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With warming weather making an appearance, I’ve started leaving the front door to the shop open as much as possible. The fresh breezes and happy faces coming through the open door have inspired me to do some much needed spring cleaning and rearranging. New Button Rings are ready to wear in bright spring colors. New pottery [...]  A few hours of playing with layout and design on the computer yielded 3 designs I was pleased with. Into the printer went the muslin ironed onto freezer paper and out came some fabric that made me yelp with joy. [...]  New handspun, handwoven, hand dyed silk scarves have arrived from Thailand. My friend Deb, who lives most of the year in Thailand, visits the villages and talks to the women who make these amazing scarves. [...]  In update to my last post, I finished the sweater. This was my first attempt at dying and spinning enough wool to actually “make something”. As it turns out, spinning enough yarn for a full sweater isn’t nearly as daunting a task as I thought it would [...]  To be able to handle the raw fibre, dye it to any color I want, spin it into any texture I’d like (or honestly, am able to manage at this point), then knit it into any garment I decide…well…it’s the ultimate process for me. [...]  Entrelac is a technique that can produce either the most stunning effects, or make me woozy with the vomitous color combinations chosen. There is no in between for me. [...]  Why should adults have all the fun when it comes to great shoes? Little people should have stylin’ shoes too, [...]  I awoke a few short days ago to drifting snow and wintry light filtering through my stained glass windows. Immediately, my thoughts turned to knitting textures and patterns. [...]  Based on popular request, here it is again with a couple minor tweaks to make the pattern easier to follow, worked in 2 strands of Catalina’s Baby Pima, but you can make this in virtually any chunky weight yarn or double strands of light worsted weight yarn working up to 3.5 stitches per inch on size 10.5 US [...]  Now, when I heard egg & bake sale, I didn’t get too excited. The more I learned, though, the more I wanted to contribute. The funds from this sale are used to maintain the art society studio and gallery throughout the year, providing this group of talented individuals with a place to work and have their work seen. [...] |
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