May 27, tuesday morning meeting
Deb Robson
A fiber odessy: How the fleece and fiber sourcebook came to happen
 Deb and Kinty
The plan was for a short jaunt: two authors would spend nine months putting together a small, pretty guide to wools, with color pictures of sheep and locks of wool, along with summary information for quick reference. Ha! Here’s the inside story of the little project that grew, and of the four years I spent researching, writing about, and spinning every animal-grown fiber the team could reasonably get its hands on. Come learn how I tore my life apart to put a book together. If I’d known in advance what the project would involve, I would never have said yes (the task was impossible). In retrospect, I wouldn’t trade the experience for anything. It was amazing and wonderful. 
Deborah Robson is a fiber generalist who specializes in spin- ning, knitting, and weaving, although she experiments with all as- pects of textiles. She is the fiber author of The Fleece and Fiber Sourcebook and of The Field Guide to Fleece, in collaboration with livestock expert Carol Ekarius. For fourteen years she worked at Interweave Press, editing both books and Spin-Off magazine. She has a DVD set now available from Long Thread Media and a class on wool types available to premium members at Craftsy.com, has done several guest appearances on KDTV, and is writing focused fiber-topic monographs. Deb can be found on the internet at independentstitch.com.
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People whose last names begin with K-M are invited to bring goodies to the 5/27 meeting to share. UPCOMING EVENT - August 23 - October 11:
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