Sampling
I don’t do enough of it, partly because it’s different in spinning and weaving than it is in knitting and crochet. I can’t really undo the work and use it in something else if I don’t like the way it’s … Continued
Life, and other stuff
I am spinning. I am dealing with photographic issues, health issues, yanno, life. I’m trying to remind myself how to knit. I was never any good at it. I am competent to make a scarf. I never got to … Continued
Distillation
I’ve been spending the past week as the guest poster on @peopleofcraft, on Twitter. It’s been interesting. The limited space of the format forces me to take what I’m saying and break it down into bite-sized pieces. What I’ve found … Continued
Where the rubber meets the road
I have a commission. This sweater has a hole in it. The yarn is a pretty standard guage, but the material is 100 percent cashmere, so getting the yarn is a little less trivial than popping round the local … Continued
Where to start
So you’ve got a wheel, it’s set up, you have a comfy chair, some pleasant background and a beverage. Hold off for a bit. The background and the beverage are still useful, but I think you might want to wait … Continued
Odds and ends
Fiber is high tech. It’s higher tech than most of us think. Making cheaper cloth was the first phase of the industrial revolution. The punch card started programming as a way to automate weaving (looms are, in their way, binary. … Continued