Blog: Weaving

Studio Awesome Challenge Day 31: Finis…for now

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Alright fiberista's Day 31!! woo hoo a month of biz and studio reorganization has come to a close. And while I am so freaking excited to have a newly rehabbed space to start my 2017 strong, there is still quite a bit I would like to still do. But the big news is I can...

Studio Awesome Challenge Day 30: what did and did not get done

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One more day to go y'all. It is hard to believe I have been at this for a month. And I am not gonna lie, I don't feel like I will be finished. At least not in the sense of a perfectly organized studio space and business. It is something I am coming to terms with. For...

Studio Awesome Challenge Day29: the home stretch

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3 more days y'all At this point I am down to the Plowing through to make a deadline phase. When I started this challenge 29 days ago the intention was to get my shit together so I could start the new year with focus and boundless creatively. And to blog daily... Aside...

Studio Awesome Challenge Day 28: The other art I do

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I have more than just fiber in the studio, I have all kinds of other art supplies that help me make art. And they too are a hot mess!!! Part of what keeps me creatively productive has to do with other mediums I use to make art. What I mean is, sometimes I get...

Studio Awesome Challenge Day 27: Weaving and other fibery WIPs

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Like my spinning WIPs, the weaving WIPs for the most part are just a freeform, on going kind of thing. I do however have a couple of projects. As I mentioned in yesterday's post this is my current working bin. By no means is this the only yarn I am using on my current...

Studio Awesome Challenge Day 26: My Spinning WIPs

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My spinning WIPs are really closer to a perpetual WIP kind of thing because I usually finish a yarn in one sitting. But there are a handful of specific unfinished spinning projects that I have come across. For the most part my spinning project stash is this: Yep 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...

Studio Awesome Challenge Day 23: When bad things happen to good yarn

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WooHoo!! Alright, here is the official WIP purge. So for the most part the yarn is worth saving. But I thought you might like to hear the post mortum of these projects gone horribly awry. I love this yarn, and I have a metric tone of it. I was going to make a...

Studio Awesome Challenge Day 22: WIPs That Are Staying In The Project Basket

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YAY!! welcome to the first day of Week of WIP flash. Today I am sharing with you the projects that I consider my Works in Progress (WIP). These are the ones I intend to finish. No, really… Okay, this post is gonna be picture heavy post. Because I have… ...

Studio Awesome Challenge Day 21: Week of WIP-Flash

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Alright Y'all, I have been eating this frog for the last few day. I have been diving deep into my current WIPs and have come out with what I am considering the projects that I am pulling out of limbo that I want to either complete, frog, or am somewhere on the fence...

Studio Awesome Challenge Day 18: No Excuses

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Okay, let me just say. I am tired of my own excuses. I have a little less than 2 more weeks to get this studio In order and that includes some serious plans for the holidays. I am frustrated with how messy the studio still is. I mean, progress is happening. It is...