‘Blog’
knittery at the creamery
ive been working on some new designs for fall…scarves, cuffs and hats mostly. I have a few sketches and a few works in progress, should be posting in the next month or so. Ive been riding around town scouting a great spot to photograph them once they’re finished and im excited about the old creamery [...]
yarn for mary
so my sweet friend mary wanted a yarn with some sparkle, maybe a little pink…mostly natural and not a super huge gage. so i carded up some lambswool, polypay and merino silk blend…carded and spun in a shit-ton of sparkle and its finished. i used to make custom-ish yarns all the time, so it feels [...]
weeeee fabric dyes!!
yay…making retail agreements with various companies is fun! I am getting ready to order fabulous flavors of cushings dye…one of my favorites for color saturation, fastness, ease of use and price. i will have these dyes available for sale on my website as well as at the learning workshops for folks to experiment with some [...]
learnin’ circle
im getting ready to offer some fiber dying and carding workshops in my home. im getting supplies ordered and worksheets designed. it will be a night of fun, i tell ya! two nights to be exact…first night will be dying wool and carding, next night will be carding wool and learning to spin using a [...]
mad carding
when i card batts, its usually at 2 am and its sheer madness. lovely really…were all doomed, were all doomed
i cant stop reading and rereading and cracking up at the sleep talking guy, check it out here. sewing some sweet little felt lined wallets for your phone, chopsticks or deck of playing cards. will list [...]
organ izing
yep…new shelves, lots of yarn and fiber…um…everywhere and keeping them out of tiny hands is like the major challenge. so its early spring cleaning around here…as always every winter as soon as there a handful of sunny days i jump at the chance to spring clean. what chaos…what fun!
whats coming
what i am, and what i am not…that is the statement of the day. I have a yarn midway on the wheel, waiting to be finished and plied. I have cute necklaces almost finished that i will post under the “other stuff” section. I am waiting for a load of fiber to come. waiting….waiting…cant wait! [...]
line drawings and coloring books
line drawings. im so in love with them. i love contour and i love the flat simple style of a good line drawing. And so i also love coloring books. My friend showed me a coloring book he received as a gift and it was so amazing and perfect, that i feel inspired to create [...]
tillys new dress
so i was freeform knitting this hat, which turned out to take on some odd twists and turns in respect to its…um…shape. I think that the engaging conversation i was having while casting on for this “hat” allowed for this beautiful disaster to take form. i know! Im always looking to blame…okay enough of that….i [...]
spinning is worth it
ill admit, i have not been working very hard the last few months…well thats not entirely true. I have been working hard, but I sure havent been making yarn the way I could be…and instead I have been preoccupied with babies, ballet dancing 4 yr olds, listening to david sedaris, mastermindin’ my music collection….hey do [...]