Oh my! I can’t tell you how much Arlene and I have been enjoying the postings from the S3 (Sketch Spin Scribe) students over these last weeks.. WOW! What wonderful spin experiences people have been sharing, and really stunning yarns, and they keep coming! When Arlene and I developed the Journey to the Golden Fleece course, our focus was on developing creativity, helping people get out of a spinning rut and opening up possibilities through a journey of discovery. It is
Our First Graduation Ceremony!
We had our first graduation ceremony for the participants in the Journey to the Golden Fleece last night and it was a so much fun! For those of us who could not join us for the live event, here is the recorded version. Here is the link to get the full PDF download of the portfolio of projects. It includes a few last minute additions that we weren’t able to get into the live presentation on time so be sure
Spinning Love Stories!
A few weeks ago in a weekly email that we sent to our first group of participants in the Journey to the Golden Fleece, we included an image of a painting of a knight and a lady. At that time, they were working on Module 4 of the course which is the “Love” module. We asked people to send us their interpretations of what they saw as the story the painting was conveying. We did not say at the time what
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,
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.
Tool Tips – Hackle!
(Photo courtesy of Majacraft) This week we are bringing a new course announcement (you’ll have to read to the end!!) and we are bringing you the first of our tool features, because, in fiberista language, ‘tool’ = ‘toy’…right? So to start us off I am impelled to go straight to the Hackle, because it is my favourite. Nope, not because it’s cute or cuddly (it’s not), nor because it’s elegant or graceful, but purely because of what I can do
Big Batch of Site Updates!
It sure has been exciting here this week! Since we all have so much going on in our lives, we thought we’d do a little recap on the blog in case you missed any of the happenings. The biggest news was the live broadcast last night. It was a lot of fun to put together and do. It was wonderful having Andrew Poad from Majacraft with us, too! We have a new page here on the website that will keep
First Ever FiberyGoodness Live Broadcast and Majacraft Product Reveal
(scroll down for viewing details and link) Backstory: Remember a few months ago I (Suzy) was in New Zealand? And I was visiting at Majacraft? Glynis made mention in their newsletter that we had spent some time in the design room while I was there. One of the outcomes of that was the creation of the circular looms that Arlene (SpinArtiste) and I had been discussing with them for a while, in conjunction with our Golden Fleece course. The OTHER
Gallery Gazing
This week we are anticipating the release of Module 2 in our Golden Fleece Fiber Creativity course (scheduled for 6 January). We have seen some wonderful yarns coming in as a result of Module One, as people have worked through the materials. So I thought this week was a great time to highlight one of the features on our FiberyGoodness.com website – the Gallery! We are thrilled to see it filling up with some truly amazing, thoughtful, stunning, and creative
Module One Yarns
We really did it! You, Arlene, me, here we all are, several weeks into our journey already! I know that there are people at all stages of progress at the moment (and this is just as it should be), with some just beginning to consider their yarn and the design elements they want to include, and others who have already processed, planned, and created their yarns. It is a wonderful experience for us to see the yarn images being posted