jenifleur | August 31, 2010
I really just wanted to show off this two-toned roving I made for a customer. I loved doing it and I’m really pleased with the results. FUN! What could possibly top that? The three colored roving I made for her friend and business partner. I’m an enormous fan of naturally colored wool and Jacob is [...]
jenifleur | August 28, 2010
Look, I’ve been busy. I have a lot of words to explain just how busy but I’ll try to whittle it down to the basics. Our mill opened, I’ve had only two days off from my regular job in the last three months, the farm is bustling and Jared was out of town working for [...]
jenifleur | February 12, 2010
It’s less than two hours until the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Knitting Olympics (or Ravelympics!) and I’ve swatched. I’m (im)patiently waiting my turn to enter the stadium with my event. I could have entered one of the WIP categories, since I started this project two years ago with the dreams of a fiber [...]
jenifleur | November 17, 2009
I know, I know. It’s a little large and a little flashy. I’ll just consider those raised eyebrows a side effect of jealousy about my wonderful wrap. This is my Aeolian shawl. I entered it in the Skein & Garment competition at SAFF a couple weeks ago. This being my first entry for judging and [...]
jenifleur | August 28, 2009
Magpie Moon has opened 10 more slots in the Seven Deadly Sins club to accommodate demand. These will be the final slots because my fabric order is on the way. Besides, any more than that and I’d have to take a leave of absence from work to sew! I promised you some socks. Pattern: Lutz, [...]
jenifleur | August 24, 2009
I was going to make some broad hints and build some myth but things moved very quickly. Before I was comfortable making said hint, we went live. Part of the reason I’ve been away from the blog? Getting this ready for launch. Hey, Jen, wanna be in this club? Um, yeah…? Great, you get to [...]
jenifleur | May 17, 2009
It’s been so long my own blog didn’t recognize me when I logged in. The past couple months of my life will henceforth be referred to as the spring cleaning months despite the fact that I didn’t actually clean all that much. I got rid of some baggage, though and I don’t even feel sorry [...]
jenifleur | March 4, 2009
I’m not a natural farmer. I grew up in a suburb and then lived in cities until three and a half years ago, when we decided in Oliver Wendell style that farm living was the life for us. I’m not that far removed from the rural life, both my parents grew up on farms, but [...]
jenifleur | February 13, 2009
I stayed with my in-laws while attending Rhinebeck this year and as my MIL is a knitter, too, we always share some interests. She described for me a scarf that her grandmother used to make frequently. One end was shaped like a petal, the other end tapered to a point, it was about 6″ wide, [...]
jenifleur | February 3, 2009
Oops. Fell off the planet there for awhile, didn’t I? Things have been shockingly busy for me with work, the holidays, the farm, the mill plans and opening an online shop. I’m either too tired to write or too busy to remember that I even have a blog these days. I have a bunch of [...]
