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This is my home away from home. We love our little tent – just big enough for the two of us, light to pack and portage, and when the weather is nice our dog sleeps in the alcove where the rain fly extends. It was…

Today I depart for the Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival. The house is downright balmy with a good dousing of rain and the kiln cooling off over night. (Currently still waiting for the temp to drop under 400 degrees so I don’t melt my packing…

I was asked by the Minnesota Lamb and Wool Producers Association to join the booth at the state fair. Located in Empire Commons, home to the dairy association malts, it’s a popular place.I worked my first shift yesterday. Here in MN we take our state…

Yet another festival under my belt. It was a great event and I met so many wonderful people. Fiber Folks Rock! I returned from the Michigan Fiber Festival late on Monday evening, after a nice 10 hour drive, and I’ve been in a fog ever…

So I’m a bad blogger. Every day I think about how I’m going to post. While I’m working my mind zones off to that white noise place and my mind drifts. Inevitably I begin to compose a post. By the time I finish with my…

In early March I was contacted by an editor of Vogue Publications about my sheepy pots. I sent two pieces off to New York and crossed my fingers. I tracked the shipment, made sure it arrived, and heard nothing else from them. Last week I…

Bad bad Jennie hasn’t posted in a while. I have been sucked into the summer show season. I have in fact been a working fool as of late. One friend said, ” Make hay while the sun shines” and that is what I have been…

We found 20 monarch caterpillars in the backyard.To protect them from the hungry birds we have made a nursery out of a ten gallon fish tank. Our milkweed plants should provide enough for these hungry little guys to eat. Each day we’ll check for new…

Sawbill 1. When you switch from knitting a sock on size 0’s to knitting a sock on size 2’s you feel like you are knitting with telephone poles. (Oh sweet progress!) 2. Minks like to fight and subsequently fall out of tall pine trees(they look…

Hooray! I’ve finally gotten around to picking out the proper yarn for my pal. I signed up for Sockapalooza weeks ago and was so excited to receive my pals info! I have been a bit busy preparing for the beginning of my show season so…