I sent just over 16 pounds of raw fleece off to Zeilinger’s at the end of January to take advantage of their 27% off any prepaid order for the month of January
(raw fleece and a very dirty kitchen floor)
and found that UPS had delivered a box with the finished rovings on my doorstep this week.
How [...]
How many of us have been knitting away on a project from a book that we’ve fallen in love with — the pattern being used is the entire reason you bought the book and the yarn you found is perfect. But, hey, the pattern just doesn’t seem to make sense. You go over your knitting [...]
Nikol hosted Spinsters’ this month out in Harveyville and we it seems that we gain a couple of new spinners every meeting. We gathered upstairs in the entry way hall which made for a cozy room with lots of light, plus, it made it easy for the conversations for flow back and forth.
There are [...]
Joana Vasconcelos is a Paris born artist that now resides and works in Portugal. She’s created this amazing piece by completely covering a baby grand piano with crochet work. Wow!
This definitely takes doilies to an entirely different level!
I mainly blog about my dogs and my adventures with fiber (knitting, spinning, etc.) and some of the work that I do at the Card Factory, but I thought I might start posting some of the personal art pieces that I’ve done for myself.
I did this piece several years ago. It’s composed of old discarded [...]
I took a workshop with Cindy Andrews, a wonderful rug hooking artist and teacher, years ago and began this chicken that I designed. It’s done with commercial wool fabric, that’s been over dyed and slightly felted. After cutting the fabric into 1/4″ strips, it was hooked into the design that I drew onto monk’s [...]
