Fiber Frolic, Windsor Maine, 2010

The animals were the stars of this year's Frolic, especially the cashmere, Finn, and Angora kids, who let me hold & stroke them.  Melted my heart! Chris Leith of Eggemoggin Textile Studio was our fantastic neighbor to one side. Beautiful silks and handwovens!  I also got to meet knitting maven Mary Jane Mucklestone, a real delight. My knitting circle, The Washington Handcrafters, were out in force, doing their part to boost the economy. Congratulations to Janet Eckhard of Burkettsville, who won first place for her cashmere wristlets in the first ever Make It With Fiber in Maine contest, juried by Mary Bird of Fiber Maine-ia fame.

 During quiet moments in the Knitting Out Loud booth, Kathy & I worked at our knitting, of course!  I've gotten this far with my Shetland Nemesis shawl:

 Added 4 rows of Fair Isle just to get crazy:

 When my hands got tired, I began my search for my FF knit bomb target.  I finally settled on Golding Spindles.  This company's booth always gleams like a jewelry store.  The spindles are one of the holy grails of
handspinners - truly beautiful, functional works of art. But Seth, minding the booth alone, seemed restless during the quiet stretches.  "My duty to cheer him up", I thought.  Soooo...

Golding's cunningly designed seller's stand received a friendly decoration.  Seth was intrigued and amused.  So I taught him to knit!

Being a clever lad, he caught on right away & settled in to help with the knitting of  a future "bomb".

You may be next!

Watch for Knitting Out Loud in Manchester, NH at the Knitting Guild of America conference July 9-10.

Read us in The Free Press!

My Life With Knitters will be available online in the Free Press as often as I can get to it!

Up first, my interview with Kathy Goldner of Knitting Out Loud fame.

Stay tuned for interviews, pictures, fair & festival reports and other handcrafters' concerns.

Knit-In with Karen Jelenfy

 Nest for Katie's Sister

Don't forget to join me this Saturday, April 3rd, At the Clifford Gallery, Waterfall Arts, Belfast, Maine 10 am - Noon.  I'll be sharing my methods of basic 3-D knitting and talking about how I moved from painting to knitting over the last four years.  I'd love to listen to YOUR stories too!  Bring whatever you're working on or come empty handed - we'll get you started.  There will be camaraderie and interesting yarn - bring your own sticks!

Free & open to all ages.  See you there!

Waterfall Arts
256 High St
Belfast, ME
207-338-2222

Up at last!

Here's a glimpse of the completed installation of Swifts & Swallows by Katie Wolfrum & Karen Jelenfy.

Katie getting started...


Karen overcomes her fear of ladders....AGAIN








DONE! See you at the opening! 5-8 pm tonight! Exhibit runs through April 23rd.

Watch for posting of a public knit-in event in the gallery during the run of the show.

Last Push!

Katie & I met for our last work session at good ol' Zoot this past Tuesday. The large waterfall painting was finished (have to go to the show to see it) and only two nests remain to be knitted. All of the artists will hang the show next Wednesday & Thursday in the Clifford Gallery at Waterfall Arts in Belfast. Until then, Katie and I have a concept, but no SOLID idea what Swifts & Swallows will actually look like! Just part of the thrill of doing installation art!

Come be surprised with us next Friday, March 5th, when the exhibit opens, from 6-9 pm. I'm planning on selling the individual nests for $4.00 apiece as a donation to support Waterfall's great "Branching Out" program.
Hope to see you there!

Now I'm off to "help out" at the NETA Knit, Spin & Spa this weekend in Freeport. I'll be travelling with Kathy of Knitting Out Loud. Really looking forward to this & hope to see some of you there! Check out NETA's site for details.