Mar 11, 2015 | How to think like an artist, Knitting Pattern Resources
I went to a really awesome yoga class this past weekend and happened to meet one of my UrbanGypZ VIP peeps. Of course the question I always ask is “what do you have on the needles?” She described a beautiful cotton yarn that she loved working with, and how...
Mar 4, 2015 | Knit like a fiber artist, Knitting Pattern Resources
I have a confession… I really only make socks from one pattern. It is actually derived from the pattern I learned how to knit socks with 13 years ago. And being a sock yarn dyer, I have tried and studied so many patterns, but I keep coming back to this one...
Feb 25, 2015 | The Business of being an artist
It is now so much easier than ever before to become an amateur photographer. Instagram, the quality of the phone cameras, apps that make even the lousiest images look HOT! Everyone has access to tools to become somewhat of a photographer. Despite all of these tools...
Feb 18, 2015 | Fiber crush: Stuff I love
I am kind of in a panic. I can’t for the life of me find my interchangeable needles. I have seen them within the last 3 weeks. But as of this weekend, I have no clue. I have torn the house apart, torn the studio apart and I am feeling the sweat across my...
Feb 11, 2015 | How to think like an artist, The Business of being an artist
One of my goals for 2015 was to spend more time doing my own fiber art, to build my body of work. It is so easy for me to get stuck on the hamster wheel of being a dye monkey and not actually working with the yarns and fibers that are such a big part of my art. I have...
