Since returning home from the boat my life (and apartment) have been taken over by preparations for the Slater Mill Knitting Weekend in Pawtucket RI (and yes, I did get the vending dates wrong in that last post - vending is Jan 21 and Jan 22). I feel a bit like I just accepted an invitation to a fancy dinner only to realize that I have nothing to wear.... Luckily the beautiful DK weight BFL spun from the 2016 Two Sisters Farm fleeces came back from the mill, and I have been (gleefully) hard at work. So, if you are in the neighborhood next weekend, please stop by.

This is just the neatest of the epic piles of newly dyed BFL that have taken over the apartment..

For people still on my coopworth gansey yarn wait list, fear not, I do still have 2016 yarn available and but for a small sample it will not be going to Slater Mill. Efforts to fill orders for those on the wait list have been preempted by the mad work to have yarn to sell in person, by the following week will be back to normal. I'll be sending emails to folks in the order they expressed interest. And with time already running out on this rotation home (seriously, how does it go so fast when I'm home?) I will probably still be filling wait list orders when I get home again in March. I thank you all for your patience and understanding of my (frankly ridiculous) day job.

And in totally unrelated news, I have been hesitant to mix politics with business because to my New England raised sensibilities doing so is just impolite, but strange times and all are forcing a bit of a rethink on that one. Today I worked up the courage and called the offices of a senator and a member of the House of Representatives. It's baby steps in terms of political involvement, but it wasn't nearly as scary in reality as I had made it seem in my head. I encourage everyone to give it a try. It may be yelling into the wind, but maybe if enough of us yell....