Dec 26, 2016 | 31 Day Studio Awesome Challenge, How to think like an artist, What I am working on
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...
Dec 25, 2016 | 31 Day Studio Awesome Challenge, How to think like an artist, Knit like a fiber artist, The Business of being an artist, What I am working on
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...
Dec 23, 2016 | 31 Day Studio Awesome Challenge, How to think like an artist, What I am working on
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. This crazy awesome cool denim yarn I love this yarn, and I have a metric...
Dec 16, 2016 | 31 Day Studio Awesome Challenge, How to think like an artist, The Business of being an artist
Confession time, y’all. I did not spend a whole lot of time in the studio today. I had a computer glitch to investigate and some Christmas present planning that is taking over my drafting table as my mail orders arrive. But other than that I spent the day...
Dec 10, 2016 | 31 Day Studio Awesome Challenge, How to think like an artist
So I am going to dip just the tiniest baby toe into today’s task. It is a big one, and like many other knitters it is a bit of a trigger subject for me. I am going to begin to consider thinking about thinning the stash… I can hear the collective gasps of...
Dec 5, 2016 | 31 Day Studio Awesome Challenge, everyday life, How to think like an artist
I have an obscene number of knitting needles. Most are circs, but I do have a fair number of DPNs and even straight needles. I rarely use my straight needles anymore, but I do like to break them our every now and then for dish cloths or for teaching. And as for DPNs,...
