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Great afternoon at the Fiber Fiesta in Santa Fe- at the Scottish Rite Center.
11/20/2022

Great afternoon at the Fiber Fiesta in Santa Fe- at the Scottish Rite Center.

Choose your color of Spiral Jetty and make The Tee Shirt Cowl. Lots of colors available of this handdyed Merino/ Silk bl...
11/17/2022

Choose your color of Spiral Jetty and make The Tee Shirt Cowl. Lots of colors available of this handdyed Merino/ Silk blend at this weekends Fiber Fiesta in Santa Fe.
See you there!

Come see me!
11/17/2022

Come see me!

Mistake: as I was taking this photo of my WIP- I saw a dropped stitch! I marked it with a pink locking marker, took the ...
11/06/2022

Mistake: as I was taking this photo of my WIP- I saw a dropped stitch! I marked it with a pink locking marker, took the photo anyway, took a deep breathe and later fixed it.
But, yet, another mistake! This is the lovely and interesting Neutra Wrap , and when I scored my mini skeins, 1. I just got them with no pattern in mind. 2. It’s my first mini skein experience. 3. Loved this pattern but didn’t realize all mini skeins are not the same yardage. 4. Just dove in, only to realize my mini skeins didn’t have enough yardage!

So now I’m improvising with the MC and it’s coming out cool, but not exactly like the pattern.

What do you do when you make a mistake?

I do have a tip for your unlabeled mini skeins. If a pattern calls for a certain yardage, you can figure it out thus: untwist the skein, count the strands on one side. Multiply by two, then multiply by the length in inches, then divide by 36 ( represents inches in a yard which will give you the yardage).

My mistake number three so far was not doing this at the beginning of my
project!

Two new colors for Fractal Lanscape! SPICE ( left) was inspired for now- Autumn- and for a specific cowl I’m going to ma...
11/02/2022

Two new colors for Fractal Lanscape! SPICE ( left) was inspired for now- Autumn- and for a specific cowl I’m going to make. And CHAMISAL (right) was inspired to go with another new colorway- ABIQUIU- for the El Monte wrap in a new color combo.
I guess I’ve got some knitting to do! Project pics to follow at some point, and yarn will go up on the web in about a week.

I think some tonals in this DK weight Merino/Silk are in the works after seeing SPICE. Fun to maybe mix a tonal and a multi dyed- hence gotta go pattern hunting!

Happy Halloween y’all!This knitted beauty skeleton head was made by my friend, Ellen . Such a resource for amazing crea...
10/29/2022

Happy Halloween y’all!
This knitted beauty skeleton head was made by my friend, Ellen . Such a resource for amazing creature patterns. Eventually I will get the large skull pattern to make and add to my rather large collection of skulls and skeletons in their many forms. But fiber art! The best!

New handspun yarn up on the website! About ready to do a big roving dye to be able to have plenty of supplies for spinni...
10/24/2022

New handspun yarn up on the website! About ready to do a big roving dye to be able to have plenty of supplies for spinning this winter.
And winter came today! A smattering of light snow and freezing temps arrived by this morning!

Salida Fiber Festival setting up! Ready for the fiber people tomorrow and Sunday- can’t wait to share inspiration with y...
09/09/2022

Salida Fiber Festival setting up! Ready for the fiber people tomorrow and Sunday- can’t wait to share inspiration with you all- color, texture, yarn, fiber, pattern swapping. It will be great.

Two Ikaty Tank Tops! At the TSV this past Saturday. This is actually the designer wearing her version in Labyrinth Black...
08/01/2022

Two Ikaty Tank Tops! At the TSV this past Saturday. This is actually the designer wearing her version in Labyrinth BlackBerry , and I’m wearing the Beta in Saxifraga. It was perfect weather for them!
So great to see my fiber community in person, talk shop and next projects. And to all who got some yarns- thank you- and have fun with your new projects with some Vortex Yarns.

Popped Up! At Taos Ski Valley today 11-4! It’s quite nice and cool up here now- mountain escape! There are some other co...
07/30/2022

Popped Up! At Taos Ski Valley today 11-4! It’s quite nice and cool up here now- mountain escape! There are some other cool vendors in the fiber genre, too. Seems like Taos has the fiber niche going on.

Hello from Flag Wool & Fiber in Flagstaff AZ! Having fun on this second day of a whole new crowd. This place has been we...
06/05/2022

Hello from Flag Wool & Fiber in Flagstaff AZ! Having fun on this second day of a whole new crowd. This place has been welcoming and feels good!

Long sweater made by with Vortexyarns Whirl. I met with her and got to see it in person. Just fantastic! You’ll have to...
05/31/2022

Long sweater made by with Vortexyarns Whirl. I met with her and got to see it in person. Just fantastic! You’ll have to ask her what pattern. Thanks for the inspiration, I love seeing what creators make with my yarns!
Whirl and the rest of my handdyed yarns will be available at this upcoming weekend. See you there😎

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