I love horses, flowers, gardening, chickens, and all things fiber – that’s not too many hobbies, right?!
In about 2017, I was looking for a hobby, something I could do inside during long, cold evenings and nights. Someone suggested crocheting, I bought some yarn and a hook, watched some YouTube videos, and I was off!
I remember fondly when I went to buy a tub to hold some yarn in. My husband said I just needed a small tub and didn’t need much yarn. Now I have a wardrobe full of yarn and skeins of recently spun yarn all over my studio. Oh, and I have a yarn studio.
A couple of years ago, I started learning to knit by watching Youtube videos. I got a drop spindle kit and watching videos on spinning fiber. And then I took a weaving class.
When I bought a package deal of two spinning wheels, an e-spinner, a ton of fiber, and a table top loom, I knew I had truly fallen down the rabbithole of fiber love.
I still love horses, and I run a horse rescue (Bluebonnet Equine Humane Society). I raise Swedish Flower Hens, a gorgeous uncommon breed of chickens, and I grow veggies, fruit, and flowers.
And one more thing you might find interesting about me is that I have low vision – so low that I cannot legally drive. Some folks think that would make fiber arts harder, but I think crochetting, knitting, weaving, and spinning are every bit as much about feel as they are about vision. Stuff needs to look good – and mine does – but it also needs to feel great. You need to enjoy working on the project and someone else needs to enjoy wearing it.
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I love horses, flowers, gardening, chickens, and all things fiber – that’s not too many hobbies, right?!
In about 2017, I was looking for a hobby, something I could do inside during long, cold evenings and nights. Someone suggested crocheting, I bought some yarn and a hook, watched some YouTube videos, and I was off!
I remember fondly when I went to buy a tub to hold some yarn in. My husband said I just needed a small tub and didn’t need much yarn. Now I have a wardrobe full of yarn and skeins of recently spun yarn all over my studio. Oh, and I have a yarn studio.
A couple of years ago, I started learning to knit by watching Youtube videos. I got a drop spindle kit and watching videos on spinning fiber. And then I took a weaving class.
When I bought a package deal of two spinning wheels, an e-spinner, a ton of fiber, and a table top loom, I knew I had truly fallen down the rabbithole of fiber love.
I still love horses, and I run a horse rescue (Bluebonnet Equine Humane Society). I raise Swedish Flower Hens, a gorgeous uncommon breed of chickens, and I grow veggies, fruit, and flowers.
And one more thing you might find interesting about me is that I have low vision – so low that I cannot legally drive. Some folks think that would make fiber arts harder, but I think crochetting, knitting, weaving, and spinning are every bit as much about feel as they are about vision. Stuff needs to look good – and mine does – but it also needs to feel great. You need to enjoy working on the project and someone else needs to enjoy wearing it.