Blogging About Communities, Art and Making Connections

Introducing Spindoll Art Yarns

When I started spinning 3 years ago, I was enchanted by the creative spirit of Lexi Boeger, also known as Pluckyfluff.  While I needed to develop my basic skills before attempting her wild and crazy style, she was my spinning hero. In the middle of the night when I couldn’t sleep, I’d read her blog [...]

Luminous Paper at the Folk School

August 2-8 was my debut as a teacher at the John Campbell Folk School, and it couldn’t have been more fun!  We had a class of 5 students making brightly colored silk paper…each an artist in her own right, enthused to learn a new medium, make unique work, and have some laughs in the process.  [...]

MSWF – where the sheep aren’t nervous

I’ve been wanting to go to a fleece and fiber festival since last December when I realized I’ve become a fiber addict.  I made a list of all of the ones I could find on the internet, then read about them on blogs and in magazines.  The Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival sounded like the [...]