The Anything Goes Show at The Yarn Museum

I'm now showing in the Anything Goes show at the new online Yarn Museum: Gallery/The Anything Goes Show at The Yarn Museum/Honoring the artistry and beauty of handspun yarn!

Yay!

Website update

I've been working on my personal site again. I finally got the images to connect and work. Check it out and let me know what you think: Polyartgirl Designs

SLV Church of Craft

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We've finally started our local chapter of the Church of Craft. More gatherings to make stuff... I love that.

After second carding... Wool/Soysilk blend

After second carding... Wool/Soysilk blend,
originally uploaded by polyartgirl.

Love the way this batt came off the carder... softly blended with strong distinct colors... soysilk soft accents...

Handspun Cormo

Handspun Cormo Detail,
originally uploaded by polyartgirl.

I bought this lovely fiber from at the Pagosa Fiber Festival this year. The same dealer was at the Taos Wool fest, but they didn't have any spinning fiber this time.

The Cormo seemed to make me spin finer yarn. It wanted to spin fine and somewhat tight. The plying softened the spin and made a softly balanced yarn... I'll block it tomorrow and maybe do a nice dye on it...

Mohair and flicker... lovely colors

Mohair and flicker... lovely colors,
originally uploaded by polyartgirl.

The Taos Wool Fest was fantastic. I only spent a few hours Sturday morning, but that didn't stop me from finding lots of fun spinables and gifts.

This mohair cloud called my name until I want back to buy it. I found some shetland in white and grey as well as lots of corriedale. It'll be fun to see what these become...

Crocheted fingerless gloves

Pablo's got new gloves,
originally uploaded by polyartgirl.

A simple pattern that used almost exactly the amount of yarn that I had... 3 ounces of red and grey plied handspun.

Hironao Hamada - The Last Papermaker

Hironao Hamada,
originally uploaded by polyartgirl.

The workshop was wonderfully informative. They were fun to watch and learn from. I hope to see them again in the future and find out that there is more interest in, and more people working in the Tengucho-style.

the company of prophets

"There is no virtue in being uncritical; nor is it a habit to which the young are given. But criticism is only the burying beetle that gets rid of what is dead, and, since the world lives by creative and constructive forces, and not by negation and destruction, it is better to grow up in the company of prophets than of critics."
-Richard Livingstone

Weekend Handspun

Weekend Handspun,
originally uploaded by polyartgirl.

Spinning weekend in Tin Cup... Three large skeins. The stripped one is wool plied with soysilk. The other two are koolaid dyed handspun and plied wool. I'm in love with them...

Purple blend roving and green...

purple blend roving and green...,
originally uploaded by polyartgirl.

Beautiful together...

Beaded and plied

HPIM4479,
originally uploaded by polyartgirl.

Bamboo, dyed wool, glass beads and cotton thread...

about 50/50 Bamboo and Wool... the tiny purple sparkels is Angelina

about 50/50 Bamboo and Wool... the tiny purple sparkels is Angelina,
originally uploaded by polyartgirl.

My second batt. I'll spin this up on Saturday or Sunday... up in Crestone. It's beautiful. The batt is aproximately 3 oz

1/2 oz pencil roving, Wool Batt

1/2 oz pencil roving, Wool Batt,
originally uploaded by polyartgirl.

I've been working hard to clean my little carder. It's wonderful. I pulled my first batt off it last night. I drafted it into pencil roving. I'm thinking that this is the perfect roving to try kool-aid dying because it has dirty wool from the carder on it.

I'll post pictures as it progresses...

50% Dyed Wool, 50% Bamboo

50% Dyed Wool, 50% Bamboo,
originally uploaded by polyartgirl.

Another single that I spun up on Saturday. Very soft and the bamboo sparkles in the sunlight. I'm feeling more secure and happy spinning. It's addictive.

PageBoost

PageBoost

It's Summer

and I've stepped away for a moment from the blogging and the internetting. I don't seem to miss the computer or the endless hours staring at a screen. I've been making knitting needles this weekend, I'll post pictures soon. It's a quiet beautiful day in our valley. I'm listening to dreams and shaking my head. A series of photos is dancing behind my eyes, maybe by the end of summer we'll be ready to take them. A new painting is forthcoming, if we could just make the paper to painting it on... and then it's not just paint on paper... it's a scluptural multi-media representation of me in my head...wonder how it'll come out.

