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As the winter days get shorter and shorter, my urge to curl up in front of the fire with a good book wars with my desire to create gifts and cozy items for myself. I am overwhelmed with ideas. This year I have been determined to use what I have in my stash as much as I can. With this minor [...]
"Sometimes you feel like a nut; sometimes you don't!" That old candy bar jingle has been stuck in my head for days. No, I am not yearning for a Mounds™ or an Almond Joy™. I just noticed that my knitting and spinning have veered in the direction of nutty or not lately. Just check out my latest two hats! My August [...]
If you have read my blog posts, you know that color is a big motivator for me. I am inspired by colors I see in nature. I react to colors in my work. I actually find colors affect my mood. So it should come as no surprise that a color issue played a big part in a project of mine [...]
Our island hosts national sheep dog trials every year. This year, one of the fundraising efforts is to create artistic shepherd's crooks to sell. I knew as soon as I heard about it exactly what I wanted to create - a rainbow of handspun in memory of our announcer for the trials (whose charitable efforts were in support of the [...]
We have recently returned from a lovely vacation in England and Scotland, visiting relatives and trying out the Scottish Highlands for the first time. As a thank you to our various hosts, I decided to send them each a handwoven dishtowel inspired by something I saw on the trip: one of the gardens at Balliol College, Oxford University. It was [...]
My brother has a major decade milestone this year and I wanted to make him something special - something that would be useful, would not go out of style, and was within my skill set. I thought and thought. A scarf? Too common and really we have been there and done that. Redo of the piano scarf? No - see previous. Kitchen [...]
I can't seem to stop spinning and sampling. The spring weather has me outside, spinning on the patio. This week, I have tried spinning with beads and a balanced ply before deciding on a coiled yarn. I love the bumpy texture!! Since I couldn't stop, I finished my yak and silk and the Blue Moon Fiber Arts winter grays. The [...]
I admit it - I hate sampling. Knitting a gauge swatch feels like physical torture so I solved that problem: my sleeve is my swatch and I am willing to start over and unravel a sleeve if necessary. I feel much the same way about sampling for weaving, so most of my samples are at the end of my warp or [...]
Something about spring makes me clean: clean out the old, finish up things in progress, plan for new projects. This year, I decided to clean my studio and it led me quite the merry chase. But I stuck it out and I am super happy with the result. Yay Spring! I started with the studio bookcase. It wasn't big enough [...]
Recently, I have been struck by how much I value my local fiber community. That community takes various forms: my local weavers' group, our spinning group, the larger weaving guild, my retreat chums, and, of course, my Ravelry friends and acquaintances. In fact, one of the reasons I don't attend any knit nights is that I have to draw the line [...]