Here is the first piece that opened me up to piercing canvas and adding thread/fiber elements, discovered by me a couple of weeks ago in conversation with a knitting comadre on Ravelry. I had been thinking of adhesives, but Kirsty’s innovation and provacative piece “Cursive” literally PUNCHED HOLES in my way of thinking. I love [...]
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I have a bunch of great friends. We share a lot of cool links and tidbits from the ‘net. Because they are looking at vastly different things online than I am, I get wonderful FRESH ideas from them. Here is today’s, from T: from http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=11665672 I’ve been thinking lately about doing paintings that are somehow [...]
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I have returned from Africa, and I am jet-lagged, -whelmed (I pendulum between under and over on an hourly basis) with my life here, and changed. This might shock you, or not surprise you. If it thrills you, please do write to me or comment. I am this woman, and I am a hunter. For [...]
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Cake is a wee knitted elephant who has come from Kentucky to Texas, and will be travelling with us to Africa. Here is a failed passport photo (apparently, profile shots are not ok). When he’s done with us in South Africa, he will be headed to destination top secret for further adventures. His hosts will [...]
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(29 of 50) Call me “Four Eyes.” Actually, I have bifocals, so that would be “Six Eyes.” One part of aging is the inevitable need for glasses. This started for me in my mid-30s when I was in graduate school and reading a lot. But I didn’t believe it. I look back and see the [...]
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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Memorial Day Weekend, originally uploaded by tigerwillow. (26 of 50) Some days, you have to work. Some days, you need to play with Sculpey. And sometimes you just have to ride [...]
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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Drifts at sunset, originally uploaded by Andrea_R. I am lucky to have friends in far-flung places, where it gets cold and snowy and windy. They step outside and snap photos, this [...]
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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Snowy Woods, originally uploaded by tigerwillow. One thing not captured by the camera is the silence, the hush that all the snow creates. For me, there is a delicate balance between [...]
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What, you mean you don’t “texturize” your yarn pre-start or midway? I went to a friend’s house last night, taking my brand spanky new bag of bottle green yarn – three buns of Rowan KidSilk to make the Alterknits Multilayered Shawl ( a tube of knitting through which you pull a fine piece of silk [...]
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My dear friend in Hungary sent me some awesome winter photos, taken this week. It’s wonderful to know that somewhere there really is a winter wonderland. I love the idea of a white Christmas, but really am glad I don’t need to dress in two pairs of socks, long underwear, shirt, sweater, vest, etc.
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