May and June are prime fiber festival season (along with October). Seems like every weekend there is a fiber related event. This past weekend (May 25-26) was the Middle Tennessee Fiber Festival, in it's 6th year, at the Dickson Fairgrounds in Dickson, TN.This year I decided to focus completely on spinning and take 2 full… Continue reading So many festivals, so little time

One week ago, I was discharged from the company I had been employed by for 19 years. Our department was eliminated due to a new 'delivery model' being implemented in IT. Well, howdy, welcome back from vacation!I could tell you exactly what I think of this and how it makes me feel...but I won't. Instead… Continue reading Old Dog, REALLY new tricks!

For our 30th wedding anniversary year, my husband and I decided to take a special vacation.Neither of us had ever visited San Francisco and since we loved our trip to South Lake Tahoe a few years back, decided that a trip to Napa, CA would afford us the quiet, countryside we love with the opportunity… Continue reading A Wine and Fiber Adventure

I seemed to have misplaced my knitting mojo. It was here just a few days ago but now I can't find it.It started a few weeks ago when I grabbed some Aslan Trends Santa Fe I had bought in Lake Tahoe a few years back. I started a pair of socks but the pattern selected… Continue reading Has anyone seen my knitting mojo?

I find myself in a quandary. I love to spin, no doubt about that. I love to knit, everyone who knows me knows that. So why can't I find anything interesting to do with my handspun? My yardage ranges from 150 yds (or less) to about 300. I do have some 600-800 hanks when I've been… Continue reading I wish all my problems were this simple

I'd like to take a short break from my usual fiber-related blog to talk to you about a cause I am passionate about -- I hope you will take the time to read this -- the fiber will be back soon, I promise.My dear friend, Peggy, has Usher's Syndrome, a disease which is slow eroding… Continue reading 2012 Vision Walk

I seem to be spending more time, lately, working and traveling for work, and less time on the things I love, like spinning. My knitting doesn't suffer by this schedule as there are long evenings in hotel rooms, long rides in the car, and long-winded conference calls, all conducive to getting a lot of knitting… Continue reading When life gives you lemons…

Technology is a not only my professional but a personal passion of mine. I am a gadget geek. I own an iPad, iPod, iPhone, digital camera (2), digital video camera (2), laptop, desktop, and Kindle. I use all of these in my fiber pursuits.The iPad is fabulous for magazine subscriptions. I get Creative Knitting and Spin-Off,… Continue reading Where Technology and Fiber Meet

When I was 16, Chicago's Colour My World was a favorite song of mine. This weekend the theme took on an entirely new meaning for me.I attended Indigo Kiwi Fiber's Fiber Retreat including a day long class in fiber dyeing taught by Jan Quarles of Daily Fibers.The retreat was held Jennifer's beautiful, self-built home in… Continue reading Colour My World

F is for February, Fiber and FUN 🙂 I have so many wonderful fiber activities planned for this month that it won't be dreary like most winter months.First up is the wonderful Nashville Spinsters meetup during Second Saturday at the Knowles Center. I look forward each month, to meeting with, and learning from, this wonderful… Continue reading Fabulous February!