Okay, Okay... It's been nearly 3 months since I last posted and I promised myself (and a few friends) that I would better my average posting time of every 6 months so here I am posting. It's not that I don't think about it, I just don't seem to get around to it, between dyeing, spinning, knitting, and trying to weave (yes my floor loom at the shop still sits there waiting to be warped...). Life is busy. We all know that feeling of not enough time in the day (or night) to get it all done.
Well, as of this morning "they" have given us another hour of daylight, while robbing us of a precious hour of Sunday morning sleep. In a few days our body clocks will forgive "them" and we won't even realize the time change until they give us our hour back in October.
Much has happened since last post, mainly the Madrona Fiber Arts Winter Retreat! Woo, Hoo. It was a whirlwind 4 days in the marketplace, and what a wonderful market it was. Twice as many vendors this year and major sensory overload for us yarnies and fiberholics. A few of my new spinning friends hit the market for their first time and were quite simply breathless.
For those of you who visitied our booth and helped make the market a great success for us - a sincere thank you on behalf of Judith, Kathryn and myself. Also, if anyone out there took a picture of our booth and would share it, please e-mail me. I forgot to replace the batteries in my camera... (yes, all 4 days I forgot...).
So, for lack of a "booth" picture, I posted one of my felt pieces (which also hung in the booth). The inspiration was a Winslow Homer painting. I used local Romney wool as the canvas, other wools, silk, and mohair to create my felted interpretation of Homer's beautiful painting. The felt wall hanging now resides in the home of Jan M. who lives in Alaska.
The weather is warming up so this week should be spent dyeing more fiber (and yarn) in preparation of the Whidbey Spin-In the first weekend of April. Hope to see many of you there!
