I had to abandon plans to paint roses on my satin wedding dress when the satin turned out to be rayon, not silk. Silk (protein fibers) …
Arts 700
Review: Bogolanfini Mud Cloth
I found Bogolanfini Mud Cloth in the gift shop at the National Textile Museum in Washington, DC. It's really all pictures--150 pages of …
Engagement Socks
I carried a ball of Not in My Name sock yarn from Black Trillium Fibers to a motorcycle rally in Maggie Valley in June 2017. It was our …
Review: Jinny Beyer’s Color Confidence For Quilters (Paperback)
For anyone who works with "other people's" colors (that is, NOT painters and people who make their own colors). The book can help move …
Review: Building craft equipment: An illustrated manual (Hardcover)
Now that Craig's List is as ubiquitous as it is, some of the more involved equipment, in particular, floor looms, is as easy and inexpensive …
Review: A Life in Stitches: Knitting My Way through Love, Loss, and Laughter
Literate, knitter (OK, that's almost redundant), engaging. My own disclaimer: I think I've only ever met two knitting books I didn't …
Review: The Creative Process Illustrated: How Advertising’s Big Ideas Are Born
Full disclosure: I am not in modern advertising in any way professionally. I do spend a lot of time in the arena of …
Review: KnitKnit: Profiles + Projects from Knitting’s New Wave
I loved Knitting in America (<> Knitting America, BTW) when it came out in 1996. Consider Knit Knit the updated version, with an …
Review: Unexpected Knitting
Wasn't sure quite how to take this book, based on the other reviews, and then I saw a set of Debbie New's postcards on a different knitting …
Feedbags as Fiber
There has to be something useful I can do with feedbags. I have plenty of them; 55 pound bags with perfectly groomed golden retrievers on …