It’s the last day of the month and here’s the blanket off the loom, after a day of the yarns relaxing. I typically block items outside on the porch after fulling them, but realized it was masochistic to try and block a white handwoven blanket on a Vermont porch in mud season. Blocking and hemming will just have to wait a day or two, until I know there’s less rain in the forecast and fewer muddy kids running around.

At the time of this writing, the CVRAN Arts Marathon raised $66,500 to support newly arrived individuals and families in our region. The volunteers at CVRAN have been very busy lately supporting newly arrived Afghan families in Washington County and planning for the arrival of a Russian asylum seeker recently released from a detention center. Vermont Edition dedicated an episode to their work earlier this month, if you’d like to hear more about the experience of resettlement in Vermont. Thank you to everyone who contributed and joined along on this project. I’m so glad to have done it and will certainly participate next year. Next steps for me? Now I’ll be headed to the ceramics side of the studio to plan for my spring ceramics sales and finish fiber pieces for the year’s upcoming shows and exhibitions for my fiber work. The loom is empty and waiting for whatever comes next!