Prudence Mapstone

www.knotjustknitting.com

It has been a while since I perused her site and it is well worth a look. I took her workshop on Bowen Island, more than 5 years ago and still today it influences my work.....a very very creative woman....

wishing Janna a wonderful adventure

Yesterday I braved downtown Vancouver again in the mega-van....I was lucky enough to purchase the last of Janna's stash before she leaves for Montreal to finish her degree at Concordia University. I now have some more dyes so friday will be a dye day....more tie dyes for sunday.....and tommorow we will be at Granville Market doing felting demos and selling stuff at Crafthouse.
I am also planning on taking advantage of being near maiwa while there are will pick up some indigo and cocheneal to dye the organic cotton stuff I am making.....great plans.
I am loving this whole knitting machine experience and will post some pic later, maybe even a video.

another manic monday

Yesterday Tamara and I did the whistler farmers market again.....It was a very good day although the weather was cold and windy......Our little friend Talulah helped us spin and weave all day in her poodle costume.....she had some very sage advice for Tamara about conquering her fears and going on the zip-line.....probably not going to happen. We had a lovely dinner with JP after the market....nothing like prime rib after a hard day at the market!
We are heading in to Vancouver this morning for supplies.....new t shirts and some organic cotton from dressew for these baby hats I have in my head.....thinking of making them first and then overdyeing in indigo and cocheneal.....might even weave a baby blanket or two....who knows.
I love the buzyness of the summer season.....lots to make, lots to do!!

I spent the day washing all the fleece from Maplewood Farm, its all done and out in racks in the rain to dry. I am dyeing small batches in the kitchen....I cant wait to get this carded......great plans.

Maplewood Farm

I dont miss much from my prior life, but, I do miss hanging out in a barn. Yesterday some of us from the textile program did a demo-thing at Maplewood Farm in North Van. Natalie arranged felting in plastic bags for the wee ones and it was a huge success....Tamara and Serine carded their little hearts out, Amanda spent the whole day showing toddlers how to felt....I spun.
We had a blast and we were gifted some lovely fleece for our efforts.

A walk on the dikes

It was a perfect day for walking the dike, cool but no rain. The sky was so awesome, lots of Eleanor's middle value greys.....
On the home front, I still have the school loom so I tied on a siene twine warp I found in the shed and am weaving some rugs with rug yarn I also found......wonder if I will have them done for Saturday?

Sheep to Shawl Competition

Today was the sheep to shawl competition at Surrey Museum, there were 4 groups including ours which consisted of some alumni,second years and first year students. We had to hand card, spin and weave a shawl from start to finish in 4 hours. The day started on the trip in with Sol being bonked on the head with a bucket of carders but she was a real trooper and just kept smiling.....We all had a great time and I think the shawl turned out really nicely.