Welcome back to my fiber blog, family and  friends. I was having trouble posting for a couple of days, so am glad to back on-line.

Well, I experienced my first week at the school with a class of students around. I was at the school from 7:15 AM to 8-9 PM Monday-Thursday. We finished up at 5 on Friday. This didn't leave a lot of time to blog or anything else. During the week, I listened in on class lectures twice a day, worked on inventory, and wove a couple of dish clothes, but most of the time I wound warp, and unfortunately unwound or "puddled" warp.

I puddled so much warp over two days I am now referred to as the "Puddle Queen". I did manage to get it back on the warping reel most of the time. 

So far, I have wound 47,920 meters or 29 miles of warp. Probably more than I've done in ten years. Shown is a lovely warp I prepared in grey shades that will become rugs at an upcoming class. 

Boy am I a puddler. Even in my time away from the studio I puddle. Here is a sweater I'm knitting that I had to start over a size larger.

Monday was a day away from the studio. I worked on the braiding of a 60' bison rope for a couple hours interspersed with the reading of weaving draft theory and pattern history.

Then, I decided it was time for a little field trip. So, I walked to the local trolley museum where I rode this restored trolley for about 1/4 mile. It is one of the original Shelburne trolley cars from 1896. 

I tried my hand (and back) at driving a push cart up and down the track.I visited a local artisan gallery near the museum and then I strolled back  across the bridge from Buckland to Shelburne and my makeshift home.

Today, starts a new week at Vavstuga, where I'm sure to puddle, weave, and stare out the window a bit at the resin sheep grazing in the yard. 

Just a note: I'm sorry for the often funny layout of this blog. The program gives me very little ability to organize the pictures and text, which is kind of frustrating. But, it provides a bit of a puzzle for the reader and so should help keep your mind agile!