It has been a cool spring. I would complain, but the air conditioning in my car doesn't work right now. The heat does. Therefore, cool weather is good. Being comfortable in my car will be important, as there are several events coming up in the next few weeks and even in a few months. This Sunday afternoon, 22 April 2018, Debbie Held will be teaching a class called "Love Your Blending Board" at Southeast Fiber Arts Alliance. I have a beautiful Whispering Woodturner blending board (see photograph, above) I bought a couple years ago at the last Spring Fling. I have used it a little bit. I know I am not using it to its full potential. You can imagine my delight when I saw this class on the schedule. Debbie is a regular contributor to Spin-Off magazine. And she is an evangelist for blending boards. She does lots and lots of things on blending boards that many of us would do instead on a drum carder. That isn't to say a blending board can replace a drum carder. Th...
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