Hello, friends! While I stumble my way toward making this a weekly letter, I'm here with some much-needed updates and lots of photos! But first, how are you? How was your September? Have you built or changed any crafting or life habits? What goals are you working toward? Have you satisfied one of your former goals? Has there been a shift in your focus with the season change? Have you embraced the pumpkin spice? Eggnog season is barrelling toward us, you know. I've largely been spinning,...
over 1 year ago • 3 min read
Hello, friends! I feel like I haven't had much to tell you over the past few weeks, but I felt inspired to write again today. I've been listening to some great podcasts and good books recently, and surprising myself with new ideas that will require a few brainstorm sessions. It's hard to talk about having ideas, because I'm one of those people who can't talk about an idea itself or it will go away. Before I go public, or really even talk to close friends, about A Thing, I have to take action...
over 1 year ago • 5 min read
It's Friday again! Since my media silence (aside from this newsletter), I've been spending a lot of time thinking about where I am, where I want to go, and what I want to create. I don't have any creative epiphanies for you on that front this week, but I'm having a fab time playing with yarn in the studio, and listening to music and books. I feel freer than I have in a long time, and I'm allowing myself to see where this goes and what comes of it. You may remember that last week I was talking...
almost 2 years ago • 2 min read
Well, it's not Friday. 🙃 I've been slowly getting back into the swing of things after our summer road trip vacation. It's always a really great time to get out and away, have lengthy conversations, and share the changing landscape with each other during those long driving days. Last week, I promised I'd let myself settle back in and be aimless if need be. I'd work on what I wanted to work on, and I'd spend six hours playing Guild Wars 2 when appropriate. Over last weekend, I picked up an...
almost 2 years ago • 1 min read
Welcome to the weekend! Thanks to everyone who viewed the color handling tutorial last weekend. If anyone else would like to skip past the intro and jump right into the tutorial, the highlighted video can be accessed here. Work has kept me busy this week, so this letter will be short, but I found time to cast on a new project—well, a new/old project. Five years ago, I tore apart a hand-dyed braid of fiber for the first time, so that I could use the colors to make a gradient. Then, I did it...
almost 2 years ago • 1 min read
Good morning! It's pouring down rain in Las Vegas this morning, and I can no longer see the mountains from my studio window. There's no rain nicer than desert rain, and I'll be thrilled to see how much greener and full of life everything is tomorrow. This Sunday, I'm presenting a color handling tutorial this weekend in lieu of my normal Saturday stream. It will be at 9am Pacific on Twitch. I will be walking you through how to transform a hand-dyed braid of spinning fiber into a rich gradient...
almost 2 years ago • 1 min read
Cheers to us. We made it to Friday. This week has been that slow one I knew was creeping up on me, after a good solid weeks of productivity. This week my productivity looked like naps. 😅 It's not all for nought; last night I managed to pull the herringbone project off of the loom and get it into the wash after trimming the fringe. It's significantly shorter than I intended (by no means long enough to be the scarf it was supposed to be), and that's something I'm going to have to work on going...
almost 2 years ago • 1 min read
Hi folks, Some weeks are a slog, and I was fully prepared to ride the coattails of last Friday's (glitchy) newsletter launch with a week where I wasn't sure what direction I was going. I'm happy to say that's not the case. While last weekend's camping trip ended up being a bust, and a certain parcel company is ruining my life one delayed package at a time, it's been a pretty steady stream of progress since we packed it in and headed home. Desert evenings are quite pretty, once the heat is...
almost 2 years ago • 4 min read
Welcome to the first weekly update from the Freckled Fiber studio! I'd like to take a little time each week to share snippets of what I'm working on here, so we can inspire each other to create what makes our hearts sing. Too often we find ourselves comparing to others on social media (e.g., "Oh, he made such a beautiful shawl; I could never make something that nice," "They're posting engaging stories every day! How can I keep up?!"). I'm as guilty of this as the next person, and I'd love to...
almost 2 years ago • 1 min read