The project in which I am currently engaged is that of dyeing and spinning fleece, roving and yarns and developing a coherent yarn and fibre product line. By “coherent” I mean products that are related to each other, seem like a unified group of products due to either materials, colour or even just labelling and…
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Lurching
I firmly believe that one of the reasons that craftspeople have so many simultaneous projects (and textile artists are particularly guilty of this) is that they are actually ADD on some level and this is the way in which they manage their focussing abilities. I’m definitely a multi-project kind of person. I go through fits…
Dyeing progress
The current step in my increasingly involved little excursions into the mad, mad world of fibre dyeing involves dyeing various sorts of commercially prepared top. I’m not too concerned with colours just now, but am focussing on such details as: how the various fibres handle when dry how they handle when wet how long it…
Dyeing up some fleece
I spun up some Fleece Artist mohair and merino recently as a gift for a friend and, as always, was as enchanted by the carded, blended fibres as by the finished product. Behold: The word “gossamer” always comes to mind in the face of such loveliness. Yesterday was occupied by my determination to make a…
Return to the blog
I’m not going to play catch-up and try to fill you in right away on what has been going on in my life over the past years. Suffice it to say that I have been making things, that I have changed directions slightly (or at least, broadened my creative scope) and that I have continued…
Raising the Bar Strength & Conditioning 