Hello Fiber Folks!!! I am so happy to be writing this post to present a fiber arts and hand spinning program that we’ve been putting together over the course of the past few months. Bren Boone of Snerb Yarn and Fiber has accepted our invitation to be our first Fiber Artist in Residence and today I get to roll it all out to you! Our brand new Fiber Artist Residence program is something Suzy and I have been tinkering on
As a kid one of the things I always looked forward to during the summer was the local county 4-H Fair(local county/state fair organization in the US). I’d spend the year prior to the event working on various projects to enter into the 4-H Fair. None of these were fiber arts related though as I wasn’t quite into that yet. I had a lot of fun and I remember learning a lot. After I grew out of the age group
An exciting milestone has just been reached in the growth of the Fiberygoodness Evolution project! We have just come to the end of our very first official project! There have been more than ten teams working together, through live video spin sessions, chat group messages, and the facebook group page, and the creations from this first project have been stunning! It has been wonderful to see people commenting about trying out new things, helping each other, and sharing their ideas,
Silk, glorious silk!!! Wool is awesome, but I have developed quite the passion for working with silk yarns — especially the chunkier types. They are light, warm to wear and luxurious. A couple of years ago, I happened upon a destash of naturally dyed LaLana Wools silk yarns and it seemed time to bust them out and make something. I was ready to knit a new shawl for fall so, I decided to finally knit the Esjan pattern by Stephen
The reading material on the nightstand is the Fall issue of Vogue magazine!!!! Just like last year, a couple of weeks ago, I ordered myself up a copy from Amazon because it comes in a fancy box. This year, as you can see, comes complete with the cover of Kendall Jenner. I’m no longer at a point in my life where I’m interested in wearing the type of clothing generally featured, but I like to use the colors, shapes, and
Many moons ago, Suzy and I challenged each other to a spinning duel. I gave her a package of stuff to spin and she gave one to me. Now, when I say “many moons”, I really mean that because I think Suzy has moved a couple of times since she got her package and at this point the package I gave her resides in the land known as “Whereabouts Unknown”. But, I have had the one she gave me and
Introduction: Bren Boone is right at the top of my list of artists I have not yet had the pleasure of meeting in person. If you have seen Bren’s work, you know why. Her hand spun yarns are pure perfection. I own a skein and I can tell you, there is nothing else like it. A couple of months ago, I indulged myself and purchased a skein of Bren’s made of 100% cashmere. Delightful does not being to describe the
Branding… we hear about it all the time right? In some ways its kinda frowned upon, ‘branding’ is often viewed as something utterly commercial, you pay for the name on the product, buying into the image associated with the ‘brand’, which is often considered a bit, well, shallow, and a waste of money when you can get the same thing for half the price ‘without’ that well known logo on it.. Thats one side of branding. Serious commercialism. Major advertising
One of the things that a lot of folks struggle with is defining themselves artistically. I know for me, in the beginning with spinning, I was so eager to try everything. Settling into what I REALLY liked from what wheel to which fibers to what exactly I liked spinning took awhile. This weekend, having finally finished up with a knitting project last week that I’d been working on since October, at last I felt fee to do other THINGS that
Ah…spring has sprung in my part of the world…so glad for that! I took a little tour of our yard today to capture some of the pretty signs of spring for you