Summer Travels: Part II
Franklin/Somerset Travels: South Solon Meeting House, Skowhegan, Maine Grains and Happy Knits Up early the next morning, I settled my camp and took to the road. I had been to the South Solon Meeting House once …
Fiber Art Shops
Places to buy fiber art supplies, books, notions, yarn, either in person or on line. It is meant to be different from a gallery or exhibition.
Summer Travels: Part III
Franklin/Somerset Travels: Dark Star Fabrics, Anne Walker Studio, Mt. Blue State Park and Farmington On this day, I started off in Strong, gassing up at The White Elephant, a huge catchall store for food, camping, takeout, …
Fiber in Western Maine – Part II
Continuing our journey through Western Maine to learn of teaching resources for our new Learning Guide, we left Rangeley and made our way back towards Maine Fiberarts in Topsham with several stops along the way. …
Fiber in Western Maine – Part I
Maine Fiberarts is working on a new publication. “Learning Fiber Arts: A Guide to Maine Teaching Resources” will be an online and printed directory of the people and places throughout Maine that offer instruction in …
Boston in 48 Hours
On the first warm sunny weekend in May, we set off for a whirlwind textile tour of Boston. We wanted to see CraftBoston, sponsored by the Society of Arts and Crafts—“America’s oldest nonprofit arts organization”—and to …
Shearing Day at Hatchtown Farm
Hatchtown Farm in Bristol, Maine, held its shearing early in April and several stalwart friends braved a very cold day to help with the harvest of wool. Farm owners Pam and Jim Child produce prize-winning …