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- Sesshin by My Fair Isle on Nov 15, 2009
This coming week I will be up at the Zen Mountain Monastery for sesshin. I will be back next Sunday afternoon.See you then!
- Hungry For More by My Fair Isle on Nov 11, 2009
Some may know that my brother-in-law, David (yes, that David with the new Ph.D and new sweater) and I are working, very slowly, on a film about grinders. It started as kind of a joke playing off the fact that I have a video camera and am not afraid t...
- Winnipeg or Saskatchewan or Where Ever You Are by My Fair Isle on Nov 9, 2009
I have put my money where my mouth is and booked an RV for five weeks in late May/June 2010. We will head north and then west and finish the travel part of Knitting Sprawl. After our fall travels, I found the expense of hotels and meals were so gre...
- Bumper Crop by My Fair Isle on Nov 8, 2009
While Gillams may be under snow about now, here in Sunnyside we had a glorious day of sunshine and warmth. I took advantage of this to harvest our jerusalem artichoke crop. Why do you have a jerusalem artichoke crop, you may ask. Truthfully, I nev...
- Colour by My Fair Isle on Nov 4, 2009
Some of the results of the dyeing workshop:Black walnut on merino yarn, I used yarn that had been mordanted with alum but I know I didn't have to use any mordant since the tannins in the walnut are enough. I am not a huge fan of brown, but this one...
- Context is Everything by My Fair Isle on Nov 2, 2009
Wave Hill was alive with colour yesterday. Although the skies were grey, the landscape was beautiful and it served as a lovely backdrop to our experiments with colour from the dye pots. A small group that came by for the workshop/demo but, to me, i...
