Elizabeth Miller/North Atlantic Fiber Arts

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WELCOME to the Parris House.

I've neglected my Bluesky recently, but I pretty much ran over here yesterday knowing it would be the best platform for having my popcorn. 🍿🍿🍿

About the April 5th protests. I was there, it was glorious, but it will not be nearly enough.

New Substack post.

I had a phenomenally encouraging time at the Hands Off protest in Augusta, Maine today. Huge turnout! This was my sign. Let's keep this up, America!

The rug hooking supply chain is vulnerable, more so now with tariff pressure. Will we be back to our historical roots of recycling, reusing, and repurposing?

New Substack post

The Casual Brutality of Empire: Greenland and the American Vice President JD Vance arrives uninvited, insults a democracy, and lays the groundwork for annexation.

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Hello, @theatlantic.com

Studio update - March 26th, 2025 Putting the finishing touches on 'Prey' with sea glass and needle felting.

New paid post on Substack

Putting the finishing touches on 'Prey.' I *never* use glue on a fiber art piece except, well, when it's the best way to affix some sea glass. 🙃

Mind your mental health in these times. Sometimes I'm barely hanging on, but we all have to hang on.

New Substack post.

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This is theft.

Every word of this.

Not a ton of progress on this one today because I had other stuff I had to get done, but I did go through my stash to see what else might go into it.

I'd love to see your yarns! I do a lot of hand dyeing of wool yarn and fabric, and sometimes locks and roving, however I have not yet learned to spin or weave.

I found this TapRoot Fibre Lab yarn in Nova Scotia last week and knew immediately it was right for my fierce woman in "Don't Play Small." Fiery wool in the background is "Dragon's Breath" dyed by Shane (the Dye Guy) at Encompassing Designs Rug Hooking Studio in Mahone Bay, NS. Buy Canadian! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

"Prey" is finished with the exception of the eye embellishment on the fish.

YouTube video by Parris House Wool Works Studio Update - March 17th, 2025

Studio update.

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Today's project is putting together kits for an upcoming beginner workshop. I don't often teach with kits anymore, favoring student deisgned and color planned pieces, but for specific venues and circumstances it makes sense. There's no single way to structure a beginner experience.

Happy Ides of March to all who celebrate. 🫡

Meanwhile Canada…

Travelogue: long weekend in Quebec City Citadelle, fine arts museum, aquarium, waterfall, patisseries, and best of all, it's Canada.

New Substack post on my weekend in Quebec City.
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Nice resource!

Working on a Substack post about my weekend in Quebec. I have family on both sides of what used to be a friendly border. The destruction of this international friendship by fascist pigs in America is obscene. No matter where this ends up, I will side with Canada.

Another morning I wake up and he's not dead yet. Shit.

I just want to pop in here and say how much I appreciate the thoughtful engagement this post is getting. I didn't expect it to catch the notice of this many people and your perspectives are incredibly valuable.

I see your point, but a strike in the US would stop a lot of essential services and some production. If you think of people whose work you interact with every day - in all of the stores you might visit, people who work on farms, restaurants, all of that - there'd be disruption if they stopped.

I'll bring this idea (again - because I think so many of us want this) to some local organizing groups I'm attached to and see if we can come up with anything. I hate to admit that humans need charismatic leaders to show up truly en masse, but yeah, we do.

Thank you for the thoughtful dialog!

I've been saying this for a while. We have to scale UP with some centralized organizing. Who can be this kind of leader?