From here you can navigate to all my offerings for Morale Fiber - independent fiber artist and crochet pattern designer 🙂 (For more on who I am, see my About Page!) I created this post to make finding what you're looking for easier. Let's start with everyone's favorite: Free Patterns The Free Patterns page is... Continue Reading →
Winter Sewing
I really couldn't come up with a better title than that, despite the fact that I'm excited about how my latest sewing ventures came out! I take a break from crocheting occasionally to create garments on my sewing machine and serger - I love patchy pieces using upcycled garments and fabrics, and these two projects... Continue Reading →
Do or Dye
'Round about this time every winter my wandering creative eye starts to fixate on my spinning stash, as the cold and unpleasant weather of the Midwest drives me toward indoor activities that will relieve my mounting cabin fever. Besides spinning wool into crazy art yarns, I also hand dye wool rovings myself using professional acid... Continue Reading →
Rambler’s Mitts & Armwarmers Pattern
Despite the absolute buttload of snow that just got dumped upon my Midwestern home, I've already turned my mind to thinking about the magic of spring in the forest, getting excited for hikes on the not-yet-overgrown woodland trails to search for harbingers-of-spring, bones, feathers and other treasures waiting for the wild-minded. This means it's fingerless... Continue Reading →
Oak Sprite Hat
Acorns are easily one of the cutest things produced by trees. Their little round nutshells topped with a perfectly fitted cap, textured in minute detail, forcibly remind me of a wee head wearing a jaunty beret style hat - and I'm certainly not the first to try to recreate such a garment inspired by this... Continue Reading →