WHAT WOULD IT BE LIKE TO BE A WEAVER IN ICELAND?
Text by Robbie LaFleur
When Rebecca Mezoff, the well-known tapestry teacher and author of The Art of Tapestry Weaving, traveled to Iceland for a residency, I was envious. I followed her posts about sheep and tapestry weaving avidly. My favourite one was, “Myth and Fact: Yarn in the Grocery Store in Iceland.” Here is a taste of her experience.
Icelandic sheep spend winters in the barn and summers in the Highlands. I can only imagine the long dark winters in the barn are quite the communal experience. And a summer unsupervised in the Highlands? That must be a romp in the long light-filled days eating and wandering to their hearts content until fall calls them home....................
When Rebecca Mezoff, the well-known tapestry teacher and author of The Art of Tapestry Weaving, traveled to Iceland for a residency, I was envious. I followed her posts about sheep and tapestry weaving avidly. My favourite one was, “Myth and Fact: Yarn in the Grocery Store in Iceland.” Here is a taste of her experience.
Icelandic sheep spend winters in the barn and summers in the Highlands. I can only imagine the long dark winters in the barn are quite the communal experience. And a summer unsupervised in the Highlands? That must be a romp in the long light-filled days eating and wandering to their hearts content until fall calls them home....................
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