Whew! The surge of ideas has subsided just enough that I can start to get words all the way to the surface, but I have to stay out of …
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I hate my stash
I'm feeling a bit knit-out... two on needles and one around the edges of being ready. Tons of wound-up fiber waiting and nothing I …
Stash
Stash In between discussions of their Teeny Project Runway contest, Ann Shayne at Mason Dixon Knitting mentioned rag balls in her …
Stash-driven Design
Several weeks ago, one of the attendants at the swap shed that provides most of my rug fiber said she had heard the county was thinking of …
I love my Martelli Ergo-Cutter
Dull headline, wonderful product. Let’s see. 50 rugs, average 12 SF each, 60 yards / SF, that’s 36,000 yards of sliced t-shirts. Not …
Multi-tasking and art
Which is a good thing. I have a typical job with typical constant e-mail interruptions and conflicting demands on my attention. In a …
Inventory Management
When people visit my studio during the annual Studio Tour, I tend to hear comments like, “Where do you get all your ideas?” When I visit …
Finding a way in
Piano, polymer clay, rugs, carving, painting, and now perfume? I just finished reading The Perfect Scent, by Chandler Burr, and recommend …
Routines
In the absence of clear direction, a good routine is priceless. Heard someone say that once, and she may have been quoting me. But this …
Rug Display
Whew! I think I wrote about buying a retail rug stand a few weeks ago. We cleaned it up at home and painted it with Hammerite paint; the …
