Jul 12, 2017 | Crochet pattern resources, Freebies, Uncategorized
Today fiberista, I am giving a shout out to all the right brained Crocheters. I know it can seem as if they are the red headed step children when it comes to cool crochet resources that aren’t this: Ok I exaggerate because there are awesome patterns out...
Jun 28, 2017 | Crochet pattern resources, Freebies, Knitting Pattern Resources, The Business of being an artist
HoHoHo! Fiberistas, Break out the stash, It is that time of year again. Time to make your list, check it, and the stash, twice. We are officially just shy of 6 months from Christmas. If you are like me, you are gonna want to do what you can to offset any of the normal...
Oct 26, 2016 | Freebies, Knitting Pattern Resources
It is full on fall here in NC. And with the holidays fast approaching, I know many of you are in hat making mode. So I though today I would share with you my go to hat pattern. (plus one of you asked me about it…thank you, Susan, for the post idea). So...
Oct 5, 2016 | Art weaving, Freebies, weaving
Today, I have a video demo for you! (woot!) It was a question that came up in the Fiber art collective…How do I finish my art weaving? let me first say, there are probably dozens of ways to finish your piece once it is ready to come off the loom. In this video I...
Sep 28, 2016 | Freebies, Knitting Pattern Resources
One of the most common questions I encountered when I used to do shows was what can you make with hand spun art yarn. Rarely is there enough yardage in a skein to make anything more than a hat. But if there were a lot of any given hand spun art yarn, I don’t...
Jul 6, 2016 | Creative woo, Freebies, How to think like an artist
For the last 15 years, I have heard it over and over again. Knitting is the new yoga. The idea being that the rhytmic motions of knitting would put you back into your body and you become relaxed. I find that the rhythms of fiber work can spark some crazy good creative...
