Here’s another sneak peek into my new Potholder loom book:
Scarves, stoles, shawls…. all to weave on potholder looms!
For now, the book can be pre-ordered online and then in January 2020, it will be in bookstores worldwide.
Here’s a little video that shows scarves, stoles and shawls from the book:
Happy Weaving!
I was asked by someone yesterday what loom to buy to learn how to weave wall hangings.
What a great question! Why? Because I designed lots of wall hangings for my new book: Potholder Loom Weaving
The book is available for pre-ordering from all the online booksellers and will be available in bookstores in early 2020. Here’s a link: L I N K
And here are links to order potholder looms:
And, here is a video showing a sneak peek at the Wall Hangings in the book:
For the last couple of years, I have been working 24/7 on 2 new books as well as a solo show of my mixed media wovenworks.
I am so delighted that both books will be released in 2020 in bookstores worldwide.
My publisher, Stackpole Books/Rowman/Littlefield has made ‘Potholder Loom Weaving’ available online worldwide for pre-ordering.
It will be on bookshelves worldwide in January of 2020. 😀
It’s a BIG book! It is 264 pages of tons and tons and tons of techniques and projects and I am thrilled to bits with it!
You can pre-order the paperback version of it now from all the online book sellers, and here’s a link to the Book Depository, who ships worldwide for free: LINK
The electronic versions of the book will be available in January- I don’t think it can be pre-ordered for Kindle etc yet.
The last couple of years have been really intense as I have been working night and day on two new books as well as new tapestries and woven works.
One of the books is now up online available for pre-order (I’ll post links asap) and one of the series of tapestries is now in the gallery (Harcourt House Gallery in Edmonton), awaiting the opening on October 18.
This piece is from my ‘Follow the Thread’ series of mixed media weavings:” Terpsichore- Carmen’s Birds”.
Terpsichore is the muse of the dance.
This piece is definitely influenced by my husband, Jim Findlay‘s commitment to playing flamenco.
I was having trouble resolving the piece, because I knew that she needed something to lift her to completion.
Then, my friend, Carma, who sings and dances with Jim and Susan and Barb in Corazone del Flamenco gave me a beautiful little black necklace with tiny birds, and Voila! Done! The birds were exactly what Terpsichore was needing (demanding!)
She’s at the #HarcourtHouseGallery in Edmonton until November 23.
I’ll post more pics of pieces from ‘Follow the Thread’ soon.
#YEG #YEGflamenco #YEGart #YEGweaving #YEGtapestry
I am thrilled to bits…. a lady on Ravelry found a link to Knitting Today archives.
This means that people who are looking for patterns for Edward and Anastasia teddy bears (that I designed for Knitting Today) can now get the patterns online.
Yay!
I can’t send them out because the publisher owns the copyright.
I did a LOT of designing for Knitting Today, so there are lotsa other patterns in there from me, too.
Here’s the link: https://archive.org/search.php?query=knitting%20today
I also searched for ‘Your Knitting Life’ which was a different title to the same magazine, and the Yellowstone Edward and Anastasia came up:
https://archive.org/details/Your_Knitting_Life_2012-June-July/page/n9
Happy knitting!
I love knitting and crocheting comfort/compassion/pocket bears.
Here’s Tottie Tomato with a batch of bears that I just knitted.
By the way, in the video, I explained a little about where ‘Tottie Tomato’ came from.
Back to Comfort or Pocket Bears…….
Over the years, I’ve made thousands of them and given them away.
Here’s my newest version… knitted, and then folded and stitched, and oh so sweet!
The pattern is: Knit 20 stitches for 22 rounds and then follow the instructions in this video:
Happy knitting! And, may the little bears bring you delight in the making, and joy in the giving!
For more patterns for Comfort bears, please click:
HURRAH! In 2020, my publisher (Stackpole books) will be releasing not just one new book from me (I was hard at work for almost all of 2018 on it), but-
WHEEE- while I was working sooooooooo hard on the book that will be released in January of 2020, I was also busting my chops on laying the foundation for the NEXT book that I am writing.
