I've stayed pretty busy since the last big pattern release, so when 2/3rds of October sped by in a blink, I wasn't surprised. I'm so grateful for all the support my latest design the Yggdrasil Poncho received! I love creating and it's just so fun to share my love of crochet with others who know... Continue Reading →
'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 →
Forgive me, fiber darlings, as the golden falling walnut leaves and the true approach of autumn sends me into paroxysms of nostalgia - you see, I've completed a very long personal fiber art project, and will not hesitate to use it as an excuse to wax sentimental 😉 Translation: This is a long personal reflection... Continue Reading →
Sometimes for fun I'll go back and see what I've been writing on this blog at the same time in previous years - it's a nice perk of having years worth of posts, to see what kind of progress I've made. Apparently December and January is a common point in the year for me to... Continue Reading →
Good news! I'm clearing out the last few items in the Spinnables category of my Etsy shop, which means I have a 15% off sale running for the two beautiful wool/silk blend rovings left! These are really gorgeous soft color schemes and the dye really shines brightly on the fibers - silk always dyes so... Continue Reading →
Guys, I'm really sorry about that pun. Sort of. You see, last Saturday I turned in my final assignment for my Bachelor's degree, so I've been bursting forth with renewed energy on all the ongoing craft projects laying around my home. And exuberant art energy requires puns. So that's my segue into my post today,... Continue Reading →
It's been a while since I've talked about spinning here, but not because there's been a lack of spinning - most of it has been powering through giant piles of alpaca because, after I finished the first batch I had ordered from Alpaca Direct, I ordered more 😛 I plan on coloring the copious amounts of... Continue Reading →
My prime directive this Thanksgiving break was to get a new batch of handpainted wool dyed, dried, and stocked in my Etsy shop, which I totally did, check it out! This batch features a lot of muted earthy tones, I guess I was sort of in a wintry mindset. There's a variety of fibers there,... Continue Reading →
Thanks to a pro tip from a fellow Instagram spinner, I bought a jumbo bobbin and flyer kit for my Ashford Traveler wheel a few months ago and I have been loving it! Rather than get a whole new wheel for spinning bulky yarns, the jumbo bobbin kit allows me to spin all kinds of... Continue Reading →
There's been a color explosion over at my Etsy Shop recently as I listed some beautiful rovings that I dyed over Spring Break - along with some other new summer goodies! This was the largest dye session I've managed yet, and I'm happy to say that my process has come a long way since my... Continue Reading →
