Butterfly Shawl
14 Jul 2015

Sharing a Passion for Felting

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I just spent three amazing days in a church basement with 11 other women and one fiber art teacher, Jean Gauger. Northeast Fiber Arts sponsored the workshop, providing sustenance midday, and camaraderie. Through Jean’s instruction, a few yards of colorful silk, and a pile of soft merino roving, we each completed a nuno felted shawl. But this class was about … Read More

Turmeric Dyed Sacks
7 Jul 2015

From Spice Cabinet to Dye Pot – Turmeric

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  Turmeric is one of those fun spices to have in your kitchen as it can go from spice cabinet to dye pot! It has been used in India for hundreds of years for both its herbal and medicinal properties. In cooking, turmeric gives curry its yellow coloring, adding a peppery, warm flavor. Curcumin, the main active ingredient in turmeric, has … Read More

Felted Hats
29 Jun 2015

So Many Hats-Part Two: the Felting Process

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Guest post by Anna Goodling.  Yes, we did it again. Yesterday my wonderful and distracting-in-the-best-way Mother and I returned to the fiber studio to felt, when I should have been reading Rene Girard and preparing for summer research back on campus (which starts in little over one week! Eep!). We experimented a bit more boldly this time, creating our own patterns … Read More

Mama's Fedora
24 Jun 2015

So Many Hats | Between Horizons

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~Guest Post by Anna Goodling~ Living on a farm has uncounted benefits–free-range chickens keep the bugs down; there are always cats lolling in the sun, just waiting to be stroked; the sheep are never too far away to go hug. One learns to trust one’s reflexes when it comes to catching the greased lightning that is an escaped pig, and discovers … Read More

Nuno Felted Vest
16 Jun 2015

Nuno Felted Floral Vest

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When I can’t sleep at night….I think about felting projects. This project has been on my mind for several months ~ a nuno felted floral vest. Yesterday, I could not resist the sun was shining through the fiber studio windows. It was calling to me to come and spend the afternoon felting.  I thought I would join Nicole at Frontier … Read More

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