Felting With The Grandkids

Here we are making a felted slipper for Joey.
He is wearing these all the time because of the bad weather in Lexington.
Joey called and told me the yard looked like a war zone from falling branches!
What a mess! I'm glad the storms passed us by!
Talk to you soon,
Susan

All Fiber Retreat

We had a couple of inches of snow yesterday and it has changed our whole landscape! Somehow it seems quieter and muffled by the snow. The bird are sure hungry and so are the sheep. Here is a lovely painting of Sheep in the Glen by Susan Westwood

















One of the things we will be doing at the All Fiber Retreat in Columbus December 5-7 is knitted flowers. I will be demonstrating that. I missed all Susan's retreats last year so I am really looking forward to this year. I will be there Later on Friday and all day Saturday and Sunday. I have always had such a lovely time with the great people at Susan's retreats. Hope you will be there...
Call Susan: 920-623-4237 and let her know you are coming.

Deer Widows Sale

Susan is again sponsoring her Deer Widow Sale the weekend of November 21 through the 23. An amazing lot of sale items including:

Yarns 18% Off

Books 25% Off

Fiber 15% Off

Buy a new Spinning Wheel or Loom and Free Lessons are included!

Take a look at the Teeswater Fleeces for sale from Susan's flock: This should be fine, long-stapled lustre wool with no dark fibers in the fleece. It should be uniform in texture over the whole body. Teeswater wool is in great demand for worsted suiting, knitting wools and also blending with other fibers.

The hours of Susan's Deer Widow Sale are Friday and Saturday 10 am to 5 pm and Sunday 12 am to 5 pm. Stop by and enjoy cookies and hot chocolate. Sit and enjoy Susan's lovely relaxed atmosphere while you knit or spin and enjoy seeing old friends or meeting new ones!

We just had our String Alongs meeting at Susan's and had a wonderful time! I think that the last people to leave pulled out at 11 pm!! Thank you Susan for being such a generous host!

The directions to Susan's are:

Coming from Hwy 90-94 take Hwy 151 North or toward Sun Prairie.

On Hwy 151 you will take exit 108 or Hwy V V. to the North or left.

Go about 3 miles into East Bristol and before the big church Hwy V V goes
north.

The shop is 1.6 miles north of East Bristol.

The shop is on the right or the 4th place after the Columbia County line sign.


We sure look forward to seeing you at Susan's Deer Widow Sale! If there is something you especially want from Susan, give her a call ahead so she can have it ready for you!

call - (920) 623-4237

Also Don't forget to mark your calendars for Susan's ALL FIBER RETREAT coming up December 5, 6 & 7 at the Columbus Super 8...Call for more details - (920) 623-4237

At Home With Susan

Patrick and Susan wormed sheep this week.

























Don't you love this Alan Dart gnome?

Some new items at Susan's. Hand forged orifice hooks and beautiful wooden crochet hooks.

















































Susan waiting on Mary M. and Terri.

Stop by and visit soon....

Midwest Felting Symposium This Week

Don't forget July 23-27, 2008 at the Exhibition Hall of the Alliant Energy Center Madison, Wisconsin. One of the International Teachers is Annemie Koenen from Sittard, Netherlands.

She says that: When I was a little girl my mother taught me several craft techniques. I thank her for that. Later on I got a craft teacher degree at a Rudolf Steiner School and since 1999 I lead my own wool studio and shop in the south of the Netherlands. Here I give workshops for beginners and advanced, for children and adults. In 2006 and 2007 I was coördinator and teacher at the International Felt Academy in Holland, which was initiated by István Vidák . International students visit my workshops and I invite also international feltmaker teachers to give workshops.

This is going to be such a fun week for friends of Susan's Fiber Shop! I can't wait to see you all at the Felting Symposium!

Here are some friends enjoying knitting at Susan's Sunday afternoon:

Mary and Donna chatting.

Donna working on her County Fair Entry:

See you all this week in Madison!

Tampa Aquarium

Susan, Holly and Coleen of Conjoined Creations took a side trip after Convergence. They went to the aquarium to see the fishes. Susan said it was a really nice aquarium and they enjoyed touring it a lot. It looks really tropical, doesn't it?

Susan is heading home now and should be back in the shop by Thursday this week. I am looking forward to hearing more about the trip. Susan always has amazing road trip stories to tell.

Convergence 2008 Tampa Bay Part 2

Got this cute picture of Susan, Holly and the grandsons from Susan's phone yesterday. They look great! She is enjoying Convergence and not finding Florida too hot for this time of year. Not like us here at home-I am so cold that I have a sweater on today!

Susan is finding the big city fun but looking forward to being home on Wednesday. Patrick is at the shop until then-EVERY DAY until 5 o'clock so go on out to see the sheep and check out the sales.