Originally uploaded by yarnpunk
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Loop's Spontaneous Spinning Club
I fell in love with the gorgeous colors and textures of the spinning batts produced by Loop. It was more or less an obsession at first sight, and even though I could card up similar batts of my own, I couldn't resist joining Loop's Spontaneous Spinning Club. I guess the allure is the anticipation of not knowing what's coming next, but knowing it will be something that inspires me. Each month a new and wondrous batt arrives in my mail box- an exquisite treat that has me running for my wheel as soon as I get home. I even forgot to take a photo of the batt for the last yarn I spun cause I couldn't wait to spin it!
Monday, June 23, 2008
Scrounging up Leftovers
Originally uploaded by yarnpunk
Sometimes when you are driven to spin something, and all you have at hand are leftovers from other projects, you create something quite wonderful and unexpected. I love how this yarn shifts from coils, to standard ply to crazy plied. The colors and textures are continually shifting throughout the yarn.
Silver Lining- The Yarns
Silver Lining- The Yarns
Originally uploaded by yarnpunk
Here are the yarns spun from my silver lining batts. You can see more details of these yarns on my flickr page.
Sunday, June 08, 2008
Dyed & Printed Fabric
Dyed & Printed Fabric
Originally uploaded by yarnpunk
Worked on dying and printing a piece of fabric this week that I've cut into smaller sections for working into mixed-media art quilts, ATC's, Postcards, etc. This is only one section. To see more visit my flickr page.
Weaving Works in Seattle
Weaving Works in Seattle
Originally uploaded by yarnpunk
Check out Weaving Works next time you are in the Seattle area. They have an amazing selection of yarn and fiber. I had a very limited time when I was there and felt so overwhelmed. Make sure you have at least a couple of hours to kill, otherwise you are just torturing yourself.
Officially Homeless
This is the reason I have not been blogging or feeling creative much this year. In January we moved out of our house of 10+ years and began gutting it and getting it ready for demolition. It was surreal watching my house get crushed into bits and loaded into the back of a dump truck. Good-bye house and your leaky duct-tape ceiling and mouse infested walls.... I went swimming in that bottle of Pino Grigio later that day, and am still trying to figure out if I was celebrating or numbing the fact that I'm officially homeless. New construction should begin this summer after the site is excavated and new septic installed.
On a happier note, my creative muse is back and I've got lots of new yarn to photograph and projects in the works. Still trying to work out lighting for taking pic's now that I'm no longer enjoying the benefits of full spectrum lighting down at the yarn shop. The lighting in our rental sucks. Also, after I sold the yarn shop, I bought myself a macbook and am still trying to figure out the new operating system. It's been interesting weaning myself from windows.
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