(photo by moonrat42 aka Natalia :)) Hand dyers, fiber farmers, yarn shops, etc! Advertise your fibery goodness for free in the Yarn School goody bags! Get your wares in the hands of eager fiber enthusiasts. Send 36 pcs of fiber samples, patterns, notions, yarn–whatever you specialize in–to arrive here by Wednesday 4/25 (we can probably [...]

I am looking for a couple more helpers for the spring session. I have two reserved already & I’d like 3 or 4 total to spread the work out more so all the helpers get more fun time. Basically, it’s a Yarn School work-exchange program, heavy on the work! You do lots of prep (cleaning, [...]

I thought I’d post the schedule. I know it’s a ways away, but I’m so excited about it! I need to be careful not to get distracted. The anticipation has got me spinning again, whee! Details/registration – Yarn School ’06 on flickr THURSDAY   4pm FREE Shuttle pickup at Kansas City airport 2-7pm Check in [...]

Yay! You can register now for YARN SCHOOL, September 27-30, 2007. OH! And Prom tickets are on sale, too!

Yarn School was so much fun! Everyone was so friendly & easy-going. I was nervous about that, because this isn’t exactly a luxury resort & you never know if you’ll get a princess. I wish we could do one every month. I’d like to do a Dye School in the spring and another Yarn School [...]

I’ve been so busy. Great-busy, happy-busy. I’m going to allow myself to play until 7 o’clock, then I have to get back to the final dummy on my book, which I haven’t gotten to far into, but which has already caused me a few hissy fits. With Yarn School and the Renegade Craft Fair rapidly [...]

Yippee! Registration is open! (I’m just the organizer/a student–didn’t want to scare you off with my own mangy yarn.) The Harveyville Project, aka my home, aka a rural schoolhouse creative retreat, workshop & residence, is hosting a yarn-making workshop this October, and it’s going to RAWK. The sparkling and winsome Adrian of Hello Yarn will [...]

I’m such a moron. I guess I’m still in swatch mode. Instead of simply blocking this little choker scarf I just finished, I washed it. Why did I do that? I think it will bounce back, mostly, but the stitches aren’t quite so perky as before. Earlier today, I did the same thing on the [...]