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• June 14, 2012

  Wherein Tess of the d’Urbervilles meets Jane Austen.

  I often name my sheep after characters in the books I am reading at the time they are born—Gudrun and Gerald from Women in Love by D. H. Lawrence, Jude and Sue from Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy, and Marcel is named after Monsieur Proust, of course! As a huge Thomas Hardy fan, I also have a…

• May 31, 2012

  Handspun Estonian Lace

  Well, it is finally finished! Two years ago, I purchased a beautiful bag of Border Leicester/Cormo crossbred locks from Denise Curtis at Hoosier Hills Fiber Festival. Denise told me that this intriguing fleece came from a ram named Billy. Crossing different breeds of sheep, a luster longwool like Border Leicester and a fine wool like Cormo in…

• May 15, 2012

  Yarnbomb the Indiana State Museum!

  The Indiana State Museum is going to be yarnbombed! Swift is participating in the creation of ephemeral fiber objects that will be scattered through the museum. Here is a preview of what I have planned: The Indianapolis Crochet Guild also has some great pieces planned—I can’t wait to see what everyone has contributed. The objects…

• May 4, 2012

  John C. Campbell Folk School

  John C. Campbell Folk School has been on my To Do list for ages. Have you heard the stories, too? Life-changing weaving workshops, watercolor classes in the misty mountain mornings, new friends made during the fragrant, wooded walk to dinner. I had the good fortune to be Judith MacKenzie’s assistant last week at the Folk School for her…