When I was a scholar three years ago I never really thought I would be able to make another one. I had such a great experience, from the learning to meeting tons of really neat people and food wasn't...
Yesterday was the 'reward' for my son's second grade class for working so hard throughout the year to learn to knit and for working together to create scarves and a blanket that will be donated...
I really wanted to share this article that appeared in our local paper this week. I am immensely proud of these children. Helping Hands Foundation generously donated the needles, books, yarn and other...
My favorite question to ask someone I have just met at a spinning event is, "How did you become interested in spinning?" One of the unique qualities of our robust fiber community is that there...
When I learned to spin 16 years ago, I learned alone, from a book. I lived in a remote community where there were no opportunities to learn to spin. There was no YouTube, no local guild, no kindly mentor...
I used to fight wildfires many years ago, when I was younger and more fit. And although the memories of muscle aches and pains and soot and ash in every crack and crevice of my body have faded (somewhat...
Welcome to the SOAR Scholar's blog. The Scholarship committee created this blog for SOAR Scholar's to post stories and photos of the work they've done as result of the Scholarship that took...
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