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Tangible Daydreams
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I am a fiber artist, musing about the projects I am working on, the creative process around them.
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Yet another learning experience
Tip to the wise: When you are weaving, be sure to check how much yarn you have on hand. Actually weigh it, and check the yards per pound of that size yarn. How much do you have? Now, calculate out how many yards worth you will actually need. Is there...
Sewing binge: new Cotehardie
I took my kids to the local fabric heaven last Wednesday, so my daughter's friends could find some material for kilts. For you in the Phoenix, AZ area, that would be SAS Fabrics By the Pound. We went to the one on 19th Ave. If you sew at all, it is w...
Nothing to see...move along...
I'm kind of conflicted just now. I want to burble away about the projects I'm making, as usual. Lots of pictures, tutorials when I can break things down into simple steps...but most of what I'll be making in the next few weeks is slated for Christmas...
Inkle Pattern: Christmas book marks
I was headed out to SCA practice today, and realized I didn't have a good project to take along with me. So I grabbed the inkle loom and some cotton crochet thread, and spent the afternoon chatting and warping up the loom. I decided that some simple ...
Quote for the Day
From my mom's knitting calendar: "Many, many cultures around the world have ceremonies and rituals that center around the washing of the feet. It is humbling to care for the most functional, low, and work-bearing of a person's parts. To tend to someo...
Tutorial: Dyeing sock yarn
I was playing with the dyes today, coloring a batch of wool/acrylic sock yarn that I bought off of Ebay. I had some fiber reactive dye left over from last year this time, when I had made a series of warp painted cotton shawls, and I was hoping to use...
