Our last class of the year (where did the 2015 season go?) was Deb Sharpee’s Rag Rug Weaving. Snug in the studio, the weavers could look out at the fall leaves, but one wonders if they did as two, three, or even five rugs came off of each loom to grace other floors and keep feet warm in the coming months. Before the final reveal of all the rugs came the last cut from the work of a students’ hands in 2015… We’re still lucky to be enjoying the fall colors, still on the trees. We won’t quite be hibernating, like this little one, found just the other day by Pat Hewitt in the Sievers parking area, but our […]
Last Day, Part 2
Today is the last day of the season for regular hours at the consignment and yarn shop. Already, a number of artists have had their handmade items returned to them for art fairs or for the holidays. These boxes await the rest of the inventory. Yesterday marked the last days for a few other places on the Island. The folks at the Red Cup Coffee House are taking their own well-deserved “coffee break” and will re-open next spring. The Lavender Shop at Fragrant Isle closed yesterday. The shop will be moving to a new location, being built at the corner of Town Line and Airport Roads, about a half-mile west of the Historic Dairy. New lavender fields are being prepared for planting […]
Last Day
We find ourselves on the last day of our last class of the 2013 season so grateful for all of our teachers, students and customers. It has been another great year and we’re already thinking about 2014! Speaking of lasts, a week ago, the last Sievers 36″ Floor Loom made its way down Door County to Sturgeon Bay. The new owner had prepared a room especially for the loom. What is a last for us will be a first for a new weaver. Here is October 27, in photographs:
