Well, October has come and gone. My month started with a trip west to see family. The Bighorns in Wyoming were snow covered, brilliant colored aspen and birch trees lined the valleys in Montana and the sugar beet harvest was in full swing in Alberta. I was thankful for clear roads and time with people I love.
Then it was home and time for October classes. Read more
-the 2017 North Carolina Basketmakers Association Convention. Thanks to Katie Lake and all of her volunteers, we all had four wonderful days full of baskets, weaving and visiting. 
I was sad that the weather was NOT spring like, but it was wonderful to see old friends, meet a few new ones and see all the beautiful baskets being used, made and raffled as well as the amazing things in the exhibit room.
It is pretty amazing how much I can accomplish when I lock myself in the studio for two weeks. 
Kits packed and ready for the North Carolina Convention Read more
Here goes my ABC of baskets – how many have you made?
A is for Arrows
B is for Braid Obsession
C is for Carats
Coming home from the Association of Michigan Basketmakers Convention marked the end of my 2016 travels. I am home for a few months – it really is a wonderful thought! I have so many pictures in my head to weave!
Unfortunately, I started my season of home with a severe case of laryngitis – imagine ten days of me with no voice. 🙂 Now that the fever and chills are past and my voice has returned, I am back to having more things I want to do, then time to do them in! I already have three new baskets in process and … but yesterday was a glorious autumn day and I just couldn’t stay inside. So I moved my ‘studio’ to the deck.
I brought some freshly dyed reed outside to play with Read more
