News & Notes From FGF
sometimes I get wild ideas
So, dear reader, you already know that all the yarn shops are closed. The restaurants are closed. The fiber festivals are closed and going virtual. There aren't any sports. And our homes are now our offices and schools. I always do a special colorway for large...
virtual fiber festivals
Have you heard? At least the Spring and Summer festivals and tours will be a virtual experience. This is a whole new world for vendors, festival organizers and you, the public. There have been a couple of these so far. And it is really a learning experience. This is...
what’s happening on the farm
As we start WEEK 5!! of the stay at home orders...quarantine. I'm not sure what to really call it. It's not a lock down, it's mostly voluntary, right? We can still get in our cars and go to the store. I hear that people are just wandering around Home Depot and grocery...
question answered: how did I get myself into this
I was asked this question on Instagram and I promised to answer it. So here goes... I'm not from a farming family at all. But really my maternal grandfather was a citrus rancher around the time of the Depression. And my paternal grandfather was a subsistence farmer in...
books I’m reading: True Colors
I don't really know how I found this book. I bought it for myself and added it to the mastery books I plan to read this year. This book is fun to dip into. You don't need to read from front to back. Each "chapter" is devoted to a master dyer. There are indigo dyers...
widn *what I’m doing now*
So life is not normal and will probably never be normal. We, individually and as a society will be permanently changed by the social distancing, the fear of the virus and the uncertainty about how long this will be and will we be safe or will we be sick.... January...
working on new online dye workshop
Hey, due to these stay at home orders, I'm taking my really popular dye workshop into the cybersphere. I'm working on a 4 week workshop that will lead you to dyeing the yarn that you envision. We'll go from inspiration to finished product. Are you interested in being...
WIP Wednesday
Well, I think we all have a lot of time to knit. Even if you are working from home, you can now knit through those meetings because they are conference calls and no one can see you. I don't know about you, but I've been changing from night pajamas to day pajamas. It's...
reinventing: pivot to distancing
So we are starting week 3 of self quarantine/social distancing and it is weird. It has turned our home upside down. While I spend my time at home, working in my studio. Having DH home all the time changes my way of life. I now have to make more meals. I feel like I...
FO Friday–Shawl Edition
So here is a snapshot of the shawls that I have knit in the last few years. I know it's not a lot. But you also know that I'm the slowest knitter in the world and maybe in the universe. Shawls that I've actually knit in the last couple of years. All of these are...
