Tuesday, May 10, 2011

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Kardflor till salu.
Batts for sale

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Mycket har hänt sedan senaste bloggen. Nu i helgen var det Shepherd's Harvest, ull och får fest i Lake Elmo. Jag hade ett bås med Renee och John, ull i alla former och vackra sländor kunde man köpa i vårt bås. Det var kul och intensivt med mycket visning och utlärning av spinning. Sålde en hel del ull också.

A lot has happend since last time I blogged. Last weekend was Shepherd's Harvest, sheep and wool festival at Lake Elmo fairgrounds. I shared a booth with Renee and John, selling wool in many shapes and forms and John's beautiful spindles. Fun and intensive weekend with demonstrating and teaching spinning. Managed to sell a fair amount of wool as well.

Saturday, March 19, 2011

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Angora Goat from Barb Mainqvist's farm

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Update

Last week, Flickorna Fem http://FlickornaFem.com/, the quintet I belong to, performed at Shorview Library. A small, but very interactive audience. It was really fun, got to translate some old letter from Sweden, written to this woman's grandmother.

More work with wool and dyes. Also, painting on silk scarfs, fun and different. Took some photos of that yesterday. I didn't think we had any wind until I hang the scarfs up on the line outside, it was hard to get a good photo, they were moving so much in the light breeze.

Spun up one of the handpainted rovings and have started to knit a neck warmer. Pictures of that later.

I förra veckan så framträdde Flickorna Fem på ett bibliotek i Shoreview. Det var väldigt kul, en liten publik, men väldigt aktiv, det gör det alltid roligare att framträda. En kvinna hade med sig brev från Sverige som var skrivna till hennes farmor som jag fick översätta. Alltid kul att höra historierna som folk har.

Mer jobb med att färga garn och ull. Har också experimenterat med att måla silkeshalsdukar. Jättekul. Tog bilder ute i går och tänkte inte att det blåste, tills jag hängde upp dessa tunna halsdukar. Oj vad dom fladdrade i vinden, det var svårt att få till en bild.

Spann en av mina färgade ullbitar och har börjat sticka en halsvärmare. Bilder av det när jag har kommit en bit på väg.

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Flickorna Fem at Shorview Library performing Swedish songs
Flickorna Fem framträdande på Shoreview Bibliotek

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More handspun yarn, thick and fluffy, spun for nålbinding
Mer handspunnet garn, tjockt och fluffigt, spunnet för nålbindning