Today I am officially launching my fall collection. I thought I would share the collection with you as well as some of the creative process that goes on behind the scenes. I also have a couple other things to share with you as well having to do with a giveaway and a sale that are… Read More Introducing the Fall Collection Based on Moby-Dick
Good morning, everyone! I wanted to talk to you about two related things today. First, I have a new yarn base I’m introducing. Second, I am really excited about a new dyeing technique I’m using and wanted to share it with you. First the yarn base… I’ve been searching for the perfect sock-weight yarn for… Read More Introducing a New Dyeing Technique and a New Yarn Base
A couple weeks ago, I was a vendor in the Flagstaff Wool Festival. I brought a variety of samples including the vests I had woven for my daughter and for me. Several people asked if I could explain how I made them, and I promised to blog about it in short order. Here goes. I… Read More How to Weave a Vest on a Rigid Heddle Loom
I wanted to tell you about my newest yarn collection. Lately, I have been combining my love of classic literature with my love of yarn and fiber. This time, I dyed the four main characters from The Odyssey, and I dyed them on a new luxury fingering-weight base made of superwash merino, silk, and cashmere. It’s… Read More Introducing The Odyssey Collection
I wanted to let everyone know that I am participating in Etsy’s big sale this week from today through the 28th. I have 37 different items on sale, including art batts, handdyed yarn, and handspun yarn. There’s a wide variety of colorways on sale, and I tried to make sure there was something for everyone.… Read More 20% Off Sale!!!
In gratitude for my 700th sale, I am once again having a yarn giveaway. Choose your favorite of these three skeins to enter the giveaway, and if you win, I will send you that skein of yarn. I dyed all three colorways on my Sparkly Merino Fingering-Weight Yarn base, which is made of 92% superwash… Read More 700th Sale Yarn Giveaway!!
Introducing my new Jane Austen Lace-Weight Yarn Collection.… Read More Introducing the Jane Austen Silky Sparkly Lace-Weight Yarn Collection!
I wanted to mention that I’ve divided my art batts into two different sections in my shop–the repeatable ones that I intend to keep making and try to keep in stock and the limited edition batts that I probably won’t be repeating, so if you see something you love there, you should probably snap it… Read More A Change in My Shop and a Few Old Batts
Good morning, everyone! I have several different things to share with you this week. I have a sale going on. I also have a few WIPs to show you, and I want to tell you about all the fun we had last week when I was the “artist of the month” at our local library.… Read More Sale, WIPs, Local Artist of the Month, and New Yarn Bases
One of the things I have noticed over many years of working with fiber and yarn is that colors tend to soften with each step. In other words, if I make an art batt or dye a braid of top and then spin it into yarn, the yarn has softer colors than the art batt.… Read More An Experiment in Color: How Colors Soften with Each Step
