There is one opening left for Deep Surface: Pairing Mechanical and Shaped Resist Techniques with Joan Morris. For more information contact saragoodman@valley.net Joan is a fabulous shibori instructor www.dartmouth.edu/~theater/people/morris.html and we are fortunate...
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Yarn order done!
I have been working on a store order for a few weeks now and finally got it done this morning. I had dyed our yarn and then overdyed some skeins with indigo, weighed, checked yardage, got the labels on and took 38 skeins to the shop today. On to handpainting again!
Sing along
200 more bales of hay in the barn, 200 bales of hay. We trucked it back and stacked it up, 200 more bales of hay in the barn!It was a hot evening for putting hay up (isn't it always?) but thanks to Steve and Liza we made pretty quick work of it. We are now within 50...
Introducing
Steve and Liza have moved onto the farm this month...another Antioch connection and wow are we happy to have them with us! They are hard working, cheerful, independent and hearty! Since moving here August 1st they have instinctively accepted the assistant shepherds...
Trinity says…
Well, there may be bugs on some of you mugs but there ain't no bugs on me!She's a smart little ewe...she stays in the dark of the shed when it's buggy and keeps quite comfortable!
Mr. Pasquarelli
I haven't a picture for this post but hopefully I can evoke an image in your mind.We ran an ad in the local newspaper for some of the items that didn't sell at the yardsale. We got a call from a man a few days later about 5PM. I answered the phone and he chimed right...
On the heels of the workshop…
I got back from the Harrisville workshop on Friday late afternoon and Jack and I promptly started setting up for a yardsale here...useful items to be sure but no longer for us. We had a Mosquito Magnet, not useful on 130 acres!, a lawnmower, yard size limer, ATV yard...
My fiber get away
So right smack in the middle of farm improvements and my regular 9-5 job I spontaneously decided to take a workshop with Lynne Vogel of The Twisted Sisters Sock Book. The course was offered through Harrisville Designs http://www.harrisville.com/ and was a 5 day...
Resurfacing
I have had a wild and wooly couple of weeks and apologize for not blogging of late!I have multiple entries coming in the next 24 hours from a workshop I attended with Lynne Vogel of The Twisted Sisters Sock Book, to our new assistant shepherds, Liza and Steve, to the...
The barn that Jack, Kip and Lyle built
Currently set up for our annual Earthues dyeing workshop location this week, this is the barn that Jack, Kip and Lyle built! In the summer of 2001 Lyle, friend and owner of Pat Rawson Construction became a talented building mover for us. He moved 2 buildings to new,...