yarnwench (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} yarnwench) wrote,@ 2009-11-08 10:39:00 |
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The Odyssey of Isadora Duncan
Yesterday my dpns arrived - size 15 bamboo. So began the odyssey of Isadora Duncan. I am beginning to be active on Ravelry - something I've not given myself time to participate in over the past few years. I have been a member since early on but only occasionally lurk. I rarely give myself time to see what other people are doing with the exception of Flickr. This is really a mistake. It's like finding a way to weasle out of critiques in art school - yes, sharing can sometimes be uncomfortable but for the most part it is energizing, supportive, and insightful. I remember sweating out critique days and usually coming out feeling renewed and redirected. So it's time to play and connect and commune.
Ravelry's Novelty and Art Yarn Spinners group is inspiring. I was taken with a recent challenge called a NEO - which stands for Never-Ending-Object. This involves knitting a simple i-cord from art yarn and finding many different ways to use it. My last post showed the creation of the yarn from my Cinnamon Clay colorway combined with locks, angelina, sari silk and other goodies. Yesterday I put it on the needles and became addicted. I knit OVER 15 FEET of i-cord! I'm calling her Isadora Duncan and I'm going to try my best to keep from getting her caught in the spokes of my wheels. Here she is from beginning to end:
In other news, I went to a craft fair yesterday and met a vendor named Horatio from Guatamala. He was selling the weavings from his hometown of Antigua Guatamala. His family runs a museum of textiles called the Museo Casa de Tejido Antiguo and he makes his living by traveling and selling their lovely woven goods. He also conducts backstrap weaving workshops and comes to our local colleges to teach. He also said he'd do backstrap weaving classes to groups of 10 in artist's studios...hmmmmm. How awesome would it be to host a backstrap weaving class? Thinking, thinking....
Hope everyone is enjoying the weekend. It's gloriously sunny, the geese are winging overhead, and it is supposed to get up to 65 degrees today! I have commissioned fleece dyeing going on and it will be drying in the sun today - something I'd thought wouldn't happen again until next year! Enjoy your day!
Yesterday my dpns arrived - size 15 bamboo. So began the odyssey of Isadora Duncan. I am beginning to be active on Ravelry - something I've not given myself time to participate in over the past few years. I have been a member since early on but only occasionally lurk. I rarely give myself time to see what other people are doing with the exception of Flickr. This is really a mistake. It's like finding a way to weasle out of critiques in art school - yes, sharing can sometimes be uncomfortable but for the most part it is energizing, supportive, and insightful. I remember sweating out critique days and usually coming out feeling renewed and redirected. So it's time to play and connect and commune.
Ravelry's Novelty and Art Yarn Spinners group is inspiring. I was taken with a recent challenge called a NEO - which stands for Never-Ending-Object. This involves knitting a simple i-cord from art yarn and finding many different ways to use it. My last post showed the creation of the yarn from my Cinnamon Clay colorway combined with locks, angelina, sari silk and other goodies. Yesterday I put it on the needles and became addicted. I knit OVER 15 FEET of i-cord! I'm calling her Isadora Duncan and I'm going to try my best to keep from getting her caught in the spokes of my wheels. Here she is from beginning to end:
In other news, I went to a craft fair yesterday and met a vendor named Horatio from Guatamala. He was selling the weavings from his hometown of Antigua Guatamala. His family runs a museum of textiles called the Museo Casa de Tejido Antiguo and he makes his living by traveling and selling their lovely woven goods. He also conducts backstrap weaving workshops and comes to our local colleges to teach. He also said he'd do backstrap weaving classes to groups of 10 in artist's studios...hmmmmm. How awesome would it be to host a backstrap weaving class? Thinking, thinking....
Hope everyone is enjoying the weekend. It's gloriously sunny, the geese are winging overhead, and it is supposed to get up to 65 degrees today! I have commissioned fleece dyeing going on and it will be drying in the sun today - something I'd thought wouldn't happen again until next year! Enjoy your day!
