Country Mouse/City Mouse
by Penny Nelson
July 15, 2024
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 ...
Mangle
by Penny Nelson
July 11, 2024
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...
Tour de Fleece - Day 6
by Penny Nelson
July 4, 2024
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...
And it Begins!
by Penny Nelson
June 29, 2024
The Tour de France begins today in Florence, Italy. It is the biggest and most popular bicycle race of the year. Most of the route is within France...
Naked Looms
by Penny Nelson
June 14, 2024
As a weaver, you are never supposed to let your loom sit naked overnight. At least that's the story I was told back when I was a beginning weaver. ...
Finished!
by Penny Nelson
June 13, 2024
The latest run of kitchen towels is off the loom!Â
This is a totally different pattern than I've ever done before so it was fun to watch it grow.
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Ashland Joy Spinning Wheel for Sale
by Penny Nelson
May 28, 2024
Our friend Crys Keiser has decided to cull her heard of spinning wheels and all of her wheels are wonderful. This is an Ashford Joy that needs to g...
Inertia
by Penny Nelson
May 28, 2024
Inertia is everywhere and in everything and as such, it affects our daily lives. Like many other things, it's a much larger problem for some than f...
Repair and Reuse
by Penny Nelson
May 23, 2024
I have been weaving kitchen towels for a long time now. I think it's been about 20 years of fun creating useful items. Much as I would like to thin...
Wind
by Penny Nelson
May 17, 2024
Last night we had a bit of wind. I'm not sure what the wind speed was at our house but across the Houston area it was as high as 100 miles/hour. Th...
The Herbal Forum
by Penny Nelson
February 19, 2024
Here is some interesting information about a very interesting forum. If you read down the page, you'll find that I'm one of the speakers! I'm excit...
It Just Needs to go - Part 2
by Penny Nelson
January 7, 2024
Thank you to all our wonderful customers and friends. The warping wheel, Cricket loom quartet and the winding station have all gone on to wonderful...
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