A jovial crowd composed of men, women, children and a cashmere goat came together at the UCC Parish House two weeks ago to learn the who, what, why and wear of wool.
On hand for March's Old-Style Life Skilsl workshop were two master spinners, one lifelong knitter and Margaret Hopkins, button felter extraordinaire. Complete amateurs
made their own knitting needles, sanding them, sharpening them, and polishing them on a block of aromatic beexwax. Then, stitch by stitch, scarves were begun using balls of undyed wool - fresh from spinning wheels just feet away. It was exhilirating, I'm telling you!
April's Old-Style Life Skills workshop, Beeginining with Bees, will be held, as always, on the second Saturday of the month. The buzz is that this event, featuring Brian Lorch, will be as sweet as March's workshop though perhaps less knotty.
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