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Author Archives: Leslie
Spinning for embroidery
Shortly I’ll post about my a trip I took to the Laurentians back in August, which included a stop at Laurentian Alpacas, the source of the fibre for the project in this post. For now, though, a bit about my … Continue reading
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A trip to Pine Hill Farm
A couple of weeks ago I made a visit to Pine Hill Farm in Hemmingford, Quebec, about one hour south of Montreal and close to the New York border. As part of an article I’m writing for Spin-Off, I decided … Continue reading
Posted in Spinning, sustainability, teaching, travel, yarn stores
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Win at Lambtown
This month, I mailed off my Jacob wool skein to the Lambtown fiber festival in Dixon, CA. I entered it in the plied wool skeins class, and it came home with this: The competition organizer told me it was in … Continue reading
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Blog Action Day — Climate Change and Cashmere
I’ve written before on the negative environmental effects of the cashmere industry, but for this year’s climate-change-themed Blog Action Day I’d like to write on the subject in greater detail, and how knitters and other fibre artists can avoid contributing … Continue reading
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Blog Action Day… tomorrow
I hate to do this, but my Blog Action Day post will have to go up tomorrow. Note to self: write stuff in Google docs, not in Word, just in case your computer crashes and can’t be recovered for 24 … Continue reading
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Jacob wool, and being consistent
Way back when, I bought a part-fleece from a Jacob sheep at the Rocky Mountain Natural Colored Sheep Breeders’ Association (what a mouthful, just imagine what it’s like writing even the acronym on a check), one of my favourite vendors … Continue reading
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Waffles for Brunch for Botswana
I still haven’t made my first “grownup” sweater–I have all the yarn for Ardent but the daunting task of the knitting math needed to alter the sizing means that for now, I’m sticking to my old habit of easy, instant-gratification … Continue reading
Posted in charity, finished object, Knitting
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