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Wow! Is it 2012 already?
The Busy Fall turned into a busy Holiday Season, and pretty soon I was busy knitting hats and other Christmas Presents. We got through all the acitivities, and now I am looking forward to the new year.
I am knitting special projects, going through my stash of yarn that I have knit over the years and going to work on some projects with this yarn. I am giving a few exciting programs for different groups and teaching one of my favorite mini workshops in February at the Peachtree Handspinners Guild. "Variations on a Draw" started as one of my staple workshops back in the 1980's when our guild first present "Plying the Arts" - a weekend of local members teaching workshops for our membership. It is a fun morning of learning about how the combination of your wheel, fiber and drafting method creates different yarns and how changing something in that mix can put the control into your hands.
In March I am presenting a program on "Irish Crochet" to the Magnolia Sampler Guild that meets in Cobb County. I am having a lot of fun doing the research for this program and also doing the research and experimentation for the Peachtree Program in August on "Tunisian Crochet". I guess this year I will be trying methods that I haven't tried in several years.
The Spring will be full with the Renaissance Festival, and hopefully I will going down to Middle Georgia for a day at the JugFest in Crawford County again - I will keep you updated on that.
I am attending the Smoky Mountain Fiber Festival in Townsend, TN in March; and am looking forward to seeing a new festival.
A lot more on my plate - or at least in the planning. so keep checking.
Textile History: A Timeline
Update: I am working on this new revised version - hopefully to be available by Spring this year! If I make a deadline, I am more likely to complete it!
Just when I think I might just let a book go by the wayside, I get a wonderful email that makes my day. My little book, TEXTILE HISTORY, is in need of updating and I thought I might just let it go. I am always finding new facts that I want to add to it whenever I prepare for another class or am researching some facet of spinning or dyeing. I am a collector of facts.....I enjoy finding those facts and sharing them with people.
Anyway, I got an email from author, Anne Sheldon of Maryland. She has just published a collection of poems and short fiction inspired by the women who spin, weave and knit. The stories reflect the myths, legends and stories of textiles. The book is called, THE BONE SPINDLE, and is published by Aqueduct Press of Seattle, WA. One of the poems, "The Art of Fiber", states: "with thanks to Paula Vester's Textile History: A Timeline".
The whole book is charming and a joy to read. For years I thought I might write a collection of legends like my fairy tale book, but I think now I don't have to...this one has done it!
Check out Aqueduct at www.aqueductpress.com
Teaching at Fiber Forum 2013
I am excited because I get to go to Gatlinburg in 2013! I will be teaching a spinning class "Spinning 2.0: Let's See What Else There Is To Spin". It will include flax, ramie, hemp some exciting blends of bamboo and some of the wonderful other regenerated and manufactured fibers that are on the market. I am having a great time just getting ready for this class.
I am a little sad that I may not be going back to Colorado this year, but maybe the Wool Market will ask me back and I can plan some fun classes for them again. I really do love that place! And the Market is fun.
Well, my knitting is calling!