Showing posts with label wool. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wool. Show all posts

Monday, November 15, 2010

Lee the Farmer and Fiber Artist


This is my friend Lee at her booth at our local farmers market. She started our local Wool Gatherers fiber art group where we meet to make friends, exchange skills, and ideas, share homemade food and help shepherd each other through life. All of Lee's yarns and handmade craft work come from fiber from her own sheep. She is a farmer and fiber artist
who lives in rural Idaho www.sheepskinsnyarn.com/ I just love her hand knit hats and felted bags, she always amazes me with her wealth of creativity, and depth of knowledge,plus she's a great friend with a sense of humor. Thanks Lee for all you've done for us fiber obsessed women, you're an inspiration. Thanks for letting me make this blog post

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

more from the natural dye workshop


More projects from our knitting group's ongoing natural dye workshop. I made the pumpkin colored Nuno felted scarf. It is made from wool and silk, blended together and I used Madder as a natural dye on it.
We all kept singing that old timey song "Oh dear, what can the matter be", riffing on the word madder. Being in a workshop for four hours can really liberate the imagination!