Today I said farewell to a dear old friend. I will miss her although I know she is moving to a good home. The "she" to whom I refer is my Fireside loom. Her time with me was rich with sunshine and color. We had our moments - all relationships do - but we spent a lot of time together [...]
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 [...]
Here in the Pacific Northwest, the winter solstice is very meaningful. While we are well on our way to the warmest winter in Seattle history, we are also 10 inches ahead in rainfall and the dark really closes in about now. It can be a struggle to remain cheerful and open but I have devised a few techniques for myself. [...]
I am slowly learning that this whole finishing thing is more involved than just completing the creation of an item. I once had a boss who exhorted us to get to "Done! Done! Done!" by which he meant: our group thought it was done, our client thought it was done, and our users thought it was done. Now that I am [...]