More soon...

Knitted dishcloth

Knitted dishcloth,
originally uploaded by polyartgirl.

There's nothing like taking things to the extreme. I love using these giant knitting needles. They're so soft and create such a beautiful loose pattern....

Knitted scarf Detail

Knitted scarf Detail,
originally uploaded by polyartgirl.

Knitting on giant needles with a fuzzy yarn.

Tunisian Dishcloth

Tunisian Dishcloth,
originally uploaded by polyartgirl.

Simple tunisian square with a ruffled edge. I love these colors together.

Handwoven Shawl

Handwoven Shawl,
originally uploaded by polyartgirl.

Here's the shawl that I was working on for so long. I'll have more images soon.

Alchemy Yarns of Transformation

Gorgeous Yarn!

Alchemy Yarns of Transformation

"Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Beginner's Scarf

HPIM3723,
originally uploaded by polyartgirl.

This is the pattern I wrote for my beginning Crochet Class.

This scarf uses: Chain Stitch, Single Crochet, Double Crochet, changes in yarn color, crocheting from the front or back of a stitch, and Fringe treatments. In the class, I teach basic pattern reading as well.

Classes in Crochet

I'm starting to teach classes in Crochet. My first class is this Saturday at 1pm.

Here's a link to The Brochure (explaining the class content

And a link to the Calender showing dates and times! (Subject to change since I'm posting April through August...

Let me know if you have a conflict or if you'd like to see something added, and we'll see what I can manage!

Tapestry in the making

Tapestry in the making,
originally uploaded by polyartgirl.

I'm using the yarns I dyed to create my first tapestry. I love the simplicity of tapestry weaving... making the loom from easy to find materials and dying the yarns.

Word Cloud

tshirt2,
originally uploaded by polyartgirl.

using words from my website to create a t-shirt at: SnapShirts

Welcome!

I'm finally integrating my blog and art journal with my Website. You can reach all of the same links as before by clicking on "Polyartgirl's Website" on the right. I'm still tweeking the images, but I'll get there.

Closest green with copper beads: Verdiglow

Closest green with copper beads,
originally uploaded by polyartgirl.

Finally a finished version of the green handspun yarn. It's lovely. It's plyed with glazed cotton thread and copper colored glass beads.

Color decisions

HPIM3661,
originally uploaded by polyartgirl.

My first batch of fiber reactive dies...

Wool...

All but the two browns are overdyed. The browish red on the right was overdyed with a little navy added. Originally it'd been neon orange.

I'm thrilled with the results.

Progress...

Progress...,
originally uploaded by polyartgirl.

It's coming along... The line of red is about 3 and a half inches from being half way done with the entire weaving.

I keep telling myself that the second half will go a lot faster. With about 14 hours into it so far, it better...

Where I've Been

*working on my weaving project:

on the loom:


up close:


I've unwoven more than I've woven... I have at least 9 hours in this shawl so far... and I'm only 22" into the 90" long piece... but I finally love it :) It'll be a lattice with grapevines winding up... and... the images show the back of the pattern... somehow I'm weaving it upsidedown.

*and spinning yarn:



*Preparing to teach crochet classes at our little local coffee/yarn/art shop. I think it'll be so much fun. I'm also going to teach coptic bookbinding at Laura's shop...we just have to set it up.

Fiber Passions... Crochet hat

This is the first hat I've ever made. It's from a pattern I found online...(the pattern can be found at: Braided Knot ) Mine came out a little different in that I didn't measure and make the braid quite long enough. I rarely use patterns of any kind, so this was an experiment.

I'm loving crochet more than ever.

Spinning for kicks

HPIM3506,
originally uploaded by polyartgirl.

I'm finally getting the hang of it... I taught myself by feel and by books. My fibers instructor offered to show me, but I'm too impatient. I want to know now... I want to experience it now. So, I feel it... and now I'm coming up with something that feels like yarn. I'll take more photos soon...

All people dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their mind, wake in the morning to find that it was vanity. But the dreamers of the day are dangerous people, for they dream their dreams with open eyes, and make them come true. T.E. Lawrence