Good morning, and happy New Year to you! I hope you have been having a wonderful holiday season. Today I have something special for you. Chances are you have spent the last several months creating beautiful items as gifts for your loved ones. Now it’s your turn to make something just for you! I have… Read More Now It’s Your Turn
Good morning, and happy Friday to you. This is the last newsletter of 2022. I hope that 2023 overflows with blessings for you. I have been chomping at the bit to share my year end sale with you, debating about whether to send out my newsletter a day or two early, and deciding that it… Read More Year End Sale!
Good morning, and happy Friday to you! I’m actually writing this on Thursday, and it’s getting very cold outside–cold enough in fact to wonder if the Texas electrical grid will withstand it. It was 46 degrees when I got up this morning, and now it’s 17 degrees! I’m wrapped up in a poncho I knit… Read More Merry Christmas! New Colorways, January Club Painting, and the Fiber Arts as Stress Relief
Good morning, and happy Friday to you. I don’t know about you, but I love cowls. They are an elegant little accessory, and they are generally fiddle-free, meaning they don’t take a lot of styling to make them look great. They are also small and quick to make, which is what brings us to today’s… Read More Some Last-Minute Gift Ideas and Fresh Yarn Too
Good morning, and happy Friday to you. Today I thought I would share an experiment with you in color and dye techniques. Whenever I think up a new colorway idea, the first thing I think about are the colors themselves. Next is always the dilemma of how to lay on the colors. There are so… Read More An Experiment in Color
Good morning, and happy Friday to you! Thank You! First of all, I want to thank everyone who took part in my Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale. It was a blessing for my family, and I appreciate each of you so much. Fresh from the Dye Pots I have been busy dyeing up some fresh colorways… Read More Fresh From the Dye Pots
Good morning, and happy Friday to you! This week, I put together some pairs of yarn that look great together along with some beautiful patterns to go with them. I also want to tell you about next month’s club colorway painting and share a beautiful cowl pattern by a talented designer. Yarn Pairings This week… Read More Two Skeins Are Better than One
Good morning, and happy Friday to you. It’s time for my very favorite type of newsletter once again–where I get to show your beautiful creations. I also have a couple freshly dyed colorways to show you. Let’s start with the Show and Tell projects. These are finished objects and works in progress made by some… Read More Show and Tell – November 2022
Good morning and happy Friday to you. I’ll keep it short and sweet today. I just wanted to announce the painting I’ll be using as inspiration for November’s club colorway. Beginning about three months ago, I decided to start going in order by major art period. This month will be a painting from the Rococo… Read More November Club Colorway
Good morning and happy Friday to you. The official beginning of fall was several weeks ago, but here in Texas, summer has been quite tenacious. If you live where there’s a real fall season with brilliantly colored leaves, I’m a little jealous. Whether you do or not though, I have created a collection of semi-solid… Read More Find Your Fall
