Brazen Sheep a site for fiber lovers   Come visit me at the Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival September 25-26th at the Ruritan Fair Grounds in Berryville, VA North Mountain Arts Festival Booth Bags, bags, and more bags  Warm Weather Work!      With the advent of warm weather, one is tempted to hide away the woollies and figure out what to do with the cottons, bamboos, and silks.  Well, don't bury those wools too deeply.      Last winter's issue of Threads had a wonderful article on abstract weaving.  The idea hooked me and I cut my cardboard and covered it, got out my glass headed pins, and bought some pearl cotton and iron on interfacing.  Voila!  Now all I needed was to dig in my stash and come up with odds and ends of yarns, ribbons, etc.  The results were amazing.     Now I had these patches of woven art work.  What to do with them?  Bags.  Of course, bags.  So, I started to work designing bags around these woven gems.  Then the bags begat bags and my designs widened.  To date, there are now some 40 bags awaiting a juried festival the beginning in June though not all have woven panels.  I'm aiming for 50 and then will replenish for the late September Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival where I will have a booth.  (come visit!!!)   The abstract weaving is great fun, easy to tote along with you, or just perfect for working in your lap in front of the TV during evening hours.  The projects use up all those too-short-for-anything wisps you just couldn't toss.  Cost is virtually minimal.  Best of all, it's loads of fun.   Enjoy your warm weather.  Happy graduations, weddings, and other late spring activities. Click here to send a fiber-related e-mail to Brazen Sheep.

	A TEASING PEEK INTO OUR OFFERINGS & PROGRAMS Brazen Sheep is a site for fiber lovers.  The designs you see as you move from one page to another are either one-of-a-kind or templates for the original patterns listed separately.  These completed pieces may or may not be up for adoption.  If they are, the items will be noted with size, fiber content, and price.   There are three distinct sections to the Brazen Sheep website.  The first is for the eye and the itch to get creating.  Here you will see what has tumbled from the mind and fingers of fiber artist Micki Smith.  When she’s in her studio (the better part of any calendar segment), she’s available via e-mail to answer knitting questions, spur on your own creative juices, or act as a resource.   Classes, events, thoughts, meanderings, and other mystic moments can be found in appropriate segments of the navigation bars.   Sheep of the Fold, reflects the spiritual side of any art, but most specifically fiber arts.  Amy Beveridge and Micki Smith, friends since the beginning of time, have a combined experience of over 50 years leading workshops based on the Creator and the created.  These events can be shaped to meet the needs of any group. If you’re yearning to find the connection between your needles, pens, hooks, brushes and the internal Spirit, check out Sheep of the Fold. Be sure to use the navigation bar on the left to move yourself around the site You can e-mail me direct by clicking here! My computer is Open 24 Hours a Day!