Flying Cephalopods

Maker Faire 2009

I don’t know if I have ever been in a place with so many talented, crafty, DIYers in one place before in my life. There was even more stuff that we just didn’t manage to see and we can’t wait to go back next year.  I think the botton above by Sean says it all. [...]

Tied and Dyed

Some color for a Monday, these are the other tie-dyed shirts that we wore to the Whole Earth Festival.

My tank top. Raspberry, turquoise, golden yellow and avocado green.

Libby’s T-shirt. Golden yellow, avacado green and azure blue.

Whole Earth Festival 2009

We started with the first cherries of the season at the farmer’s market.  We bought a big bag and munched on them all day in the warm sun.

There was music and dancing on the quad, we crashed on a blanket and ate more cherries and shared Carrie’s garlic fries.

There were booths with clothes of all [...]

Dyeing for Color

1. One Love A Day: Day #40 – Fluids, 2. Hand-Dyed Sock Yarn, 3. dye run – spring 2006, 4. hey psst!, 5. Hand Dyed Fiber Buns, 6. Dyeing Success – Macro, 7. Selling colours, Pashupatinath, 8. Dye-ing leather, 9. Yellow Dye, 10. The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts., 11. Attack, 12. [...]

Happy Holidays!!!

1. Between The Shadows… Your Singing Light…!!! )), 2. Feliz Natal! *, 3. pomander, 4. Snowcouple cupcakes, 5. latkes, 6. Santa And Rudolph’s Midnight Snack, 7. Christmas ornaments, 8. Deer Maria Christmas Magnet, 9. USB-Powered LEGO Christmas Tree and Festivus Pole, 10. A dedication to a lost bird friend, 11. xmaspuds1, 12. HBW – [...]

For all you Blog Junkies

It is out! The new issue of Artful Blogging, one of several magazine addictions that I have and am hoping to spread. This mag is page after page of eye candy and the fun doesn’t stop there because if you are like me you have to go look at (and end up subscribing to) all [...]

Color: A Fiber Festival

About two weeks ago I went to a little fiber festival in Berkeley. The festival is aptly named Color and this was the second one this year. At this point it is a very small festival, about 5 vendors, about 6 small classes and an area for folks to bring their wheels, spindles, knitting, etc. [...]

Monday Mosaic: Wooly Things

In honor of the trip to Lambtown this weeks mosaic is about wool things, enjoy:

1. Spring Lamb – 2007 BBC Countryfile competition winner., 2. Spinning wool, 3. Lambtown Wood Carving, 4. Wool, 5. Spindlewood Co drop spindle, 6. Sheep Shearing, 7. Alpaca (Vicugna pacos), 8. Hand Dyed Roving, 9. And then she pricked her finger, [...]

Lambtown

So yesterday was the Lambtown, the Dixon Sheep and Wool Festival. The BF was very sweet and drove myself and my friend Libby from high school through all the gross traffic on I-80 while we just gabbed the whole way (he is definitely a keeper).
Unfortunately thanks to rising [...]