Caroline’s second attempt at dyeing was with pre-reduced indigo. This is an easier process of preparing indigo instead of the traditional cumbersome method. While she’s learning this stuff at home, another workshop in Harveyville, Kansas is coming up this spring. Nikol Lohr organizes and hosts the event, this year being held in both spring and fall. Plane tickets and a deposit have been taken care of. While in Kansas, I’ll be scoping farm properties. Eastern Kansas is hilly with lots of trees and just beautiful. This will be a busy crafts year for the wife, in March she and her mom will be attending a weekly Navajo Weaving class, then in April, the two will venture south to Tucson for a three-and-a-half-day workshop to learn all about felting. In late April is the aforementioned Yarn School in Kansas, August is the Fabulous Fiber Fest in Santa Monica, California, and in October we are off to Taos, New Mexico for the Wool Festival. If you are interested in the Spring Yarn School visit Nikol’s website at www.harveyvilleproject.com.