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Visitors & Weekend Scenes

January 11, 2010 | 4 Comments

Lazy greetings. Cilantro, Teaberry & friends at afternoon nap. Winter feedings: gold finch and sparrow. Buster, nattily dressed in my purple sweater – minus sleeves (sacrificed for lambie sweaters last spring!). I'll leave off with some scenes from and a few words about my St. Distaff's Day gathering on Saturday. I so looked forward to this coming together of a handful of die-hard, local fiberists who I knew would be here regardless of weather. On my iphone calendar I had written the word "FUN" starting at 4:30 after evening chores. And it was. Cozy. Great friends. Scads of fiber. And
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St. Distaff”s Day

January 7, 2010 | 3 Comments

Wishing a happy St. Distaff's Day to all spinners (and non-spinners as well). Traditionally January 7th was the day for spinners to take up their distaffs (spindles) once again, after the twelve days of Christmas. Historically the guys, who evidently were not in a huge hurry to return to their work, used this day as an excuse to harass the girls, setting fire to their flax and such. The girls doused them with buckets of water in retaliation. On Saturday I'll be celebrating the day (minus the fires and water dousing) here at the studio with a handful of
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