Hankering for Yarn

September 10th, 2008

Inspiration - good news about weavers

My daughter found this wonderful piece on boingboing. (thanks Luv!)
This is just thrilling…. a co-operative is forming under the aspices of  the  non-profit Architecture for Humanity and Lulan Artisans to train young women in Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and India to create stable incomes through weaving. This is a way of resisting the pressure to succumb […]

By Noreen -- 0 comments

September 9th, 2008

Inspiration - Wooldancer

Oh wow! here’s a bunch of wonderful!
Michelle Snowdon of Wooldancer creates the most incredible  freeform, wild and woolie magical batts and yarns.
yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
Tags: batts, handspinning, inspiration, Michelle Snowdon, spinning, wooldancer, yarn, yarn crafts

Share This

By Noreen -- 0 comments

August 30th, 2008

Artsy bloggers roundup August 27-2008

Crocheted baby sweater and cap
Caron Yarns commissioned Noreen to design an adorable baby sweater and cap. Here’s the patttern for it.
Layers Upon Layers
Give your photos a graphic quality that will make them pop!
Make a Very Personal Gift with Scrap Girls Products
What more personal gift could you make for a friend or loved one […]

By Noreen -- 0 comments

August 23rd, 2008

Artsy bloggers roundup August 22-2008

Emergency Response Studio
Artist Paul Villinski is transforming an old trailer into a sustainable working space for displaced or visiting artists.

Layers Upon Layers
Get in on a giveaway! Cyndi has copies of “Altered You!” to pass out to some lucky winners!
Matchbook Favors are Hot, Hot, Hot!
Eileen recently started making mint matchbook […]

By Noreen -- 0 comments

August 16th, 2008

Artsy bloggers roundup August 16-2008

 
Cool Journal Tool
Try this fun tool to create art for your journal, or just to play
Cotton Monsters! The Work of Jennifer Strunge
See some of Strunge’s amazing and fun soft sculptures made from recycled clothing and linens.
Eco crafts- Credit card bobbins
How to recycle old credit cards into bobbins for embroidery floss, crochet cotton or, […]

By Noreen -- 0 comments

August 14th, 2008

Inspiration - Bonnie’s Ojo De Dios

One of my crochet friends, Bonnie Prokopowicz is constantly coming up with wonderful new pieces.
Check out her wonderful crocheted God’s Eye:
Bonnie’s Ojo De Dios 
Tags: Bonnie Prokopowicz, crochet, God’s Eye, inspiration, Ojo De Dios

Share This

By Noreen -- 3 comments

August 10th, 2008

Artsy bloggers roundup August 9-2008

13 Quilting & Fabric Arts Projects While Watching the Olympics
Mary Emma at Quilting & Patchwork gives you some project suggestions for the Olympics

Eco crafts: Hand made journals, notebooks and sketchbooks
I’ve designed a whole bunch of really fun hand made books to combine your recycling with your yarn crafts!

[…]

By Noreen -- 0 comments

July 28th, 2008

Inspiration - Jane Eborall

I recently joined a very neat list on yahoo, called ‘Here be tatters’.
Wowsa… so much inspiration!
Well… skimming through digests and clicking on links has been a treat! I’ve learned about some of the illuminati in the tatting world.
One of the genius’s of the tatting world is Jane Eborall. Her blog is are just […]

By Noreen -- 0 comments

July 23rd, 2008

Tatting Butterfly earrings - 1

Tatted butterflies make wonderful earrings.
I fell in love with Kreinik’s Metallic 1/8″ ribbon thread and wanted to tat some butterflies with it:

There’s 5 meters on the spool, but I didn’t know if that would be enough to tat 2 butterflies.
So, I decided to do an experiment.
I wound 5 m of Rainbow Hemp Beading Twine from […]

By Noreen -- 12 comments

July 23rd, 2008

Inspiration-Spectacular tatting

I’m in the middle of working to deadline on my new  book.  I can’t work on projects for the book in public, as they have to be carefully sequestered until the publisher is ready for them to be seen.
So, when I’ve been out and about, I’ve been doing a lot of tatting. It’s one of […]

By Noreen -- 0 comments