Anne Field is a New Zealand-based fiber person who is known around the world, thanks to books she’s authored including The Ashford Book of Spinning, The Ashford Book of Four Shaft Weaving, and Spinning Wool Beyond the Basics. Coming in the spring are two new books, one for weavers called Collapse Weave and one for...

It’s official. I survived! What a week! A bit exhausting so close on the heels of the Washington weaving trip (more on it in my next post), but very, very cool. Being accepted to teach at SOAR was an honor and a goal met. I remember leaving SOAR in 2000, my very first one, knowing...

Once upon a time a long time ago . . . I saw an incredible pair of mittens on the Victoria & Albert museum website. They were, as I remember, natural colored with a poem written from the cuff of one mitten to the tip of the other mitten in red wool. Very fine gauge,...

I am very please to say that this year we raised $1288 via the Fiber Art Show, which brings the total amount contributed to the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center in our 3 years to just over $4,000. A really nice amount for a little event like ours. The next Art Show will be...

  The last time SOAR (Spin Off Autumn Retreat) was in Michigan I met Deb Menz (author of Color in Spinning and ColorWorks) and decided that I wanted to have her come teach at the shop. Shortly thereafter I booked her for 2007 – 4 or 5 years in the future. I remember thinking that...