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The New Year
by Penny Nelson
I hope your winter festival, be it Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or any of the others, was safe and happy. I hope the food was wonderful and the sen...
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Treadles
by Penny Nelson
The treadles on a loom are the pedals that control how the weaving structure forms as you weave. You attach one or more harnesses to each treadle ...
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Black Friday Sale Ends Soon
by Penny Nelson
Like so many other vendors, we took our normal Black Friday to Cyber Monday sale and extended it. It started Monday November 16th and will end at m...
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Christmas
by Penny Nelson
The Christmas season has finally arrived at my house. That doesn't happen until the tree is up and the wreaths have arrived. We put the tree up e...
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Cool Mornings
by Penny Nelson
Since our first freeze, a week ago, we have had morning temperatures in the 40's. That's happy weather as far as I'm concerned. Other than a day ...
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The First Freeze
by Penny Nelson
We had our first freeze the morning of December first. It got down to about 30 degrees. A light freeze but a freeze nonetheless. It was enough t...
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Black Friday - Cyber Monday
by Penny Nelson
Our official Black Friday sale has begun! We are offering 20% off all finished goods and books. The prices listed with each item are the regular ...
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Fall Marigolds
by Penny Nelson
Last June we had a customer nearly buy us out of marigolds. These happy flowers are grown here in 7' diameter garden beds and hand picked as the b...
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A Yurt
by Penny Nelson
I have wanted a yurt ever since I got to see one in person. It was up in Maine, the store portion of a mini-carding mill operated by friends of my...
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Weaving Yarn for Sale
by Penny Nelson
I received a call this past week from Kay Schmidt. She is interested in finding a good weaving home for a nice selection of weaving yarns and some...
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My New End Feed Shuttle
by Penny Nelson
Back in the spring of 2013, I started using end feed shuttles in my weaving. I love these shuttles. My selvedges have improved and my weaving is mo...
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What's on the Loom?
by Penny Nelson
I am working on a couple of new things I'm really excited about.
First is the hemp face cloths. My friend, Nancy Whitbeck, who has a dairy goat ...
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