October 2009
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a reminder….
If you are a fiber gal ( I am just a sad wannabe….read my post on my non-knitting abilities!) I just wanted to post a reminder that my friend Jen’s shop, Northeast Fiber Arts’ biennial fiber challenge, has now officially launched! Aside from carrying some of the most beautiful and unusual fibers I have ever seen ( [...]
october birthstone….opal….
The word ‘opal’ comes from the Latin word, ‘upala’, meaning “precious stone”. In ancient Roman lore, opal was a symbol of hope and purity, while the Greeks believed it gave the ability of psychic foresight, and ancient Arabic cultures believed opal was leftover flashes of lightning, fallen from the sky! ( no wonder!) But the [...]
