Sleeping Spring..

I know your under there.

Somewhere.

Under all that snow.

Spring.

Sleeping.

Little wall hanging created on a DIY 

frame loom with:

Naturally dyed hand spun yarn,

Recycled sweater yarn,

Reclaimed yarn,

and 

a stick from my stash.

~

Yarn Along..

Goldenrod over dyed with Indigo..

Had to knit it up for myself.

For some reason I am in LOVE with brilliant green lately.

Probably because it it so gray here.

Scarf pattern:

'Terrain'

by

Kallio Knits

Reading:

Uppercase Magazine

I've been wanting to subscribe to Uppercase for some time now.

When I read that this issue had a feature on feed sacks, 

I knew it was time to jump on board.

Uppercase is absolutely wonderful.

Savoring 

every

single

page.

There are a lot of familiar fabrics in the magazine.

These little quilt squares were sewn by hand, while I was camping, over

20 years ago.  Ironed them with a coffee pot as I went.

So much fun to pull them out of the attic and see them again.

Dad even remembers a shirt made from one of the fabrics as a child.

Any other feed sack fabric fans out there??

~

Joining Ginny

Snow..

 All the snow recently had me thinking about one of my 

favorite books as a kid..

 

Do you ever do that?

Read the books that hang in sweet memories

of childhood?

The original 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs'

..'Wacky Wednesday'..

SNOW!

I've been dreaming about this little Japanese

out-of-print book that I came across on Pinterest

quite a while ago.

Lisa from 'This and That from Japan' was able

to track down a copy!

..gasp..

(Lisa is totally amazing and I can't recommend her shop enough)

Weaving with reclaimed fabric.

Many of you know how much I love sourcing

reclaimed materials.

Thrift shops, estate sales, random things

given to me from folks who know I love yarn.

Even though there are at least three proper looms in the house,

I still love to just "weave with what I have".

Cardboard from a shoe box,

reclaimed sweater yarn,

take-out fork,

and a

plastic darning needle from thrifting...

=

a fun little mug rug!

..or..

a custom patch to decorate a plain bag.

So if you are suffering from a bit of the greys or cabin fever,

maybe you'll want to try digging out these..

~ a cheerful read that will make you smile.

~ some odds and ends in your stash and craft happy.

..instead of digging snow..

: )

...

Listen

Machair,

mooreland,

coastal waters,

rugged cliffs..

"Scotch Briar"

~

.. there is an idea brewing..

What are you hearing from nature?

. . .

Inspiration Board

.. collect ALL the bits..

| workroom inspiration board |

~

Mug Rug..

This little loom belonged to my mom as a child.

When I unearthed it there still was a little piece of her weaving on it.

That little square of wool now hangs 

on the inspiration board in my studio.

One day I took the little loom with me out to the campfire with

some cones of who-knows-what-kinda-yarn I dug out of the cedar chest.

Isn't hand-me-down-mystery-yarn wonderful?!?

The little square on the upper left is what came off the loom that day.

It happened to be just the right size for my coffee mug.

I use that little mug rug every. darn. day.

It makes me think of my mom's little fingers weaving wool..

the day we sat together laughing at the campfire..

how imperfectly perfect it is.

That little rug got me thinking about maybe trying a few more. 

This little rug was woven on a Schacht Zoom Loom.

Small.

Portable.

Easy to use.

Perfect for more hand-me-down-yarn,

recycled sweater yarn,

and..

a little embroidered pine tree.

~

Yarn Along..

Knitting on a "Nori" shawl with some

naturally dyed yarn from the summer dye pots.

Logwood.. gosh I love Logwood.

This little skein was accidentally cut during the re-skeining process

so I got to keep it...  y a y ....!

Reading from the guild library:

A Handweaver's Pattern Book

by Marguerite P. Davison

My mind is a sea of pattern and color fueled 

by reclaimed fiber, textures outside my window,

the dye pots..

..it's endless really.

Wishing you a most happy, healthy, creative New Year!

~