My Fair Isle
Blog URL http://www.myfairisle.blogspot.com
Located Corner Brook, Newfoundland Canada
Tags art, knitting, spinning, family, parenting, homeschooling
Thoughts about art, knitting, spinning, homeschooling, politics and everything else.
Latest Blog Posts
- Sesshin 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 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 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 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 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 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...
- Yesterday, Today on Nov 1, 2009
The Mirror Ball Suit was a big success - Lucy hated to take it off. One person even recognized it. Finnian finally decided to be a chef, complete with a slightly bloody butcher's knife. Thus costumed, we made our way to Hoboken, NJ, for a party an...
