Busy, busy, busy. This morning I worked on a layout for a new beret knitting pattern and handknit tag. Plan to attend some retail buyer's markets this fall to sell my finished works. Here's my niece wearing one of my universal berets. Bill has not taken his off since I gave it to him a couple of months ago.
The world of fiber is truly wonderful...
It all started in the early 80s when my friend Kim decided to sell her
4-harness loom. "Incredible", was my thought. I always wanted to learn to weave. I bought the loom and with it Kim included boxes and boxes of yarn. That's how it started. Then came workshop after workshop to learn as much as I could about the fiber arts: weaving, needlepoint, crochet, tatting, spinning, fiber production, hand knitting, knitting machines, design software and production knitting. I've been at it for 20 odd years and I can not imagine my life without yarns and needles.
I decided to name my store/studio THE YARNWINDER in honor of my mother-in-law. Way back as a newly wed, I started collecting primitive antiques; and one Christmas she gave me a 150 year old skein winder--the one pictured above.