The view from our living room in the Portland on the right

After creating my white, blue and rust masterpiece at the grand old age of seven, I must have decided to stop while my career was hot. I mean who wouldn't consider this the top of their game, right? Besides, there were lots of trees to climb and my little brother to torment. 
 
Fast forward a goodly chunk of years, and you would have found me slogging my way through the corporate machine in the field of brand management. I can't say that I ever really enjoyed any of my day jobs during that phase of my life, but during my free time I was always trying my hand at this or that in an attempt to find 'my thing'. Who ever thought it would be so hard to figure out what you wanted to be when you grew up.

Hi, my name is Melissa, and I'd like to introduce you to Melentine. Melentine is where my crafty self documents a bit about my love of weaving and sewing my weaving and spinning yarn for my weaving and dyeing my weaving and teaching other people about weaving.  Did I mention that I like weaving?

I am currently renovating a 260 year old home in Massachusetts with my husband Kevin and researching early American textiles.