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Last night I attended a wonderful event organized by the new Common Cod fiber guild. The room was absolutely packed, evidently far outstripping the organizers’ expectations. The speaker was the downright effervescent (and very cute) Franklin Habit. I look forward to seeing where this guild goes!

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I’m going on Sunday with my friend Karen: New York State Sheep and Wool Festival (popularly known as Rhinebeck, after the town it’s held in). I’ve been once before, and I’m looking forward to going back. I’ve recently been picking up my knitting needles again, so it doesn’t seem such an extravagance to consider buying [...]

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I’ve had a month of not always knowing if I’m coming or going. It started off the second week of May with a visit to Fry Communications, which prints and mails UU World, to meet our account rep, see the magazine on the press, and get a tour. Fry is located in Mechanicsburg, Pa., so [...]

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Yesterday I went with Bob to see The Artful Teapot at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem. It was very entertaining. Some of my favorites were not the art teapots or the examples of high design. There were two English teapots shaped like a cauliflower and a pineapple from I think the 18th century (maybe [...]

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In a previous post I described the knitting retreat I’m leading at Woolman Hill Nov. 4-6. (You can download a flyer with registration form there.)
I don’t have a very firm plan yet, but it will probably go something like this:
Friday evening:

collecting ourselves in the present with some silence
invite people to take out their knitting (if [...]

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I made this wrist distaff by crocheting single-ply yarn spun on a top-whorl drop spindle.

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I’d like everyone who reads my blog to know about this retreat I’m leading in November. It’s open to anyone who wants a knitting retreat. You don’t have to be a Quaker to come.
HANDWORK/HEARTWORKA Weekend Knitting RetreatNovember 4-6, 2005
We’ll have time for uninterrupted periods of knitting, both with conversation and in silence, as well as [...]

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Two Sweaters for My Father: Writing about Knitting satisfies on several levels, and is amusing on another (unintended, I’m sure). This is a wonderful collection of essays, mostly published in Knitter’s Magazine. Perri Klass writes about an experience I share: Knitting can calm the mind and help it to be fully present in the moment–including [...]

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Quilts and Quiltmaking in America, 1978 – 1996 looks like a great site. It’s part of the Library of Congress website. (via Librarians’ Guide to the Internet)

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Joseph Wu’s Origami Page is a cool origami site with some great links.

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