I did have the privilege of attending the 2009 Taos Wool Festival. I have to admit that the animals are my favorite. Maybe I should be an alpaca owner... or one of those fuzzy bunnies who I thought produced angora, but now I think that is goats... and what is the bunny fiber called?
Anyway, I caught up with some old fiber friends including:
Liesel Orend--a fabulous natural dyer and tapestry weaver who taught me everything I know about natural dyeing. I don't feel like I know much about natural dyeing as I haven't done any outside of Liesel's classes, but she assures me that I can figure it out... and she taught me well, so she is probably correct! I'm going to test those skills soon with a natural dyeing project. We'll see whether or not I need a consult with Leisel!
I met up with some good friends at Weaving Southwest for Rachel Brown's retrospective opening. The opening was packed. Here are my weaving friends Judith Mirus and Cornelia Theimer Gardella and their husbands Clarence and Kurt outside the opening.
And here is the new piece I finished. It is called Halcyon Days and is 14 X 39 inches, hand-dyed wool tapestry.
