June has been a particularly busy month for me in terms of making stuff. It’s been a bit of a weird month for me for various reasons, but when that I happens I often turn to doing things. Some people clean, or walk, or watch TV to clear their minds. I turn to textiles and making things with my hands…
I love my yearly fleece to sweater project. It’s something I started in 2017, wherein I take a whole year to produce one finished garment from the raw stage right through to the completed project. I could produce more than one a year – two definitely, maybe three if I sacrificed other projects along the way. But the point of…
February can be hard. Or at least, it’s a hard month here in Central Alberta. We are so close to spring, but it’s still cold. And we’ve been looking at snow for months. And for the love of god, can I just see a little green again?! You might have guessed, I’m not really a winter person. I grew up…
I’ve had an idea bubbling in my head for a while. The past year and a half I’ve really felt like I’ve come into my own with spinning; instead of spinning whatever, however I’ve begun to really put a lot of thought into the yarn I want at the end of the spin, and specifically, what I want that yarn…