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Month: January 2008

Prepping Batts

I dove into the batt from Abby’s September batt club offering. She provided a 2 oz. batt of luscious superfine merino/tussah/suri alpaca/mongolian cashmere blend in a beautiful orange that she called “Harvest Moon” and 2 oz. of tussah dyed to match Sorry, I have no before pictures of the batt. I just dove right in late last night and didn’t think about taking pictures until I finished 2 strips of the batt.

Today, I thought that I’d share with you on how I prepared the batt for spinning in a photo-tutorial. This is a picture laden post, so I’m putting it below the fold, so to speak. Proceed if you are interested.

Madrona Fiber Arts

Now that it’s officially 2008, the countdown to the Madrona Fiber Arts Winter Retreats officially begins. 6 more weeks to the retreat! I can’t wait.

A quick glance at the website shows a couple of things:

  1. Class Supply and Homework list is up! No homework for me, just the usual spin and knit paraphernalia.
  2. Now that they’ve clean up the registration issues, there are still openings left in some of the primo classes. Now’s your chance to go and sign up, if you haven’t yet. Energized singles with Kathryn Alexander? Handcoverings with Nancy Bush and Judith MacKenzie-McCuin? Choosing Colors for Fair Isle Knitting with Janine Bajus? Come on. You know you want to!

See you in Tacoma!

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