Back from our trip to Philadelphia and fresh off the art reception for a show I had a piece in, I am full of some crazy big inspirations. But, alas I had some Christmas gift deadlines to crank on. I love these kinds of live casts. It truly feels like a stitch and Bitch where I can just chat with you guys. This 50ish minute live cast is full of talk about freeform fiber art, harnessing inspirations and Japanese traditions of embracing imperfections.
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Although I did not have a live cast this week, I do have last week’s replay. It was a great weaving session on some Christmas gifts and chatting about some of my recent inspirations.

Here is the replay:

To see the live chat, head over to YouTube, or watch using your YouTube app on your device.

Here are all the show notes for this Live Cast:

Here is a picture of the finished pouches.

Here is a link to my Instagram account where I posted the pix of the Off The Walls Wearable fiber art show in Philadelphia. It is in the hightlight called “Inspiration”. Find info on that show here.

Here is the info on the Reclaiming My Time show I was a part of.

Here is the blog post on how I make my woven zippered pouches. Here is the tutorial I based it from.

Here is a link to the Frida Kahlo show at the NC Museum of Art

Here is the link to my video on hemstitching

Here is the link to carding my crazy fiber batt (although it might not be the batt I used for this yarn, it is carded in a similar fashion)

Here is the video where I discuss the difference between Saori and Freeform Art Weaving.

Here is some information on the founder of Saori.

Here is a link to the Ethnic Knitting Discoveries book

Here is the link to The Knitting In the Old Way book

I mentioned this 4 shaft Saori Loom and this Picalo loom

Here are the definitions of Shibui, Shibori, and Kintsugi

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Here are the tools I used in this video:

I am using this Ashford Sample It, well…actually I am using a 8″weaving width version that they no longer make, but the 10″ works just as well.

I am also using this boat shuttle

And these handmade boat shuttles

I am using this stick shuttle (this is the 8″ version of what I am using)

I am using these bobbins in my shuttles

I get most of my mill end yarns from the Scrap Exchange

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