Thoughts about crafting in general, or people who have influenced me.
We aren’t innocent Well, we’ve done it again. Another white woman has posted a poorly thought out video decrying the bullying of BIPOC (black indigenous people of color) people, how they have divided the community and destroyed the careers and lives of innocent white folks, and basically demonstrating she doesn’t… Read More »Listen, Learn, Change
If you missed the one last fall, or had a blast participating, Desamour Designs is running another BIPOC MAL for 2020. It started February 1st (sorry I’m late posting this – it was a crazy work week!) and runs through March 31, 2020. There is more info in the blog… Read More »BIPOC MAL 2020 – through March 31, 2020
I brought a mix of yarn from the US to Germany – different colors and weights, and also a mix of yarns with a specific pattern in mind and others with just a general idea of what I might do. Take the yarns above – I was pretty sure I’d… Read More »What makes a project special enough?
It’s a good thing my resolutions don’t include “don’t buy yarn” because I’d have already failed. I’m not counting signing up for Clan of Igors since I technically signed up yesterday, in 2019, even if the yarn doesn’t arrive until 2020. But today I bought a couple skeins from Garnsurr,… Read More »Welcome to 2020 and a Happy New Year
All of us who knit, crochet, spin, or otherwise participate in fiber crafts and fiber arts benefit from community, whether virtual or in person. And I think as we’re in We learn new skills from and are inspired by the works of those around us. My knitting skills got a… Read More »Contributing to our Community
And do a little fixing… I was all set to block my fabulous little shawlette on Thursday between cooking dishes for Thanksgiving on Thursday, when I discovered a major problem: While binding off, I dropped a freaking stitch! I noticed it after weaving in the end of the yarn from… Read More »And then I had to wait…
For a little while anyways. My projects and stash have been getting a bit out of hand: multiple projects sharing a bag along with random skeins of yarn, fiber still in the bag it was mailed to me, towers of fluff threatening to topple onto the closet floor, coffee table… Read More »Craft Chaos Conquered
I’m nearing the end of my lovely yellow Dionne Shawl in Lolabean Yarn Co “Not so Mellow Yellow” yarn. I have finished the knitting, with just weaving in ends and blocking left to do. I didn’t quite make the full 6 vertical repeats, but it should be large enough. It’s… Read More »Some more thoughts on the BIPOCMAL2019
If you remember, one of the classes I took at Shetland Wool Week was “Quotidian Colourwork with Felicity Ford.” During the class we got started on swatches of our designs, and learned how to iterate on our first pass at a design. The 3hr class was nowhere near enough time… Read More »Stranded Colorwork Flowers
Our plan for Wednesday was to catch the 10am ferry to Bressay, walk around for a little over an hour enjoying the island, then take the 11:30 back to Lerwick to have lunch before heading up to the Shetland College tour. The ferry dock for the Bressay ferry is in… Read More »Final day in Shetland
