It is interesting to note that many fiber artists, including many of those taking the Golden Fleece Creativity Certificate course, are also in business AS fiber artists. For many people it is a natural progression, from passion to expansion to excess product, often selling locally at markets, but even more often selling fibers and yarns online. And yes, this online market world is a big place! Easy to get lost in the crowd, to feel a bit overwhelmed. What do
Ask Suzy! Tools and Equipment
This week we are starting a new blog feature, ‘ask Suzy’, in which we will offer handy tool tips or tricks, and answer (as best we can) any questions that you send in about fiber related tools and equipment. The most recent question to hit my inbox was someone enquiring about the difference between the fiber prepared on a hackle and drum carded roving, with the focus on ‘which tool should I buy’. My best answer to this, is that
Spun by the Randomizer!
This week we had a really fun live spin session, me (Suzy) and a group of the loveliest spinners from all over the globe, Belgium, The USA, Australia, and me in the Netherlands. We overcame timezone differences, unknown technical requirements, and gathered together to spin the Randomizer! These spin groups are awesome, our own chance to gather up and chat, show our current spinning projects, share our stories and spin up a storm, all from a comfortable proximity to our
More ways to learn with FiberyGoodness
A few weeks ago I made a blogpost about learning styles, and asked the question ‘what is your learning style?. The responses both here and on Facebook were pretty clear, most people involved in fiber arts are visual learners, we like to see things, pictures, videos, live demos… its really good to actually see the theories in practice. Leslie also commented on the post that she likes to enrich that with social interaction. I thought that was a really interesting
How do you learn best?
One of the challenges for Arlene and I when designing our online courses, it taking into account the different ways we all learn. Most of us learn in lots of different ways, we take in what we hear and see, we like to get some hands on practice, we get a book and read everything about a subject… However for most of us, we will find there is always one way that works better.. If you are a visual learner,
The Colour Green
Transported to the deep dark woods, bathed in the depths of pureness, sweet smelling mosses, growing, mysterious, and mystic. The dampness, the greenness, trickling water sounding sweet and cool and the rich green canopy above, swaying in the breeze that never reaches the base of the trees. Its still here, and quiet, and it refreshes the soul to be breathing this air that almost seems imbued with green. In parts of Europe this is the realm of the Green Man. In
Arlene and Suzy on the Road
Well last week was Arlenes lovely post about Marti’s wonderful gift and the idea of watching between us while apart. I find that quite a comfort, as one of the downsides of living in a country that I havent grown up in is that now, no matter where I am, there is always someone I will be missing. I think most people have someone they would love to be closer to, when the constraints of time and distance make that
Colour Blending Playtime!
How exciting! I am not only right here at Arlenes kitchen table typing this blogpost (which is already awesomeness), but I have also just made our brand new Fiberygoodness Course LIVE! This is a course that we have worked on for quite a while, starting with the Blending Colour Ebook (which is in the shop) and then expanding on that with the addition of some super Exercises to get you started on mixing up these fibers into amazing new blends.
Neon!
Its bold, bright, in-ya-face-colour, its effervescent, flashy, and people either love it or hate it. Neon. Those wicked colours that almost glow with vividness. Do they belong in fiber? In yarns? We have known about neon colour for decades, think of Hollywood, flashing lights, VEGAS.. neon has become the attention grabber of storefronts and theatres, cafe’s, nightclubs.. seedy restaurants and hotels.. It can mean many things, but it always says ‘LOOK AT ME!’ And now, we can even dye our
Suzy Needs More Coffee
Its true, I work late and sometimes mess stuff up. And today I see this has led to some confusion because guess what I did? I pressed the wrong button and published something that should have been saved as a draft! So please, if you have received a notice about downloading something, just ignore it and blame my concentration lapse! You didn’t purchase something without realising it 🙂 And you will not be charged anything for something you didn’t purchase!