I loved Knitting in America (<> Knitting America, BTW) when it came out in 1996. Consider Knit Knit the updated version, with an …
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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 …
Review: The Little Corset Book: A Workbook on Period Underwear
Buy it, then go sew, December 27, 2007 I had made the Laughing Moon Dore corset by the time I bought this book, and I also own the How to …
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 …
Not in My Name sock yarn
Black Trillium fiber is donating $10 to the ACLU for every skein of Not in My Name hand-dyed yarn sold. I bought a skein of sock yarn, to …
Review: The Fine Art of the Tin Can: Techniques & Inspirations
There's a Calder show in town right now, about to leave, which is what got me thinking down this path. Calder did a little work in tin cans …
Nicole Miller
I love this fabric. I could look at it all day. Made a dress; lots of great responses. It must be new fabric printing technology; digital. …
Evaluating Raw Material
I'm forever finding cool stuff at the swap shed, or the thrift shop. I have a house full of cool stuff that wants to be art. I'm learning …
03 Chaos
aka Difficulty at the Beginning Teeming, chaotic profusion. But the Chaos resolves. Perseverance furthers. (One day, I will count how many …
07 Army
The first hexagram that stepped up and said, "Weave me!" was 07, Army, or The Collective. Earth over Water. I didn't take many …