Tasha Tudor Day 2016

The 28th of August would have been Tasha's 101st Birthday! 

It was my 7th year hosting a crafty get-together in her honor :)

It was too hot to have it comfortably outside, so this was the first time 

I hosted it inside.There was knitting, spinning, weaving, eating, laughing...

just a good time had by all!! 

Weaving on a rigid heddle loom.      

Happy knitting hands!      

Some serious spinning!      

Beautiful handknit sock!

Smiling. Happy. Spinning!      

One happy knitter :)      

Twins? Nah, but make 'ya look ;)      

These tomatoes were dehydrated on the hood of a car! Yes, it was that hot out!!

Tasha Tudor Day !!

So, I woke up very early on Saturday the 28th of August, 2010, because I was to host a gathering of talented craftspeople to celebrate Tasha Tudor Day!! Being the hostess, as everyone knows, one runs around like crazy getting all of the last minute stuff done. Even as people arrived I was still zooming around finishing up. But...eventually I was able to relax and enjoy the company of all those that came to share the beautiful day!!

There was lots of food as well as a table set up with Tasha Tudor books and a monitor to show her videos!!

A wonderful group of crafters...

There was lots of spinning...

and knitting...

There was also honeysuckle basket weaving...

 and some embroidery...

                          

even a few dye projects ...
(from L to R ; simmered in goldenrod for ten minutes, simmered in goldenrod for 60 minutes and soaked in black bean juice left in a glass jar in the sun for 3 days).

  

There was the showing of 'Take Joy'...

 And no Birthday Party is complete without a cake...my daughter made 'Becky's Birthday Cake' from Tasha's Cookbook. 

 

 All be told, I think it was a marvelous day!!!  Just the most wonderful, lovely, talented group of people you'd ever want to meet!!  A fitting tribute to Tasha!!!

Tasha Tudor Craft Day Preparations

It seems fitting to start a blog and have my first topic be about one of my favourite women in all the world, Tasha Tudor. She has inspired me in many ways, the latest being hosting a Craft Day in her honor. Yes, she may not have liked the term 'craft', but it is fitting and it is because of her that I recently learned to spin! Now I am a verified fiber junkie...

So, I have been cleaning, organizing, pulling weeds, mowing grass, 

preparing wool for the dye pot, etc, etc...

I surely won't get everything done to my perfectionist standards, but no one but me will notice anyways...at least that's usually the way it is! So...I look forward to Saturday coming and will follow with a posting of pictures and stories about the day...