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The blog has been a little silent for several months, but with good reason. I’ve been designing, writing, formatting, editing, and proofing my new book Krokbragd Patterns. It’s finished! My author copy arrives on April 1 (no fooling), and if all looks good, I’ll hit the publish button for April 7!
Those of you who have been visiting this blog for a while may remember that each year our guild, Carolina Spinners, Weavers & Knitters, has a color challenge.
Like many things about 2020, our attendance and challenge participation was not typical, however the projects themselves “knocked it out of the park”!
I’ll start this post with a little translation of the title lest you think some of the letters on my keyboard may be sticking.
It is such a pleasure to hear from you either through leaving a comment on a post or contacting me. These interactions allow for a bit of personalizing in the vastness of cyber land. Some of your emails have included questions. While I have responded individually, I thought the information might be beneficial to other readers so I gathered your krokbragd questions and my responses into this one post.
I had an awesome response to the invitation for test weavers for my upcoming book ‘Krokbragd Patterns’. I am thrilled to announce. . . .
It’s been a Goldielocks spring at Green Pastures Farm! Not too hot, not too cold, not too rainy, not too dry . . . . just right . . .
I love handspun yarn! The rhythm of spinning is relaxing while the interplay of colors and textures equally imparts joy. Like many hand spinners, the result of my passion produces an abundant and ever growing handspun stash. Although these skeins are pleasing eye candy on their own merits, my practical side prods me to find a project that befits them.
It’s been a while since I’ve posted on natural dyeing, so today I thought I would write about dyeing with hibiscus.
Hibiscus is an interesting natural dye material as the color(s) achieved are highly variable; so much so that ‘surprise’ would be my key descriptor.
I’m updating content on some of my previous posts and thought I would share those fresh ideas with you.
February 14, Valentine’s Day, will mark the one year anniversary of the publication of my first book, Krokbragd: How to Design & Weave.
Read on for a surprise announcement!
Those of us in the Northern Hemisphere are in the midst of winter.
Snow is rare here, but we do get the occasional “wintery mix”. Within that mix, there can be a moment of transition when ice crystals begin to form and cling to any surfaces they contact. I think my skein of handspun captures that event quite well.
A common occurence at this time of year is for bloggers to review or highlight posts from the past 12 months. I thought I’d do my own spin (pun intended) on this practice and write about projects that I completed, but never posted.
A common occurence at this time of year is for bloggers to review or highlight posts from the past 12 months. I thought I’d do my own spin (pun intended) on this practice and write about projects that I completed, but never posted.
Some of you may wonder why I chose the name ‘Flora & Fiber’ for my blog and business. ‘Fiber’ is probably obvious given the vast majority of my writings. But did you know another one of my interests is gardening? Hence the ‘Flora’ portion of the name. Today’s post brings a project from the latter.
At the end of Part 1 of my Epic Cloth Project , I had completed the preparation and spinning of 1,945 yards of yarn in 5 colors of alpaca fiber. Here’s Part 2, let the weaving begin.
Felicia Lo of the School of Sweet Georgia is the creator of The Epic Cloth Challenge. Felicia was Inspired by the Slow Cloth trend where one preps and/or dyes the fiber, spins the yarn, knits or weaves the fabric and ultimately reaches the finish line of a completed item. She challenged others to join her with their own designs . . . and I did!
