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Great Lakes Fiber is coming up Saturday and Sunday only at the Wayne County Fairgrounds in Wooster, OH. There's a lot to see and do. Looks like the weather may actually cooperate this year. It's going to be a great show! Visit their webpage for more information. http://www.greatlakesfibershow.com

Green Hemp and Linen

I feel like I'm back in school, cramming for a test. So many new displays do I have in store for you! I finished my dyeing today. I've been busy winding and labeling the hemp. The green is the last I'll have time for. I am missing gold in the color palette but I will remedy that after Great Lakes. Tomorrow I get to work on the sock yarn display. I am so pleased with today's kettle sock yarn dye baths. They turned out so well. No pictures yet. I finished at dusk. They are drying now. Tomorrow I wind and label. You are going to love these! Here's the mini skeins that are already packaged:

Getting ready for Great Lakes Fiber.

Chronographia is winding extra balls of zephyr, which is still my best seller, ten years running! Zephyr is a 50/50 Wool/Silk blend. It comes in lace weight. I also carry the DK weight version, which I still need to find hooks for and pack into travel totes. Then I have to price and label a big box of Alpaca in natural colors that is occupying my living room couch. Next comes loading the van and bringing down carton after carton of certified organic wool in a rainbow of organic color. And of course my weed-of-the-week collection, featuring dyer's coreopsis, and rhubarb natural dyes.

I will also have books and a few hats to try on. It's a teaser for next weekend's Columbus Arts Festival. Chronographia will have a booth on the bridge. Stop on by!
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3/2 Cotton Rainbows

So much to do to be ready for Gulf Wars. The car got unloaded from the last event. Merchandise has been ordered. 3/2 Cotton is almost done being wound. I just have Calontir Purple and Black left to wind. Then I must start topping off displays, replacing items I sold at ValDay. I seriously need to start in on hat production. Today's project is a basic black 16th century bowler. I also scoured yarn for the dye pot. Now I'm waiting for my kettle to fill with furnace water. It's not chloronated, it's just from the air. So no dye side affects from unplanned chemicals. The big garb tote is slowly being packed. More socks need to be patched.

The walk to the post office was exceptionally chilly from the wind. Its going to take me a while to thaw. Now I understand why the FedEx guy had on a gortex suit and face mask. Time to check out the new issue of Spin Off that he brought. I'll have plenty of issues on hand at Gulf Wars for everyone to peruse.

This just in!

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