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As Christmas is celebrated by countless millions around the world and through the centuries, the tradition of gift-giving is a special part of this season. I, too, wanted to give you a small gift.
It’s Christmas Eve for those who celebrate this beloved holiday. The tradition of gift-giving is a special part of this season.
Over the past year, the blog has been a little quiet. My writing time was devoted to my second book Krokbragd Patterns. I’m looking forward to getting back to blogging.
I had an awesome response to the invitation for test weavers for my upcoming book ‘Krokbragd Patterns’. I am thrilled to announce. . . .
Some of you may be aware of accusations that have been made about my book ‘Krokbragd: How To Design & Weave’.
Here is my response.
As the dawn of 2018 breaks, I thought I would share some of my thoughts and plans for Flora & Fiber.
Today's post is a little different. I've had a quite a few first time visitors and new subscribers - insert me doing the happy dance - and so I thought it might be beneficial to give a little tour around the Flora & Fiber website. Even if you've been following for awhile, maybe you'll find something new.
Last week I had the wonderful opportunity to teach three natural dyeing workshops at the SC Jamboree hosted by the Lexington County Master Gardeners. This year's theme was 'Let's Go Native', so I fit right in with my presentation of 'A Rainbow in Your Garden-Natural Dyes'.
A year ago I retired from my almost 4 decade healthcare career. I truly enjoyed my years as a nurse and nurse practitioner and I honestly believe it to be my life's calling. While I remain a nurse/nurse practitioner, those endeavors will be mostly of the volunteer nature - Free Medical Clinic, mentoring, presenting . . . not to say I won't do some consulting work if offered big bucks!!! ;-)
There were many reasons for my decision, but one of them was that I wanted to try my hand at something new - something I could create . . . own . . . manage. So, I took 2016 to be the year I explored the possibilities. Being a lifetime learner, this was a fun project! What I found is that I really enjoy fiber arts - specifically weaving, spinning, dyeing and the such. I bought a 4 shaft loom and a spinning wheel, planted a dye garden, set up an area in the barn for a dye area, joined a local spinning and weaving guild, and voraciously consumed online and print articles and videos about the subjects.
I then pondered, so what do I do with this new found knowledge and skills? I could just quietly enjoy "retirement", but that's not really my style. As I told everyone when I resigned from my job, it wasn't really retirement, but the time for a second career.
So that brings me to today. For the past month, I have been preparing for the launch of Flora & Fiber.
