A good day to dye
I remember being very intimidated by dyeing a few years ago; mostly because reading Deb Menzs' book Color in Spinning made everything look so scientific and precise. After taking a class at Sievers, with Deb, and declaring in front of all, my fear of dyeing; I quickly found that splashing color on roving and spinning it into yarn, very creatively [...]
color inspiration
This color combination is calling out to me to be a scarf. Do you hear colors calling to you?My friend Nan, brought her scarf woven by Randall Darwall to visit me. This is some major inspiration. He plays with color in a way that makes it sing. My pictures do not do it justice... hopefully it will visit again.These colors [...]
Carole’s Krokbragd
What a treat to see this rug coming off the loom. It is truly a beauty. This is where having a good fabric stash comes in handy; since this was done in fairly fine rags instead of the more traditional wool. It is a swedish weave using three shafts (in this case), called Krokbragd...hopefully spelled right ,and everytime I try [...]
Great balls of ???
I'm not sure why this rag ball is so beautiful, but it certainly calls to me. Jan is taking apart a rag rug treasured in her family and made by a family friend. It will be a wonderful way to honor this womens work by prolonging its life with a new warp.Our 2nd Monday was full of good food, friends [...]
Where in the world is Jan?
I would like to introduce you to our final, original member of our studio group. Jan Rasikas is a beginning weaver with a loom that is old enough to have seen lots more weaving than all of us in our group, combined. I wish that it could share some of its weaving memories, although the way that it creaks as [...]
It’s not all about fiber
Stained glass has been a passion of mine for about 30 years and I occasionally let go of the fiber obsession long enough to go into my studio at home and melt some glass. These are a few of the earrings I have fused in my kiln with dichroic glass and they will be going up at my etsy site [...]