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Author Archives: Jan
Mushrooms & Walnuts & Goldenrod, Oh My!
I’ve been having a blast experimenting with natural dyes lately. I say experimenting, but actually it’s more like playing really. Having a blast and enjoying everything about it, from the collecting of the plant materials, to the extracting of the color, to the surprise of what colors I get versus what color(s) I expected to [...]
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No longer afraid of the pressure cooker
I’ve spent the last 4 days with my Mom and my sister. We’ve canned 153 jars of Yummy goodness, including this applesauce. After 153 jars and 4 days I can honestly say I no longer fear the pressure cooker.
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Cotton
Cotton. No longer King of the South, but it’s definitely still grown here. I wish I had confidence that this lovely boll would be completely processed here in the U.S. after it’s harvested. Maybe I’ll just stay living in this bubble for a little while longer. Along with the dream that it’ll all be dyed [...]
New projects
We have a road trip coming up this weekend. I don’t know what it is about traveling, but I always feel that a trip deserves a new “portable” project. Anyone else treat travel that way? It certainly isn’t as though I don’t have works in progress that I can take (and I will), but there’s [...]
Organizing
I’m starting to organize my studio…… yet again. Today’s progress was organizing my DPNs (double pointed needles). My Mom gifted me with a planter she received as a gift when I was born. Ironically, I started college as a music/piano major & finished as a horticulture major. The repurposing of the planter & the organization [...]
Spinning Retreat
I’ve been working for several months on pulling together the details for hosting a spinning retreat. This time last year I was a brand new spinner and traveled to the panhandle of Florida for the opportunity to spend the weekend with other spinners. I had a blast, but 10 hours (one way) on the road [...]
Walk, Work, Walk, Repeat
My week in less than a nutshell: Chapter 1: Walk the Dog Go To Work Walk the Dog Sleep Chapter 2: Walk the Dog Go To Work Walk the Dog Sleep Chapter 3: Walk the Dog Go To Work Walk the Dog Sleep Chapter 4 (the one with the exciting story line): Walk the Dog [...]
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A Day on the Farm
Yesterday I got to spend part of the day at Farm Fest at Rising Meadow Farm. I had been to this farm in the spring for sheep shearing day and got an email a couple of weeks ago about their fall festival. There were alpacas visiting from a nearby farm. We got to see someone [...]
A brag on my boy-man-child
OK, so I hope you understand. I can’t resist the opportunity to brag a bit on my boy-man-child. You see, he just started college this fall. That’s not what I’m bragging about, (though we’re mighty proud of how he’s doing). What I’m bragging about is that he had one of his photograph’s accepted into a [...]
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The creative potential of yarn