Just like last year I am planning to fill my Christmas break with wall to wall craft time. Last year was a huge success that culminated in the addition of the owl embroidery floss organizer to my product line. I have several projects up my sleeve and was hoping that …
After nearly a month of not blogging, i thought i should let you know that I am still around. I’ve done a little knitting Ravelry Project Page A little spinning California Red locks from A Verb for Keeping Warm Raverly page and…. i adopted a kitty! Introducing… Bean! She’s mouthy …
Saturday was a perfect day in Berkeley: Sunny and 75. It couldn’t have been a better time for Color: A Fiber Festival. I was a vendor at this event together with A Verb for Keeping Warm, Tactile Fiber Arts, and Pigeonroof Studios. (But I couldn’t have done it without Abby …
Just around the corner, on Saturday April 26th there is an exciting little fiber festival. Color Fiber Festival is taking place in Berkeley and will include fiber tastings (materials fee only) and free drop spindle classes. Several local indie dyers and crafters will be there including yours truly. I am …
I have been throwing a bump of roving into the dye pot at a rate of about one a day, just to get some stuff dyed. I had the intention of putting it in my etsy shop, but I like them so much I think I will be keeping them. …
This weekend we finished spinning the yarn for the pre-knit portion of the sheep to shawl competition. here is some of it still on the wheel And here is some of it on my couch surrounded by rolags. now all we have to to do is knit it up!
Beware… this is a long post First, here is a photo of my stitches haul. it is mostly bulky misti alpaca. while taking this photo i realized that still cannot believe how light and fluffy this alpaca yarn is. usually i think that alpaca is kinda ropey, but this stuff …