'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 →
For years now I've had my eye on creating a piece in the classic Freeform style, a method of crochet that rejects the use of pattern or pre-planned formations and uses highly textural and varied crochet stitches to create odd, asymmetric pieces called "scrumbles." Though any crocheting without a pattern could technically be called freeform... Continue Reading →
I love garbage. Let me explain: I love taking things that would otherwise end up in the garbage and using them for something. The feeling of making something useful and valuable out of what would normally be considered disposable brings me great satisfaction. So when I was told I could bring home the rotten avocados... 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 →
