One of the great things about the New York City Subway System (besides getting around the city quickly) is the art that you’ll find in many of the city’s stations.
Along the J/Z line there are a number of stained glass installations. Here’s a couple from the Kosciuszko Street station…
Very pretty, yes? I just adore the blues and purples with the touches of pale green in this one…
What kinds of public art installations inspire you?
Yesterday morning we awoke to a layer of snow covering the grass, but not the sidewalks. So pretty…
Such a crisp, clean, frosty white…
Looks a little like the sugary coating on frosted mini wheats, don’t you think?
Yesterday was the unofficial birthday of Miss Lily, Moose Manor’s QA manager. (Everything has to get her sniff of approval, you know.) Two years ago yesterday was the day that Lily chose us to be her family and came home with us from the Town of Islip Shelter. Since her actual birthday, like so many of the details of her early life, is unknown to us, December 15th is the day that we celebrate her birthday.
So Happy Birthday, you sweet little girl (that is, when you’re not trying to rule the world). I can’t imagine life without you!
A blueberry bush’s last display of color before winter…
The post-Rhinebeck mini-vacation has come to an end and we’re firing the dyepots back up. Delphiniums will be back on the Etsy shop by next week, and inventory production scheduling has begun. And it isn’t just Moose Manor I’m planning for! The 2012 Tsock Club begins in January, and yours truly is working with the Tsarina on the color(s) for the first kit of the year.
Last night we met at our local Panera (Panera Bread, the official meeting place of the Tsarina’s Tsock Tstaff) to go over some sample colors. Although these need to be reviewed under additional light sources–including the almighty sun–I think we have some winners here.
Which ones? I can’t tell you that! It would spoil the surprise for the club members. Let’s just say that there’s a good chance that most of these will find their way into a kit or skein of either Lisa’s yarn or some of mine at some point in the next 12 months or so. And that’s about as specific as I’m gonna get right now.
So… do you see anything you like?
The last of the autumn leaves…
Along Greenfield Road in Colrain, Massachusetts
This morning the Tsock Tsarina and I are heading up the the Fiber Festival of New England. We’re just going to be there today, checking out the vendors, socializing, and… pick up our new Robo-Skeiner!
Yup, that’s one serious skeiner! During the lead up to Rhinebeck it became very clear that we were going to need a heavy duty skeiner to keep up with the production demands of the Tsock club and the year’s fiber festivals. So, last week Lisa made the arrangements and today picking up our new baby from Ball and Skein at the Big E.
And yes, there will be pictures… and video!
The inspiration behind Moose Manor Hand Paints
Take a look around. Please make yourself at home. We just put up a pot filled with something yummy…
Lamb's Ear Ultra Laceweight in the Ballerina colorway
This is where I’ll post information about my yarns and spinning fibers, my colorways, and where the inspiration comes from for some of my favorite colorways. You’ll get a heads up on all Etsy shop updates, as well as our appearances at various fiber festivals in the northeast. I’ll be posting from both of our dye studios — the Jacksonville, Vermont birthplace of Moose Manor, and our southern studio on the south shore of Long Island, New York. And I’ll tell you all about some exciting special projects I’m involved in!
Please let me know what you like and don’t about this website. The colorway gallery is a work in progress, but we’ll be adding pictures regularly until our whole line of colorways is listed. And — most importantly — I hope you’ll come back often! You never know what’s going to come out of the dye pots… 
