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Yarn Spinner

http://www.joanneseiff.blogspot.com

Spinning tales about knitting, spinning, and life, (including dogs,) from a freelance writer and knitwear designer.

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  • the tour goes on

    Posted on Sunday November 29th, 2009 at 17:39 in old houses, passion fruit, elms, fiber gathering, knit green, gator gaiter, fast knitting projects, icelandic winter cap

    The professor got back to Winnipeg safe and sound and brought home a treat for me. He often goes to collect his moths in an area near Homestead, Florida. He goes to the Robert is Here fruit stand, where they sell all sorts of tropical fruits. Usually...

  • Lost:

    Posted on Wednesday November 25th, 2009 at 19:07 in moving, wool, stash, silk yarn, music stand

    One sturdy, portable folding black music stand.This music stand was given to me by the religious school class I taught. The kids and their parents gave it to me in the early '90's. It is well traveled, much loved and has lived in upstate New York, Vi...

  • I tell you zee joke

    Posted on Sunday November 22nd, 2009 at 19:06 in jokes, Polar Bears, ice skating, moving to canada

    A couple nights ago, the professor and I were talking about science presentations and things. I brought up a recent conference that I read it about. The meeting was held to dicuss the increased difficulties and issues, due to melting ice, regarding p...

  • days flying by

    Posted on Thursday November 19th, 2009 at 16:26 in music, teaching, skates, moving to canada, icelandic wool

    It's apparently very warm here for November...hitting at least 40 to 45F every day. Since it's my first fall in Winnipeg, I don't know what to expect, and I don't mind! I've been doing all the dog walks lately as the professor is out of town. (He's c...

  • taking the tour

    Posted on Monday November 16th, 2009 at 15:38 in social history, blog tour, fleece artist, jewish winnipeg

    Many times, I think knitting someone else's design is like taking a tour. You're exploring how someone else thinks and works, seeing what their strengths, interests, and weaknesses are, and, if you're me, analyzing how that works compared to my desig...

  • the fiber tour

    Posted on Thursday November 12th, 2009 at 14:53 in dyeing, museums, yarn crawl, knit green, rovings, fiber arts tour

    My friend Sherry came to visit and we did a whirlwind two day trip of fiber arts in Winnipeg. We went to two yarn shops, the Manitoba Craft Museum, the Costume Museum of Canada, an amazing fiber arts show on Winnipeg's urban landscape at the Canadia...

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pwh842

5 stars ~P~

Love your blog. The pictures, the writing everything.
Good work.

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