The heat wave continues. It’s 6pm and still 102 degrees. Wicked hot. The interesting thing is that this heat means anything wet will dry quickly. Yep that makes it a good day to dye. So here are a few skeins of the Oklahoma Fiber that will be available at the Cherry Street Farmers Market this…
DetailsIvar gaJsHost = ((“https:” == document.location.protocol) ? “https://ssl.” : “http://www.”);document.write(unescape(“%3Cscript src=’” + gaJsHost + “google-analytics.com/ga.js’ type=’text/javascript’%3E%3C/script%3E”)); var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker(“UA-xxxxxx-x”);pageTracker._trackPageviewIndiana was beautiful, lush and green. We passed cornfield after cornfield on our fourteen hour drive to Nappanee. We left a heat wave of 106, and the mid-80’s of Indiana were a relief. There is a…
DetailsWe’ll be leaving the farm early tomorrow morning for the Amish Acres festival in Nappanee, Indiana. (I like the word Nappanee, it’s fun to write and fun to say.) The van is stocked with lavender goods and a bucket load full of yarn to sell! The forecast is for temps in the mid 80’s, which…
DetailsAfter ten days of horrible coughing and next-to-no sleep I’m finally on the mend. In my journal I’ve taken to calling this the “asthma attack aftermath”. There isn’t much written for those of us suffering with adult onset asthma but the first of the three books I ordered has arrived. Several kind friends in the…
DetailsI fight being sick with everything I’ve got, but I have to finally admit – I’m sick. Last Wednesday it began with difficulty breathing, a little asthma, and my voice was horse. I didn’t feel bad, just not great. By Saturday I was coughing and my voice was quite horse even at a whisper. It’s…
DetailsThere was a buzzz at market yesterday morning. The word spread pretty quick that Claudia of Vine & Branch was in attendance. The market bell (actually it’s a triangle) rings at 7am and I was fourth in line to get my two bags of grapes. Claudia said next week she’ll have more but it no…
DetailsSummer in Oklahoma can be brutal. The heat and the humidity are taking the toll on many of our farmer friends. While our field has already been harvested, Chris is working each morning (while the temps are slightly lower) to maintain or reclaim parts of the field, in the afternoon he’s been tackling paperwork or…
DetailsI thought since the Emily Dickinson shawl is garter stitch that it’d be a good time to learn to knit Continental. The fastest knitters are usually knitting Continental style. Like Mariam Tegels, she’s in the Guinness Book of World Records. I’m a Thrower, not a Picker – which is what Continental knitters are called.…
DetailsAs you can tell, I’m really having fun in the studio lately. But dyeing yarn is also an incredible creative process for me. It allows me to bring the joy of color from the natural world into the fiber world. It’s also work – picking through fleeces and removing cockle burs and other vegetable matter,…
DetailsI’ve made it past the edging chart and am at the beginning of a long serious of garter stitch, but I love how the Emily Dickinson pattern is knitting up in the silk. The beads don’t show up well in this quick-n-dirty photo but in person they catch just the right amount of light. The…
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