the Forecast Calls for the Fine Art of Fiber

Winnetka Community House
620 Lincoln Avenue
Winnetka, Illinois 60093

12th – 13th November 2005

The Fine Art of Fiber (FAOF) is one of the oldest and most prestigious needle art shows in the Midwest. FAOF 2005 is the combined efforts of Illinois Quilters Inc., North Shore Weavers Guild, and Windy City Knitting Guild. The combined show and sale is now in its 9th year and is an outgrowth of the earlier exhibits and sales that date back to 1981.

The weekend show features a wonderful array of activities including:

An exhibit of quilts, various types of needle art, knitting, & wearable art

Boutique with wearable art, handmade holiday & gift items, hand-woven and knitted items

Sale of traditional & contemporary quilts

Silent auction of unique handmade pieces to highest daily bidder”

The events schedule is:

Show, Sales, & Demonstrations

Sadie the Sock Monkey Snatched Stealing Series Sox…

Now more than ever, we need some COLOR!

Here we are, heading into the dreaded PARKA season (how I envy the fashionably coated fems on the #66 – and there are some beauties out there this year!), while I’m wrapped from head to toe in navy, brown or black, and it’s time to do something…

I got started on this scarf while I was visiting Northern Michigan – this is some Diakato (sp?) yarn (color 41) that jumped out at me while I was shopping one day. Can I spell b-l-i-m-e-y? You bet! And burgundy and bright turquoise and orange and shocking pink. AND more variations of lime/kiwi/green than you can shake an entire forest at.

Believe it or not, the green is the Neutral in all this. Just like in nature, where the color of the leaf or stem doesn’t subtract or clash with the flower and bud, the Greens in this yarn mix blend those BRIGHT colors together into a funky wearable Whole. Might just work with my burgundy bucket hat OR (and I have my fingers tightly crossed for this) if I have enough yarn, I can make my favorite hat…