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Spinning Gotland
The December fiber from the Maine Fiber Club was Gotland, from my own hometown of Windham, Maine. Casey describes Gotland like this in her Etsy shop: This Gotland is from The Gray Sheep in Windham, Maine. Gotland is a medium-fine … Continue reading
December Newsletter Available
The December issue of the newsletter of the Lighthouse Knitter’s Guild of Maine is now available on our webpage.
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Tagged Fiber, Fiber Arts, guild, knit, Knitting, lighthouse, Yarn
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Guild Update
I’ve confirmed our room at the library for March and April 2016 and updated our guild calendars. Click over to the guild page (in the menu bar at the top of the blog) for all the details.
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Tagged Fiber, Fiber Arts, guild, lighthouse
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Spinning CVM-Romeldale
October is CVM-Romeldale at the Maine Fiber Club. This was much more fun for me to process than the Coopworth. I carded it into pretty rolags. The one fleece has mostly black/gray, but also some browns and whites. The first … Continue reading
Trying to Dye with Birch
I attempted to dye my Coopworth with some birch bark, as described in Jenny Dean’s Wild Color book. It didn’t work. All I got was little pieces of bark stuck in my wool. It was supposed to dye a reddish … Continue reading
Flecks of Fiber 