Clik here to view.
Do You Have To Wash Dishes In An $80 Hostel?
These are the questions one asks before heading to an LA spinning workshop. This weekend is Camp LA at the amazing URBAN CRAFT CENTER in Santa Monica. Not sure if there's spots left but you can contact...
View ArticleIt Is Whispered On The Wind. A Revolution.....is coming....
But before we get to that...the storm brewing....the amazingness...the challenge to us all...shhhhhh. it will be known. in due time. Yes before that i need to report on LA's amazing workshop! URBAN...
View ArticleClik here to view.
THE REVOLUTION IS HERE
Spinners Unite! It has been in the works, we know this. For years now we sit in our little satellite studios/kitchens/garages spinning our hearts out to a backdrop of garbage bags spilling fleeces,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Step TWO: Sing It From The Mountain Tops! (or wherever)
Thanks everyone for the excitement over this project!! I can't wait to start seeing the progress. Please feel free to post links to your blogs showing the yarns you are contributing and DEFINITELY...
View ArticleClik here to view.
STEP 3: The Ties That Bind, Majacraft My Love, and PLEASE Photoshop My Ass
Moving right along with our plan to take over the Yarnverse.... Our general Eirik in Norway needs some pictures of me teaching the Pluckyfluff Workshop to promote the upcoming events in May. I don't...
View ArticleClik here to view.
IT HAS BEGUN! Waaaaaahaaaaaahaha!
Contributors unite!!!So.......are we thinking we need to have a big bonfire-backdrop spinners party where we all get together and put this thing together? Take turns walking around the giant swift...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Nothing Like Taking A Norwegian Vacation With 587 Spinners
Come on guys! who want's to go to Norway? Enrollment for the Lillehammer class is now open.Camp Pluckyfluff, NORWAYElvegaten 19-2609 LillehammerMay 8-9, 2010$250sign up on the Camp's Pagemore, More,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Can I Be A Kiwi in 10 Days or Less...and...The Mailman Got So Very Very Mad
Holy rollers...what day is it? got back from New Zealand yesterday after a 24 hour return trip. Exhausting but so worth it! There is much to tell about this trip...oh New Zealand...the mother land....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pull-Finger People! It's Smoko Time....
Yes, it's true. When I say "tomorrow" on this blog, I mean "next week". Hey, I'm still on New Zealand time. It's the future there and don't you forget it! But I have been wanting to show all of my...
View ArticleClik here to view.
I Like My Balls Old, Cheap, and A Little Bit Dirty- Lillehammer Project PART II
Balls of roving that is. Got old balls of roving you can't stand anymore? Slightly felted? Dusty? I want them! I'll even pay for them! (sort of). I am moving into Phase II of the big Lillehammer...
View ArticleClik here to view.
"It's All Part Of The Process" and other things they tell you to help you...
Did you hear? It's GIANT-SKEIN-WINDING week!! people everywhere are....well...probably sleeping in and thinking about weather they are going to watch the project runway marathon or not. but other...
View ArticleClik here to view.
If Jesus Comes Back This Easter I Hope He Can Drive A Forklift
'Cause at this point i might need divine intervention. My forklift/swift needs to be moved because I HAVE TO BUILD ANOTHER ARMATURE TWICE AS BIG and i'm running out of space. what? oh yes, you heard...
View ArticleClik here to view.
D...O...N...E..!
and im too exhausted to write. one week of very little sleep, walking the line in the middle of the day, in the middle of the night, to bonfires and snowdrifts, blazing heat, warm beer, naysayers and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Jumping The Bunny and Other Technical Terms
As with every technical field there is the inevitable development of it's own specific vocabulary. And so it is in the exciting new field of giant skein making. as i'm sure that this will be something...
View ArticleClik here to view.
STOP THE VOLCANO! and Other Big Endeavors...
What up earth? Didn't you get the memo? NO SPEWING VOLCANIC ASH INTO THE JET STREAM BEFORE NORWAY. Audry! Fax that shit to corporate. I mean, seriously people. What is this world coming to? Better not...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Can You Fit More Kiwi's Or More Swiss Snowboarders In The Back Seat Of A...
These and many other pressing questions will be answered this week as I prepare for a visit from Glynis and Owen Poad, owners of Majacraft. And i'm not just dropping names here. No by this point we...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Come Test The New Wheel At Maryland Sheep and Wool Fest!!
Going to MDSW? You should!!! Majacraft and I will be releasing our new amazing co-creation The AURA Wheel. Finally, a wheel that you don't have to wrestle, coerce, beg, bribe or take a power drill to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
And The Raffle Winners Are........
Lynne StalloneCindy HahnMichelle HarraraJulie DemarMelissa RicksThanks so much everyone for participating in the raffle!! It was a great help! Winners i will put your reciepts on file and when you see...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Vikings: Way Sweeter Than You'd Think, Swords Or No.
Norway! Yes. S'all i really got to say. What a great trip and great workshop and great show! More later, but for now i'm just going to post some fuzzy iphone pics of the gallery installation. The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
AURA Spinning Wheel is Here!
The AURA is up and running and for sale on my website!! The ultimate wheel, it can spin lace-weight to extreme shaggy boa's in the same breath without changing the flyer or parts! With more range of...
View Article
