Starting a Tapestry
I designed this tapestry years ago. Since then the loom has made a trip to the attic and back, I’ve taken up knitting and spinning, and we’ve had our second child who is now nearly 3. So I finally have all the pieces together; loom warped, yarn dyed, cartoon printed. It is so gratifying to see even this tiny progress! I plan to keep updating the progress (be it ever so slow) on this so I can have a record of it.
An Early Start
I am so ready for the New Year! Over the past couple of days I’ve been getting organized so I can get on with my resolutions for 2009. I’m excited about having my studio all set up to make all sorts of fantastic fiber arts. By the way, the doll is Elizabeth; I’ve had her since I was little. She has trouble weaving because her fingers do not separate.
My studio ready for art-making
Today I cleaned up my horrific desk, so I’m not overwhelmed with clutter every time I sit down to work. Now for the actual resolutions…
1. Daily Bible readings with Josh. Have bought daily Bible to make it simple. Plan to have hot tea and Bible study in the evenings.
2. FlyLady baby steps.
3. Start fiber art business; begin building inventory for Etsy shop.
4. Blog daily.
So that’s it! I’m very optimistic for the New Year. I know there will be ups and downs, but I’m hoping to focus on the ups and learn from the downs.
Just a Social Knitter
I started knitting durning the last trimester of my pregnancy with Noah. He’s about to turn two, and I’ve just started having the spare time to finish the project I started. I love my fuzzy green yarn. It covers up mistakes. It makes my knitting go fast because it makes big gaps look cool. Did I mention I have a yarn addiction? It’s a sickness. There’s no telling how many pounds of yarn I have in my stash. But then weaving does require a lot of yarn and I do that, too. But I digress.
I picked knitting back up thanks to YouTube- it’s where I go to learn and relearn my knitting techniques. Well, technique. I’m keeping it pretty simple for now with the one stitch I know how to do. But you’ve gotta start somewhere!
There’s a great little group that meets every Tuesday here in Montgomery to knit and have coffee and chat. I started going last night and it’s very refreshing to have adult conversation! I found the group through meetup.com- you can find all sorts of cool groups on there. So now I’m hooked- even if I didn’t enjoy knitting so much, I’d still do it for the great company and the excuse to spend too much money on a cup of coffee at Starbucks.
