A Busy Day at the Wool Mill

Today, a kind-of last minute decision to visit Zeilinger Wool Mill (www.zwool.com), in historic Frankenmuth, Michigan was a fun and educational event. Katie missed an opportunity to visit the mill with her 4-H group earlier this year, so we decided to jump in the car first thing this a.m. -  the kids are on mid-winter break. The mill [...]

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Tea and Scones Anyone?

Here is a pic of my latest fiber project. It’s a cheery little wool felted tea cozy…that would look pretty on your table keeping your pot of tea nice and warm. And, naturally it’s embellished with a needle felted sheep. You know how I love my sheepies! Did you notice the little ‘dangler’ ? It’s [...]

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Scented Geranium Topiary Standard

Gently rub the leaves of any scented geranium (Pelargonium) plant and you will be immediately transported to the summer garden as a sensual fragrance fills the air and clings to your fingertips! The scented geranium gets its scent from volatile oils in the leaves rather than from the small and somewhat insignificant flowers that appear periodically. [...]

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Fresh Eggs Anyone?

Most of my weekend was spent in the basement, an un-planned and premature Spring cleaning? I think most basements tend to overflow (no pun intended) with cumulative junk that we can’t seem to part with because we may NEED it for something, someday!? For example, I’ve been hanging on to Matt & Katie’s crib…for my grandkids [...]

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Day 2 – Flood Clean-Up!

Well, yesterday I guess you can say that I wasn’t very well prepared for a bit of crisis in my life.  I wasn’t prepared for the power outage before first morning light which led to the sump pump failure and the rising ‘tidewaters’ in the basement. What a calamity of errors as I struggled for buckets, pails, [...]

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A Wooly Special Project

I’ve been working on a ‘wooly’ special project for a friend of mine who happened to admire a pair of hand-felted wall hangings that I had created for my shop, Sheepy Hollow. She too is a fiber fanatic who also raises a small flock of sheep. For the past couple of years, she ships some of her sheep’s [...]

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Dye Play Day

Wow! It’s been a busy week so far. Just wanted to post a quick pic of some sock yarn that my dear friend dyed yesterday.  It was her first time dyeing. We used Jacquard Acid Dyes, Chartreuse and Fuschia and came up with this pastel hand-painted sock yarn. It kind of reminds me of cotton candy. Way [...]

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Yeah! It’s February!

I’m so happy it’s February! This past weekend was almost warm- well, above freezing and sunny with a hint of a warm breeze. It’s difficult not to get anxious over Spring’s arrival. So, to carry me through the next several weeks, I like to walk around the gardens carefully cutting branches to force into bloom in [...]

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