Hankering for Yarn

January 31st, 2007

The story of a new spoolie: There’s a reason why Jim is the woodsmith and I am the yarnie!

Here is a pic of the Synchronicity Spoolie that I made for myself. And, this is one of those:
‘Don’t try this at home’ stories………..
Jim had turned a ‘Syncronicity Sisters’ spoolie, and rejected it, thinking that it was too short.
He is trained to put his reject pieces in a bucket for me. This way,I can […]

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January 27th, 2007

A Picture of a wonderful Christmas present

I have been meaning to post a picture of this for a month!
Our almost-son-in-law, our daughter’s wonderful fiance, built the most incredibly beautiful cedar chest for our son and his fiance for Christmas……. pofieck for storing their linens and her yarns, and knitting, spoolknitting and crochet…..
He spent hours and hours and hours, glueing boards, planing, […]

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January 25th, 2007

Small handmade, quick and easy foamcore looms

My dear friend, Terri Bibby, is a weaver extraordinaire.
She teaches and practices the art of Saori weaving, and weaving as a contemplative, peacemaking process.
She’s an amazing, gentle and wonderful soul that I am blessed to call friend.
Terri has a lovely blog, and she has just posted instructions on how to make ‘bookmark looms’ from foamcore. […]

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January 22nd, 2007

My Most Favorite Tools: Spoolknitters, cordmakers, potholder looms

I have been thinking about doing some postings on my favorite things. Synchronicity rules! This morning, Hsien posted about some of her favorite tools: Glue Spreaders
She asked what other people’s favorite tools are, which inspired me to post a few of my most beloved tools.
Two of my biggest fibre passions are spoolknitting and potholder loom […]

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January 19th, 2007

The Sisterhood of the Travelling Crochet Hook: the creative process:1

People often ask me what is my most important source of inspiration and creativity.
That’s an easy answer for me.
The thing that inspires me the most, is the question:
“What If? What would happen if I……..”
I believe it’s essential to take chances and to be willing to get things wrong in order to find […]

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January 19th, 2007

The Sisterhood of the Travelling Crochet Hook: the creative process:2

The first doll shaped Gulliver Hook was really wild and woolie, large and exuberant:
She inspired me to begin the Sisterhood of the Travelling Crochet hook, and that has begun a  wonderful voyage of discovery for me.
Crochet is all about responding to intuition, inspiration, imagination and touches body mind and spirit deeply!
The second doll shaped hook […]

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January 18th, 2007

The Sisterhood of the Travelling Crochet Hook: Audrey’s Story

Audrey and I met on one of our email lists, and have become friends. She’s a delight, and I enjoy her adventurous  spirit enormously.
Here is her story for The Sisterhood of the Travelling Crochet Hook:

“The Sisterhood Series is very interesting. I love your memories. I have knitted since I was 4 and a […]

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January 18th, 2007

Igolochkoy and punchneedle embroidery:1:Thread paintings

For more than 30 years now, my most favorite form of embroidery has been punch needle embroidery. I began with Igolochkoy and worked with teeny little brass needles for years.
But, I learned about the Ultra Punch needle from wonderful Linda at www.punchneedlemarketplace.com
and I am hooked.
Punch needle embroidery is worked from the back, and thread […]

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January 18th, 2007

Igolochkoy and punchneedle embroidery:2:Hats

I love the way punch needle embroidery looks like beading.
Here are a few pics of some of the embroidered hats that I’ve done over the years. All are my original designs:
Hat top

front of hat:

Hat top:

front of hat:

Hat top that is now on the back of one of my vests:

and in my next entry, I’ll post […]

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January 18th, 2007

Igolochkoy and punchneedle embroidery:3:Bag, and embroidered wearables

And,  here is an evening bag that I embroidered with wool yarn:

And the front of a dress

the back of a vest:

and a shawl:

They’re all my original designs.
And, I love punchneedle embroidery!
hugs all round
Noreen
www.crone-findlay.com
The images are all copyright, so please don’t copy them.
Thanks so much!

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