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Florida Tropical Weavers in 2013
I have lots of playing to do this summer, with teaching at both the Florida Tropical Weavers conference in March and Fiber Forum in April I am excited to be playing with some of my favorite fibers and techniques to get ready.
At FTWG at Lake Yale in March, I will be teaching an indepth workshop called "The Ply's the Thing". During the class studetns will get to play with both traditional plies and novelty plies to create yarns that can spice up their knitting, crochet or weaving. It always gets me excited when I get to teach a class and when I need to spruce up my samples for the class.
With Kristina photographing my process, I hope to have fabulous photos to include in the handout that help students when they get home and are on their own. Hope to see a lot of old friends in Florida next year!
Georgia RenFest Time Again
Spring is here, although out at the Georgia Renaissance Festival it has been feeling more like summer. I keep reminding myself that summer begins in June, take it slow.
People around me may be tired of hearing me say this, but I love my new doors on the RenFest booth! Since about 2000 we have had to lift off heavy doors from the front the booth each morning to open up and reverse the process each night. Two very heavy windows had to be lowered each day too. As we have sat spinning, many of us have day-dreamed of easy to close doors for the booth. This year, we got them. Lee built them, although he doubted that they would work, and we love them! Easy to open and close each day we smile each time the day begins or ends.
The dyepot has brought great color each day, except for maybe Nancy's cabbage experiment. And I have been spinning the wonderful colors from last year's pots. I really need to not wait a whole year to finish up the yarn, but things get busy around here.
If you are in the area this year, come visit us at the RenFest. We love talking to friends and making new friends. You never know what colors might be bubbling in the dyepots.
I already miss Colorado this year!
June is not here yet and I already feel a little sad that Kristina, Heather, Eric and I are not planning the trip to Estes Park. I think I will have to get my act together and make sure I submit my class proposals for the Wool Market next year. Kristina and I look forward to escapinig the Georgia heat and heading for the mountains. We may have to plan a short escape weekend closer to home this year.
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
Well, my knitting is calling!