Colorful Yarn!

Rollogs made on the drum carder. 

Ready to be spun!

Spun and plyed, the yarn looks like this

Black Sheep Gathering

Vendors galore!!

Abstract Fiber, my personal favorite!

Ultimate portable "Pocket Wheel"

Lots of beautiful fiber rich animals

Grand Champion Winner!

Open Air Felting!

Wild and Woolly wall hanging workshop in Jullian

Wild and Wooly Wall Hanging

I will be teaching this workshop on May 4, at the Fiber Dance Festival in Jullian.  

It's a wonderful free form design, using raw fleece as a base.

A Wall of Plied Handspun

Going Batty!

Art Batts

My Strauch Mad Batt'r is my new best friend!

Chunky, glitzy bits to card into the wool.
The Mad Batt'r takes it all!

Squiggles and Circles in the Raw

Nuno Felt Detail

  

Meandering Vines

I love the lines of wool that meander the length of this piece.

The soft and lofty stage is my favorite.

You can see the dry lay out progressing through these photos.

Though not pictured, the piece has been rolled, and is well felted.

Now it just needs fulling.

Later I will post the completed shawl.

Creating Nuno Felt

Wire and Wool

The endless possibilities of felt!

Studio Open House

Yesterday, guests were greeted with a colorful display of Nuno Felt shawls soaking up the morning light outside the studio. The first, of what I hope will be many, studio sales of felting supplies went very well. Cotton scrim and hand painted roving were the hits of the day.

Many delicious hanks of wool and wool and silk color blends

found new and loving homes.

I took the opportunity to show off some of my latest boxed soaps.

Isn't She Lovely?

This is my brand new, well brand new to me anyway, drum carder. Now I need to learn all about making batts. If any of you have tips, tricks, instructions, books to recommend, an accessory I simply must have , and/or any other suggestions to benefit a novice carder, they would be most welcome.

She is a Fricke, now made by Strauch.

Cob Web Scarf

The lacy, silky quality of the Wenslydale wool makes a luxurious wrap.