Month: August 2011

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Featured Artist: Claudia Segal of Weavolution and Weave On Studio

Publisher’s Notes: As many of you know, I came to making and using hand spun fibers through knitting. My explorations into the world of weaving and its possibilities for using heavily textured yarns could be entitled, “How I Spent My Summer Vacation”.  And, it has been a worthy endeavor. In the recent giveaway on this …

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Field Report: Spinning – From Traditional to Unbelievable at Haywood Community College

There’s no doubt that fiber arts are gaining in popularity. Knitting and crochet may be the “gateway drugs” to spinning, hand dyeing, felting, yarn bombing, and weaving. Fiber festivals are packed with enthusiastic attendees and it seems there is an alpaca farm within throwing distance anywhere you are. This summer, there was another sign as …

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Special Sunday Night Edition: Outtakes

Hi Fiber Pals! It has been a weekend of mucho fibery goodness…yesterday I met with a friend who also has a fiber-related website and hung out in her studio and had a nice long fiber-filled chat…today I went and visited the farm where I’m leasing a sheep and then spent several hours with my spinning …

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