It’s well into the afternoon, and I think I’m finally over my hangover headache. We may or may not have attended an excellent cinco de mayo party last night at which Jared proved that the ice crusher he got at a yard sale is totally worth the real estate it takes up on my shelf. … More Fleecy Farmy Friends
Around 1:30 today, we finally made it back to the show for our non-working day, and we blitzed through the festival in fine style. I learned a ton of things just wandering around the big sheep barn with the guys, so I shall share some of them with you. I learned that you can tell … More Sheep & Wool 2010 Day 2: Shopping! Sheep! Sheep shopping?
I am so tired. and I need a shower. So badly. but because I love you, my bloglings, I will write a post for you with the awesomeness and stupendous insanity that was today, at day one of Sheep & Wool 2010. I got the the fest around 8:10, and so my mummy doesn’t kill … More Sheep & Wool 2010 Day 1: Retail! Spinning Children!
I hope you know what tomorrow is. It is the day of all wooly reckoning. It is… MARYLAND SHEEP & WOOL 2010
What is it about a place that gets under your skin? I wanted to mediate on this, so before we started packing all of our crap, I spent some time taking pictures of our home, while it still felt like home. It was really hard letting go of this place. This is the longest time … More Closure
We’d more or less decided to go to Trinity over Gordon-Conwell (pending acceptance, of course), until we looked over our receipts from last week’s trip and discovered a crucial fact. Apparently, Massachusetts does not tax yarn purchases. FINALLY, a state that UNDERSTANDS that yarn is just as rudimentary an essential as, say, milk! or broccoli! … More Deal Changers
Dear Evenstar: We’ve been having such a lovely time together that I really feel obligated to offer you an explanation for my complete abandonment over the past few days. You’d think, after being so exclusively devoted to you, that I could wait a few measly days in between finishing your fifth clue and waiting for … More Sordid Confessions
Hidden among the hills and fields of central Massachusetts… Is a magical place for you and me. It is called WEBS. (I do not know why it is capitalized. I don’t think it stands for anything. Maybe because they have a big WEBSite.) WEBS is, I think, the biggest yarn store in the states. At … More Yarn Sale Gauntlet of Dooooooom!
How to wash a fleece, if you are me. 1. Lay out your nice fleece on your deck. A fleece, if properly shorn from the sheep, will come off in one big piece, which it will handily stay in until messed with. 2. Realize your deck is filthy. Sweep it. 3. Realize you have no … More My own worst enemy
Just to give you a little view of what last night’s crazy day of work. Can you spot anything unusual? Well, unusual for a normal person, I mean. Friday night, after we got our keys, we brought a few things in – one of them the suitcases with all my knitting books, sock yarn, and … More How we make ourselves at home
Osborn Fiber Studio 