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Marigolds
by Penny Nelson
Marigolds are a great dye stuff. They are easy to grow, easy to pick and easy to cook up into a great dyebath. They always give you a yellow/orange...
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Errors
by Penny Nelson
I don't know how many times I have warped my loom. Over the years I have owned quite a few different looms. Most of them have been 8 shaft. I have ...
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Summer Stripes
by Penny Nelson
Peggy just finished her latest run of beautiful kitchen towels. I've gotten them tagged and up on the website so take a look. I think they are love...
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Yarn Chicken
by Penny Nelson
Yarn Chicken - that's the game you play with yourself to see if you have enough yarn left in your every decreasing ball of yarn to finish your proj...
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Rainbow Pinwheels
by Penny Nelson
I just finished up a run of kitchen towels that has been a joy to weave. The very first towels I wove years and years ago used a two color pinwheel...
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Old Kitchen Towels
by Penny Nelson
Last May I reported on some old, well-used kitchen towels my daughter-in-law returned to me for mending. I cut off the tattered hems, serged the ed...
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KAL
by Penny Nelson
The Knit A-Long or KAL is an interesting construct. The idea is we all start on the same knitting project at the same time and work on it together ...
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Getting Ready for Texas Fleece & Fiber
by Penny Nelson
This coming weekend, October 25th to October 27th, is the Texas Fleece & Fiber Show in Kerrville, Texas. This is the extension, or continuation...
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Serger
by Penny Nelson
I have a love/hate relationship with my serger. It's a magnificent tool to bind the edges of my kitchen towels after they come off the loom. When i...
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Country Mouse/City Mouse
by Penny Nelson
Last October we moved from our 12 acres in Cat Spring, TX back to Katy, TX. We lived in Katy from 1986 to 1990 and then started moving farther and ...
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Mangle
by Penny Nelson
As a child, I learned to iron on a mangle. It lived in our basement and was usually heaped with clean clothes waiting to be folded. I loved that ma...
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Tour de Fleece - Day 6
by Penny Nelson
Happy 4th of July and Day 6 of the Tour de Fleece.
I've plied up all of my singles and my Schacht Lady Bug is quietly waiting for me to spin up som...
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