I have been passionately involved with the fiber arts from a very young age – my mother taught me to sew, quilt, and paint on fabric (I was sewing my own clothes by the time I was 10!), and since then I have sojourned in embroidery, spinning, knitting, bobbin lace, dyeing, and weaving. But my true love is weaving, which I discovered in October 2006. I promptly fell in love with it, and now nearly all my efforts are focused on weaving (and dyeing yarns for my weaving).
Here you can find links to my fiber arts pursuits. So far only the weaving section is up, but look for knitting, dyeing, and bobbin lace in the near future!
Weaving
I’ve been weaving since October 2006, and am in love with it! It is the most complex and challenging of the fiber arts. I weave on a 24-shaft, 24″ AVL Workshop Dobby Loom, exploring different weave structures and playing with color. I hope you enjoy perusing my weaving gallery!
Knitting
I used to knit a lot, but I haven’t knitted much of anything since discovering weaving. Nonetheless I have made a few items worth showing…
Dyeing
I live in a fairly small apartment, so I don’t have room to store a lot of colored yarns. I also like to choose from a large palette of colors (who wouldn’t?). So, what to do?Why, make up your own dye samples, of course!
Marbling Fabrics
At the annual Christmas convention of family and friends, we got a little too drunk and decided to marble some fabric for fun. (Okay, we weren’t really drunk, but we should have been.) Here are photos and a description of the marbling process.
Stitched Pieces
I am not a huge cross-stitch fan, mostly because it takes so long and is not at all creative. Nonetheless, since I don’t own a TV, I need to do something to veg, and the end results are beautiful. Someday soon I hope to learn Japanese embroidery, which is (I think) a much lovelier and more exacting technique.
Fiber Arts
I have been passionately involved with the fiber arts from a very young age – my mother taught me to sew, quilt, and paint on fabric (I was sewing my own clothes by the time I was 10!), and since then I have sojourned in embroidery, spinning, knitting, bobbin lace, dyeing, and weaving. But my true love is weaving, which I discovered in October 2006. I promptly fell in love with it, and now nearly all my efforts are focused on weaving (and dyeing yarns for my weaving).
Here you can find links to my fiber arts pursuits. So far only the weaving section is up, but look for knitting, dyeing, and bobbin lace in the near future!
I’ve been weaving since October 2006, and am in love with it! It is the most complex and challenging of the fiber arts. I weave on a 24-shaft, 24″ AVL Workshop Dobby Loom, exploring different weave structures and playing with color. I hope you enjoy perusing my weaving gallery!
I used to knit a lot, but I haven’t knitted much of anything since discovering weaving. Nonetheless I have made a few items worth showing…
I live in a fairly small apartment, so I don’t have room to store a lot of colored yarns. I also like to choose from a large palette of colors (who wouldn’t?). So, what to do?Why, make up your own dye samples, of course!
At the annual Christmas convention of family and friends, we got a little too drunk and decided to marble some fabric for fun. (Okay, we weren’t really drunk, but we should have been.) Here are photos and a description of the marbling process.
I am not a huge cross-stitch fan, mostly because it takes so long and is not at all creative. Nonetheless, since I don’t own a TV, I need to do something to veg, and the end results are beautiful. Someday soon I hope to learn Japanese embroidery, which is (I think) a much lovelier and more exacting technique.