Autumn is always a busy time for me. Early in September I begin the process of preparing for the GA National Fair in Perry, Ga. It is a big deal for me and I love sitting in my area surrounded by the creativity of thousands of Georgians and talking to the public about Wool and Sheep.

I love showing off my projects from this year, as well as some of my old favorites that stand the test of time because they are made of wool. I have my new hexi-cardi and my Tunisian sampler blanket made from a friend's handspun. Penny Rae was an amazing spinner, knitter, weaver, and more who we lost early this year, but her handspun will now wrap me in a blanket this winter while I knit or crochet or read, and her story will join with the lore of spinners past whenever I tell her story.

I am still working on my various recipes for dyeing black. I did one set during the RenFest and got some good black on cotton fabrics and linen threads. I ran out of logwood, and it is a common dye used in the creation of black. I am loving the blacks, and we will see how I do, maybe by the end of the year. I have a big notebook filled with samples and notes of my summertime dyeing, and may have to buy another one to include the Autumn and Winter Experiments.

My Persicaria indigo did so well, and I tried different ways of preserving the harvest without processing it into the indigo powder. That may come later, but right now, I am having a lot of fun seeing what came before that more involved process. I am seeing the Liberian Origin Story of Indigo come alive for me.......Maybe I will write a version of that for you after the Fair.

I still have my Bast Spinning and Cotton Spinning Kits available for $30.00. If you are interested in either of those, just send me an email, and we can get those sent out to you. Keep working on your own fun projects!

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