We finally have had consistent snow and cold weather, so the ponds and lakes have frozen, and there’s beautifully light and fluffy snow on the ground for good snowshoeing and cross country skiing. Every couple of days we get a new snowfall, keeping it refreshed and beautiful!

Experimenting with different motifs and patterns in Northern Range rug wool

Woolen blanket, woven doubleweave and lightly felted

Kinchaku bags have a unique closure system that creates a beautiful shape.

Holiday travel to Stockholm and Oslo

Mixed media work with botanically dyed cotton and wool, weaving and quilting.

Eight-shaft weaving in Harrisville wool

For this project, I hand-dyed silk sari remnants with indigo to create a shibori effect, then used an overshot weaving draft.

Natural and indigo-dyed cotton - different weights, woven at different EPI, create interesting effects when washed and dried.

Gorgeous varigated indigo dyeing on worsted wool

Combining locally sourced, botanically dyed wool with natural cotton to weave larger sized blankets

Loop of the Loom organic cotton, woven in natural white, hand dyed indigo, and hand dyed cochineal.

Incorporating dried flowers from my garden into woven linen panels.

Waffle weave draft with botanically dyed alpaca as warp and weft

Experimenting with botanically dyeing small skeins of New Zealand rug wool, perfect for weaving rugs with a lot of nice tonal variations.

My favorite woven cotton blanket so far! A labor of love, it took a long time to hand dye all of the warps and yardage for the weft. I love the texture once the finished project was washed and dried.

Weaving with locally sourced knitting yarn in natural colors

Autumn exploring around Harrisville and Cranberry Meadow Farm Inn

Melding weaving, quilting, and botanically dyeing into larger pieces of functional art.

Showing all of the messy edges and seams, quilting with vintage botanically dyed French cottons and linens