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Make Fiber Your Art

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When I tell people I am a fiber artist, they will often not even know what fiber art is. It is kind of unusual to consider fiber as art. But if fiber is your medium, be it knitting, crochet, spinning or weaving, you may already be making art and not realize it. You...

Knitting with Art Yarn

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In last Sunday's live cast, I covered a question I used to get all the time:How to knit with art yarn. Here is the replay: Here are links to all the things I mentioned in the video That article on Left vs. Right Brained knitters That video on how to combine yarns Here...

Plan your fall sweaters in 5 easy steps

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I've said it before and I will say it again....I am determined to get some new sweaters cranked out this year. Seriously it has been a while since I have had a new sweater that I made myself. We're talking years. I am totally ashamed to admit this, but it...

Prayer Shawls for Self Love

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One of my college roomies was an avid crocheter. This was way before I even considered fiber art. She made blankets. Each one thoughtfully planned as gifts for those she loved. They were labor intensive solid blankets using color blocking designs and...

Pumpkin Spice Sweater Knitting

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I have no doubt where you live now, You are already deep into the crisp fall weather. Here in Raleigh, It all started this week. Flip the switch on the gas fireplace and cue pumpkin spice everything. Thank you baby Jebuz, it is finally sweater weather. If...

Letting go of WIP guilt

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When letting go of projects you are not loving is a good thing.

A Frugal Knitter’s Guide to Stash Revamp

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I know I am not alone here... It doesn't matter how awesome your stash is, there comes a time when you fall completely out of love which what you have and the urge to buy more yarn is a strong, strong siren song. Am I right? Now granted I am certainly not...

Gift Knitting Like A Boss

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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...

Creative Ways for Working with Handmade Yarn

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Working with hand dyed and handspun yarn can be a pain in the ass. I get it! When I was selling handed yarn it was the one question I was asked the most often...What can I make with this. It is one thing to fall in love with an interesting yarn, an another thing...

How I Make a Sweater

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I am totally blaming it on Susan and Mary. I mean don't get me wrong I love diving head first into complex color work and cabled sweater patterns. The kind that challenge me to work complex charts, learn new seaming or construction methods, or stitch patterns that...

Studio Awesome Challenge Day 25: My Perpetual WIPs

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Merry Christmas Y'all! Today I am going to share with you just 3 projects. But these projects are what I consider the heart of my creative mojo. Is I had to point to the three projects that embody UrbanGypZ and where I am going with my work, this would the three. They...

Studio Awesome Challenge Day 24: WIPs I am on the fence about

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There is another pile in the WIP stash that is way larger than I would like. And to be honest, I am using this blog post to really suss out my feelings about each. Now I know everyone is going to have an opinion about saving the projects I am about to list. And while...