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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...

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...

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...

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 ...

I like October.  It is usually a bit cooler with early morning temperatures dipping down into the 50's and 60's which always makes me smile.  It's ...

We are in the middle of a great maker's sale right now.  Everything you might need to get started on wonderful Christmas presents all at 20% off th...

The other morning, I was at a logical stopping point between tasks so I googled myself.  Just Penny Nelson.  Nothing more.  It was an interesting e...

The weather has turned.  We are still getting warm afternoons but morning lows in the 60's are wonderful.  We will get both hotter and colder tempe...

Today was the first day since mid-March that I turned the sign in front of the studio from Closed to Open.  We have been open for appointments for ...

Anytime you have a business, there is administrative work to do.  Keeping the financials current and correct, balancing the checkbook, making sure ...

I don't generally keep very good records about anything.  I did a miserable job of filling out my children's baby books.  I look at things I've wov...