Fleece Love and Happiness

 So much for my "slow clothes" idea.  This knitted up fast.  I started on Monday and was done by Friday. I used a pattern called ...

 I wanted to take the Lichen Dyeing class at Madrona, but I didn't get in. The class filled up in less that 45 minutes and I couldn'...

Yesterday I attended the St. Distaff's Day Spin In, an event that made the news... http://www.king5.com/video/featured-videos/Hundreds...

 I've been thinking about the concept of "slow clothes".  Us knitters and spinners have been making slow clothes all along---d...

Vintage fabric, with a twist spun into it... Cotton warp, hand spun yarn, leather, wool fabric, silk sari-scrap yarn, cotton fabric strips....

 Although I haven't been blogging, I have been busy knitting.  First I made the Basket Weave Cowl out of a two ply hand spun.  Digging ...

Who's Finian and why does he stink?  Finian is that little Shetland in the photo.  I bought his fleece last summer.  I washed it with re...