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Weaving into 2017
by Penny Nelson
All my looms are dressed and ready for the new year. Here's what's going on.
The big computer controlled loom is full of cashmere scarves. I had...
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My Friend Flax - The Spinning
by Penny Nelson
Flax has been grown and spun into linen for making cloth for nearly as long as there have been people on this earth. As long ago an ancient Egypt,...
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Post-Christmas Clean Up
by Penny Nelson
We have been on a temperature roller coaster this month. Just ten days ago we had our first freeze with 1/4 to 1/2" of ice on the water troughs. ...
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Happy Boxing Day
by Penny Nelson
Boxing Day is the day after Christmas. In Britain, Boxing Day started out as the day when the charity boxes present in churches were opened and th...
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Last Minute Christmas Shopping
by Penny Nelson
We will be open our regular hours this coming Friday December 23rd (10 am to 4 pm) but closed on Saturday and Sunday, Christmas Eve and Christmas ...
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Brrrrr......
by Penny Nelson
The cold front came through last night and dropped the temperatures down close to freezing. I realize this is nothing compared to the horrendously...
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Blue Norther
by Penny Nelson
The first time I experienced a blue norther, we were students at Texas A&M. We went into the geology department in the morning wearing shorts ...
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Christmas Season Update
by Penny Nelson
Merry December! Christmas shopping has arrived. We had a booth at the Ladies Night Out celebration in Columbus, TX this past Thursday, December 1...
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My Friend Flax
by Penny Nelson
Flax = Linen. That's important to understand. Just as Cows = Beef and Pigs = Bacon. Flax is the plant that gives us flax seed, flax seed oil, ...
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THISYarn
by Penny Nelson
Do you spin art yarn? Do you sell art yarn? I can't tell you how many times a person has come into our booth at a show, picked up a skein of art...
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Happy Thanksgiving
by Penny Nelson
Here it is early Thanksgiving afternoon and I'm thinking about how thankful I am for all of you. Our customers are what make this enterprise possi...
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Small Business Saturday
by Penny Nelson
I'm excited that the Christmas Season of shopping will soon be here. I'm especially excited that I won't be out and about shopping on Black Frida...
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