progress at the moment (and this is just as it should be), with some just beginning to consider their yarn and the design elements they want to include, and others who have already processed, planned, and created their yarns. It is a wonderful experience for us to see the yarn images being posted
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 journal has a checkered past. I started keeping journals a long time ago — at least thirty years ago when I was in my teens and then twenties. I love paper, tablets, and pens like most of us so