The process of moving is mostly complete and I am getting into a routine. There are some new additions. Some I mentioned before like a spinning porch and a studio with a door facing the golf course. I can put the drum carder out on the spinning porch or leave wool out to dry.

I have also found a new site to post yarn and finished products. It is called Art Fire. Here is the link: http://www.artfire.com/modules.php?name=Shop&op=listing&product_id=1427199

Thanks as always for looking.

First Dye Batch

It has been eons since I have posted anything to my website and I am sure many of my customers thought I fell of the face of the earth but…
we have under gone the tedious processes of selling and buying houses. I won’t go into the long details but will tell you about the changes.

The new house is located in the golfing community of Meadowlakes (just up the lake from Marble Falls). Included in the house is a studio with its own spinning porch. It also has an upstairs balcony that lead off the two spare bedrooms, a barbecuing porch (currently Gandalf’s) and a sun room.

I am currently taking reservations for private retreats. Open dates start in August. The subject of the retreat is chosen by you … beginning or intermediate spinning, basic knitting, entrelac, finishing, lace, Fair Isle … the choice is yours. Get details from my Etsy site. I will post more details soon.

The photos have been slow to arrive, but here, without further ado, is the first installment of the results of the August Fiber Arts Challenge:

Purse: Sewn; Clear vinyl, fabric swatches, & vintage buttons. Elizabeth W.

Necklace: Cut, sewn, and wrapped; Record vinyl, fabric swatches, silk fabric, vintage rings, beads, yarn, lemon quartz. Lydia K.

So far the August vinyl & swatch projects look fantastic, I am just waiting for someone *coughSharon* to send in her pictures!

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The creative challenges will alternate on a monthly basis between being supply-related and theme-related. This month’s theme is Maps.

Oh, the many kinds of map!

• Road maps,
• Topographical maps,
• Flight and nautical charts,
• Anatomical maps,
• Imaginary maps,
• Maps to scale, and
• Maps based on perception

just to name a few.

Use fiber to complete the project of your choice whether based on a real map, the idea of a map, the patterns of a map, or dream up your own map for this month’s challenge.

Send a digital photo of your map-inspired creation to lydia.lark@yahoo.com by October 1, 2009 for publishing!

The prize is inspiration, and everyone wins.
In the belief that we are all more creative when we urge one another on, we issue you a challenge:

Use vinyl and swatches to create something sensational this month.

Vinyl could be the clear plastic you can get from most fabric chain stores, an old rain slicker, a record, or vinyl packaging. 

Swatches could be small samples of fabric, test swatches from knitting, scraps of yarn or paper.

Use these resources in any combination: Cut, sew, knit, embroider, glue, weave, or whatever else you can dream up. Whether your result is simple or complex, wearable, sculptural, readable, or even usable, send your digital photos to lydia.lark@yahoo.com with “August Fiber Arts Challenge” in the title by September 1, 2009, and Three Stitchers will post the results together! Multiple entries are acceptable.
Consider the gauntlet thrown.