And, the good news is that they will be publishing the NEXT book in the fall of 2020, so most of 2019 will have me hard at work on it.
In fact, I am happily working on it now.
Last summer, my friends, Teresa and Darren Griffith gave me a huge bag of fluffy, fabulous fuzz from 4 of their gorgeous alpacas.
I don’t have a drum carder, so I hand carded and carded and carded it all and spun and spun and spun….
this basket of yummy yarn….
It may not look like much, but there is over a kilogram of yarn in that basket!
I thought that Teresa was brilliant to staple a lock of fleece from each of the alpacas to a card, so I would remember the name of each of the sweet alpacas who donated their loveliness!
And, now, I am joyfully weaving the alpaca yarn and will be including it in the NEXT book.
Hurrah!
and a thousand thanks to Teresa and Darren for their amazing generosity! ❤ and blessings to them both
I have been absent from the world of social media for quite awhile- I was working to deadline on a book.
It swallowed me completely, and I vanished for awhile. (I met the deadline! Yay! And my editor likes it! Yay!)
But then, I got sick (ugh) and have been taking naps to recover, and didn’t have the jam to deal with blogging or dealing with the interwebs, so I didn’t.
Now, I’m on the mend. And, working on new projects.
And taking lots of naps.
Oh my… this afternoon, something delicious happened that has made me need to pop back into the world of bloggdom.
A gift….
Today, I received a wonderful little package in the mail.
It was from my sister. ❤
In the box was this little, oh so magical wee box of delights.
I opened the tiny old box and squealed with joy-
Such loveliness!
A treasure that my sister’s dear mother in law had found at an antique sale, bless her heart!
My sister has been cherishing this precious little box of heaven and, (bless her heart, too), decided that I would enjoy it, so she mailed it to me. ❤
Sigh…. so much happiness in a little package!
I love Teneriffe lace and was ecstatic to see the awesome little brass loom.
And, a hairpin lace loom and some bone tools that will be lovely to use in small loom weaving.
I had to warp up the Teneriffe loom- how could I resist?
The little Teneriffe motif is wonky as all get out, but I think I should send it to my sister, doncha think?
PS: (added the day after I originally posted about the Teneriffe Loom) I’ve been working with the Teneriffe Lace Loom, and have polished up my technique as I am working on a video to show how to do this technique with upcycled materials.
Here’s today’s version: 😀
Filed under lace making, personal stuff
My friend, Teresa gave me a bag of gorgeous Alpaca fiber – bliss!
I started spinning it up, but realized that I had misplaced my Niddy Noddy.
So, I thought… I can make one from cardboard.
One thing lead to another, and I soon ended up with 2 charming little characters who do acrobatics to help me wind a skein of yarn.
They are sturdy, work perfectly and are easy to store.
A totally successful upcycle of re-using cardboard. Yay!
Here’s the pattern that I finally settled on… after a LOT of tweaking and twiddling:
Print it full page: I couldn’t get the thumbnail to open to a larger version, so I have added a larger version at the end of the post that I hope will work for you!
And here’s a video that shows how to use it, as well as the inspiration for Niddy and Noddy’s faces:
Happy Spinning, Happy Weaving, Happy Upcycling!
I love making one of a kind wooden buttons from twigs and branches that I find on the ground.
It’s a great eco-friendly project that is upcycling at its best.
They are a great way of embellishing hand woven, knitted, or crocheted fabric, or to make a sewn garment or accessory even more special.
You don’t have to have a woodworking shop full of power tools to make lovely wooden buttons- a few simple hand tools are all that are necessary.
Here is the video that I made, showing how to make 3 different kinds of buttons from the same twig.
I hope that you will have a wonderful time making your own unique buttons:
Filed under eco crafts & green projects, tutorial & how to, video tutorial
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