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Fyber Monday: My once-a-year sale happens on November 28th

Fyber Monday: My once-a-year sale happens on November 28th

On Fyber Monday, November 28th, 2022, all of my online courses are on sale. This happens just once a year.

The Monday after Thanksgiving weekend in the USA has been deemed “Cyber Monday.” It is a day for businesses to sell digital products. Though I care not for holiday hype, I do want to offer at least one opportunity during the holidays for people to purchase my online courses at a discount.

I have dubbed this day “Fyber Monday.” All of my online courses are on sale. And yes, you can purchase more than one! Treat yourself, or give a gift. Gift certificates for all of my courses can be found in my shop HERE with discount included.

I have courses for beginner and intermediate weavers in technique, a course about four-selvedge warping that features the marvelous Sarah C. Swett, a course teaching you to dye your own yarn, and a couple design courses.

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A little more time in Taos: tapestry and Mabel Dodge Luhan

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A little more time in Taos: tapestry and Mabel Dodge Luhan

I’m teaching in Taos this week at the Mabel Dodge Luhan House. This is a group of alumni to my retreats and most have been to Taos before. We have become a great group of friends over the years and it is a marvelous way to share about tapestry weaving, coming together in a beautiful and quiet setting. There is a fire going in the house at all times, the food is beyond marvelous, and the thick adobe walls ensure quiet rest.

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The joy of learning: online? or in-the-flesh?

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The joy of learning: online? or in-the-flesh?

THE LIFE OF A FIBER ARTS TEACHER

As most of us return to teaching workshops in person, I’ve seen several musings on some of my colleagues’ blogs about their feelings and experiences of going back to teaching post-covid, not that I believe we are actually “post-covid”! I have been reticent to return to classrooms full of people due to health concerns, but this October the covid numbers were low, I was able to get the omicron booster, and it was time to face my fears and return to the classroom.

It turned out beautifully. Spin Off Autumn Retreat (SOAR) was a wonderful conference. I wrote about it last week including a run-in with a 12-foot skeleton and some beautiful fall weather in Wisconsin. This week I’ve been thinking more about returning to teaching in person as I’m preparing to teach a retreat I run myself in Taos, NM.*

Skeletons, Wisconsin fall colors, and spinning for tapestry

Skeletons, Wisconsin fall colors, and spinning for tapestry

Last week I had the joy of teaching at SOAR. That stands for Spin Off Autumn Retreat. This is a small conference that has been running for something like 30 years albeit with a hiatus during one of the times Interweave had been sold to another company. Spin Off magazine is now owned by Longthread Media. One of the co-owners is Linda Ligon who is the person who started Interweave magazine (soon to become Handwoven) in the 70s. Linda was there along with mastermind Anne Merrow and they pulled off a beautiful event (along with Spin Off editor Kate Larson and a fantastic team of organizers).