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Great Women Building a Gracious World Volume 2, Issue 4 July/August 2007
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Summer in Tazewell
Photo by Leslie Shelor Our Favorite Fiber Connections!
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May/June Contributing Writers Caryn Ackerman, Sandra Bennett, Aida Costa, DandyLion, Grace Hatton, Charissa Clark Howe, Kat LeFevre, Laura Lunsford, Laura Murphy, Karen Phoenix, Libby White
Fiber Femmes is published bi-monthly on-line by:
Fiber Femmes 12206 Squirrel Spur Road Meadows of Dan, Virginia 24120 Email: fiberfem@fiberfemmes.com Submissions: submissions@fiberfemmes.com Advertising: advertising@fiberfemmes.com
Editor: Sandra Bennett Publisher: Leslie Shelor
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Mosaics Yarn Shop, Blacksburg, Virginia Article by Sandra Bennett
Mosaic is a lovely yarn shop filled with the usual assortment of eye
candy -yarn, needles, hooks, books and folks sitting around the requisite
table knitting. For the month of May, Mosaics is accepting 8x8 crochet and
knitted squares to be made into blankets for families of the VA Tech
shootings. Suggested color choices include: maroon, burnt orange, white,
black and they ask you use the nicest, softest yarn you can afford.
If you're able, please knit or crochet a square and send to Hokie Healing
c/o Mosaic Yarn Shop.
Mosaic Yarn Shop 880 University City Blvd. Blacksburg, VA 24060
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Sandra
is Shepherdess and Farmer at
Thistle Cove Farm in the beautiful Appalachian Mountains of
southwest VA. She raises and breeds rare, hypoallergenic American Curly
horses, Shetland, Romney, Merino and cross bred sheep. Appalachian
Wool Works where Happy Sheep Make Beautiful Wool is Thistle
Cove Farm's own line of specialty blended yarns and handcrafted woolens.
Sandra teaches in the
areas of Agri-Tourism, -Education, -Tainment, -Culture and Rural Tourism
Development. Her most popular workshops include How To Increase Farm
Income and helps others increase farm income using non-traditional
methods. For more information about farm products or her teaching
schedule, please contact her at
Thistle Cove Farm or
thistlecovefarm.gmail
or 276-988-4121.
Sandra blogs at
Thistle Cove Farm
and is co-editor of Fiber Femmes.
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