THE DALLES — For fiber artist Sylvianne Johnson, working with natural materials is “like jumping down rabbit holes to learn ways to manifest what I want to create.”

Oh, how we reel up and spool out our threads of personal truths, our intertwined ropes of deceit and envy, our veiled goals cut loose of ethical bounds. This is the battle of good and evil we all wage in Warhaven, unwinding. We limp along ignoring resolutions.

Thriving on the advent of zoom, and on enthusiasm for every genre of fiber art, the Columbia Fibres Guild is growing.

“There’s such a variety that anyone who has any inclination to it at all can find some skill there that appeals to them. It’s just such a wide scope that it’s really only limited by imagination,” said Nancy Skakel, Guild president.