Pardon my absence from the blog — I’ve had a remarkably busy summer so far! Last week my mother and I traveled to Guatemala with my non-profit of choice, Build a Nest. We went to visit our micro-bartering groups in Guatemala City and the Lake Atitlan region. While Guatemala has low numbers of sheep and [...]
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The Yurt Alert Goes on Vacation — Guatemala Style
July 16, 2010
Massachusetts Sheepshearing Festival
April 28, 2010
This past weekend, back in Boston obviously, was the Massachusetts Sheepshearing Festival out in Waltham at Gore Place. Similar to the recent Woolapalooza event there were sheepshearing demonstrations of both the electic and old-school variety. There were also sheep — everywhere! Look how cute that little guy is after he got his haircut! It’s interesting [...]
Mack Hill Farm
February 1, 2010
The Yurt Alert has done it again — helping me make woolly connections left and right! Last week I began emailing with Lisa over at Mack Hill Farm in Marlow, NH. Turns out she has wonderfully fluffy, amazing Icelandic Sheepies whose wool she is willing to share for the yurt project! I studied up on [...]
Sheep Philosophy
November 29, 2009
Another piece of yesterday’s adventure included a trip out to The Yarn Tree in Brooklyn with my mom to buy some more roving for her scarves. Turns out The Yarn Tree is now also selling meats that are locally sourced, additive/chemical free, etc. We got talking about meats as my mom and dad have begun [...]
A Yurt Would Be Easier
November 23, 2009
Today over at Funtasticus they posted a slew of knitted bodysuits…seriously. It inspired me to post because I think of the yurt as a woolly alternative to literally knitting or crocheting yourself into a human shaped suit! I mean, this guy does look quite warm but not quite as mobile as he could be. You [...]
Yurt of Dreams
October 12, 2009
If we build it people will definitely show up… That was what we learned this weekend at the NH Wool Arts Tour: http://www.woolartstournh.com/ We went to five of the six stops on the tour, met with Jennifer from the Mill, got some great ideas for where to source our fiber from AND learned there is [...]
Hooks of Choice
September 12, 2009
When it comes to crochet hooks, size matters. In starting this project I thought to myself, I’m going to need a really big crochet hook. I went to Home Depot and bought their biggest wooden dowel, a rasp and a sander sponge. Above is a picture of the dowel, the resulting hook, a hook I [...]
Sheepies
September 12, 2009
Before I started felting I wanted to commune with the sheep, meet the wonderful shepherdess and mill owner I’d heard so much about, and talk sheep at the wool design studio nearby. Is this not the happiest sheep you’ve ever seen? This little guy lives at the mill where the wool I’m getting will be [...]
Wool Arrives
September 11, 2009
After a layover in New York so I could see what I was working with the wool made it back to New Hampshire! It’s five pounds of wool, half merino and half merino blend, which I ordered from Harrisville Designs to build the prototype for the yurt. Upon opening the box the wool began to [...]
