NHWG received a call from Carolyn Robb whose husband was a weaver of tartans. He died and she has several hundred cones of wool. She would like to sell them at a minimal price, one cone, 20 cones or what…
The New Hampsire Weaver’s Guild invites you to this lecture next Wednesday: The Great Sheep Boom and Its Enduring Legacy on the New Hampshire Landscape with Steve Taylor In a brief 30-year period in the early 19th century the New…
Just a quick reminder that the second annual Fuzz Fest is tomorrow. 10-2 at the Congregational Church in the center of Exeter, NH. There will be fibers and handmade goods to purchase. You can watch spinning directly off a bunny’s…
For those of you not on the NETA (New England Textile Arts) list, here’s a pointer to an amazing charity knitting project doen in the UK: a Christmas tree that’s covered in knitting! Go to:
I just stumbled upon the website of an extremely talented weaver in the UK, Stacey Harvey Brown. I thought it was pretty interesting that some of her current work includes yarn wrappings mounted above coordinating watercolor paintings! You can check…
Sue Jones and I went to visit 2 interesting fiber arts shows in Maine. The smaller one is Sarah Haskell’s weavings, at the Maine Fiberarts Asociation, in Topsham. The big show is a surface design exhibit at USM Lewiston-Auburn Campus,…
I thought I’d give you a head’s up. I now have more pieces of equipment in my hands to sell on behalf of my disabled friend. I have an unknown brand of single-treadle spinning wheel ($120) and a barely-used Louet…