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2023 Spinners Boot Camp

Our story in photos of our week spent spinning at The Clearing Folk School in Ellison Bay in Door County, Wisconsin. June 18-24, 2023. Spinners Boot Camp focused on skills in drafting fibers, understanding ratios, spinning fine and bulky yarns, and fiber preparation and spinning techniques for woolen and worsted style yarns. Armed with their new knowledge and skills, spinners designed and spun yarn for their selected knitting and weaving projects. View another fun video of our boot camp “drills” … Continue reading →


2022 Spring Spinners’ Retreat

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It’s been two and a half years since we gathered as spinners for one of our biannual retreats…since the fall of 2019, to be exact. Then we had a pandemic. A long, isolating pandemic. Until…finally…it became safe to gather again. Of course, there was a new set of safety protocols as an extra layer of protection for everyone. But at long last, we were back together again. And how sweet it was! The Cloquet Forestry Center in Cloquet MN was a new venue for us and it fit our needs perfectly starting with the very accomodating staff, to the private lodging rooms, a comfortable gathering space, and absolutely delicious meals. And we sat at our spinning wheels and visited and spun beautiful yarns and renewed old friendships and built new ones. Enjoy these highlights. And if you are a hand spinner and would like to join us for a retreat, be sure and check out the events page!

 

Celebrating the People & Places of 2018

Whether on the road teaching; traveling the lowlands, highlands, and islands of Scotland; or welcoming people to the home of the Fiber Garden here in Black River Falls, Wisconsin, 2018 was a year to remember! I am constantly reminded of the good people and the spectacular places I experienced throughout the year. I hope you enjoy watching some of the memories we made and the faces and spaces that were 2018. I hope that the new year of 2019 will be a landscape for many more extraordinary moments together!

“Clearing” the Mind; Renewing the Spirit

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It is rare in these days of too much stress, packed schedules, increasing workloads and pushing to do more, faster, with less, that we take the time to retreat. To slow down, breathe deeply, really “see” the amazing world that surrounds us. To reflect, refresh, and renew our minds and our hearts. To spend the time doing the things that we love. The Clearing Folk School in Door County, Wisconsin, is one place that allows us this space to “be”. I have … Continue reading →

A Spring Retreat!

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For spinners in the Fiber Garden community, spring and fall are times when we escape the daily grind for more peaceful and creative time. We pack up our fibers, load our spinning wheels, and hit the road to Baraboo, Wisconsin and “The Glen”. Durward’s Glen Retreat Center! For four days our spinning wheels turn a quiet rhythm and through the artists’ hands, amazing yarns are created! We recently returned from our spring retreat where we celebrated our spinning community and … Continue reading →

2016 Fall Spinner’s Retreat

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Inspiring, energizing, uplifting are just a few of the words that I would use to describe our recent spinner’s retreat. Spinners unleashing their creativity, bonding as a community of fiber artists and enjoying a hearty dose of laughter. What could be better? Until we gather again in the spring, may your spinning wheels always be in motion! Thank you for the honor of sharing these days with you!

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A “Clearing” of the Mind

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It’s time to update the blog…there is so much to talk about when it comes to fibers! And I have a story to tell about a magical place that I visited recently during one of my trips to teach a spinning class. It seems that everything happens as it should and this is no exception. The place?  The Clearing in Ellison Bay, Wisconsin (in beautiful Door County). The Clearing is a residential folk school offering week-long classes throughout the summer as well … Continue reading →

Fall in New England and Canada…A Spinner’s Color Paradise

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New England in the fall…what could be more inspiring to spinners and fiber artists? You, your family and friends, and your spinning community are invited to join the Fiber Garden for a nine night New England/Canada cruise in October 2015. It sounds so far away and yet planning early is key in order to get space reserved on board the cruise ship for this popular itinerary. The Liberty of the Seas is one of the ships in the fabulous Freedom Class of … Continue reading →

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