Field Trip to The Mannings!
Rob and I decided that it was a great day for a field trip. So we decided to go visit The Mannings in East Berlin PA, which is only about 15 minutes from his house. Click to see full-size images! 1. The Mannings, 2. IMAG0032, 3. IMAG0033, 4. A view of the buildings., 5. I’ll take one of each., 6.
Poll results are in!
Thank you to everyone who participated in our poll – it was very informative for me, and hopefully a snap for you to take. Here’s the breakdown of results: Top request by far was for more art batts. This is a good thing, as I have plans to fulfill your needs! Besides Box of Crayons batts, I’ll be adding a
Holiday Heap 2011 In Pictures!
Rob and I had SUCH a marvelous time at the Heap! Big thanks go out to Charm City Craft Mafia, who made the magic happen and did amazingly hard work to create a fantastic holiday craft show… GrrChe Gourmet Grilled Cheese for a fantastic lunch… Red Emma’s for the caffeinated lift in the afternoon, and Meep!Craft for being such awesome
Intro to Spinning Classes – a fun way to learn!
Hey hey! I’ve got spinning classes scheduled at Lovelyarns for November and December! What you’ll get in my class, An [fun!] Intro to Spindle Spinning: – one genuine hand-made spindle, of a weight for beginners – approx. 1.5 oz of spinning fiber to take home, as well as fiber to be used during class – a detailed instruction packet that
Xiane’s Story: how I became elbow deep in wool
How did I become a Fiber Artist? I get asked this question a LOT! I figured that telling the story here would be fun and educational for those of you whom I’ve not *yet* met. Before I was spinning yarns, I was spinning tunes as a radio and club DJ. [And this is why I name most of my fiber
I hope that your Holidays and your New Year’s celebrations were happy, fun, and safe! I have many plans for 2012, and although I probably will not implement *all* of them, it will be fun to try and see how many I succeed at creating. You might notice that I’ve got some new spins [see what I did there?] on
Added Dec 13, 2011, Under:
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Hi there, my lovelies! I have a big Thank You I Love You Happy Holidays gift for you. FREE SHIPPING UNTIL 2012! You don’t have to do anything at checkout, the shipping’s already been removed from the cart. I still have some holiday yarns available, too! MERRY HAPPY!
Hi everyone! I just wanted to post a quick reminder to all in the area that I will be both vending and demonstrating at HOLIDAY HEAP tomorrow, December 3rd! The craft show is located inside St John’s Church, at 2640 St Paul Street in Charles Village. Doors will be open from 10am – 5pm, and you can find me at
I’m so pleased to direct you to Sarada’s contribution to the Handmade for the Holidays Blog-Along: http://artbysarada.blogspot.com/2011/11/handmade-for-holidays.html Sarada makes wonderful, magical paintings filled with curiously captivating Fantasy, Halloween, Gothic and Victorian imagery – I love her colors and subject matter and if I ever get around to writing a book, I know who I need to illustrate my book cover.
I do this full time: spinning, fiber wrangling and dyeing and carding, blogging, selling, teaching, talking. It’s a really hard job in some ways, especially in the current economy and during my current personal economy. But it is the best job I’ve ever had, because not only do I get to create something that I love and believe in, and
What’s this? I’m starting somethin’! I believe with all my heart in buying Handmade for the Holidays – and every day. But the Holidays are a special time to shop and show the people you love just how wonderful buying Handmade can be! So I will be blogging until the end of the year about buying, making, and selling Handmade.
Heya, all! Just in case you missed it, my very first day of my “world-famous” [hurr] spinning class hosted by Lovelyarns in lovely Hampden, Baltimore, MD, happens this Sunday, November 13th. I am excited! Here’s a little background: I will teach using basic top-whorl drop spindles and provide a spindle, fiber, and detailed instructions/book recommendations/website references for students to take
Added Nov 7, 2011, Under:
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^^ current knitting project http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45169565/ns/nightly_news/t/faribault-blanket-mill-revival-restores-us-jobs/#.Trd6FvQnqC0 THIS is the most amazing story. Two men invest locally by purchasing the woolen mill that was on its way to Pakistan… and reopened it in town, offering jobs – and hope. Source: ravelry.com via dreamversion on Pinterest https://market.android.com/details?id=us.ravulo.projects – Ravulous is a knitting / crochet project browser app for users of Ravelry.com. Log in
Added Nov 6, 2011, Under:
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…just something to make you giggle on a lovely Sunday. I suggest taking a stroll through Stéfan’s Flickr account if you like geeky humor like me
Added Nov 2, 2011, Under:
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Wheels, that is! I am still of course, in love with Genevieve – my purple Ashford Kiwi wheel – but as much as I love her, and she’s been a great help to my business… I have to admit that her traditional treadle action is killing my knees. Particularly my right knee, which came into this spinning thing with a
I can’t believe it’s the last day… all over again! My last recap post about Summit of Awesome is up at Unanimous Craft. Please hop over there to give it a read: http://www.unanimouscraft.com/blog/summit-awesome-last-day-sniffle I feel like it’s the last day all over again… my last blog post about Summit Of Awesome is now up at Unanimous Craft. *sniffle* I just
Added Oct 29, 2011, Under:
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Leah Piken Kolidas of Creative Every Day hosts several marvelous challenges each year. I’ve looked at them before, but put off joining in… until now! November is Art Every Day Month, as hosted by Creative Every Day. The challenge, similar to NaNoWriMo, is to produce something every day. Unlike NaNo, though, there’s no pressure – the challenge is to BE
Added Oct 25, 2011, Under:
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Did you know that I have a Print Gocco? [if, of course, you've even heard of one - they're a pretty obscure Japanese screen printing device!] Well, I do, and I didn’t know how to use it until Friday’s Gocco Like It’s 2004 workshop! This is just one of the things I talk about over at Unanimous Craft in my
Hey, look here and you’ll find the next update in my report on Summit of Awesome – http://www.unanimouscraft.com/blog/summit-awesome-day-two-part-one-continued-awesomeness – because I *know* you want to hear the funny things that Jay McCarroll said during his Craftnote speech! More reporting to come!
Look how happy and inspired we all look! I miss Summit of Awesome already. Want to see more photos from the three days, including some of my own? Head on over to the Summit of Awesome 2011 Flickr Pool!
Well well well! The second post I’ve got up at Unanimous Craft about Summit of Awesome is up – it’s the second part of my first day at the gathering, and you’ll read about sessions with Debbie Stoller and Laurie Henzel, Miranda Lievers, and Kate McKean, Kari Chapin, and Lish Dorset. Read more at http://www.unanimouscraft.com/blog/summit-awesome-day-one-part-two-crafty-boogaloo
Just a heads up: my first post about Summit of Awesome 2011 is up at Unanimous Craft! Learn all about what I did and saw on my first day… it was so much that I had to break it into TWO posts! The first part of my day is here: http://www.unanimouscraft.com/blog/summit-awesome-day-one-let-awesome-begin The second part will be linked here as soon
So remember a couple of months ago, when I was wishing and hoping that I’d be able to attend Hello Craft‘s Summit of Awesome – which, incidentally, is happening this weekend in Baltimore, the city in which I live? …yeah, I’m going to that. There’s a couple of stories to be told here, so bear with me while I spin
Holy moly! I’d just been grousing that I wanted to start doing crochet again, but really needed a refresher course… and Craftyminx shows up with a free, online, month-long Crochet School how-to! Did I mention that it’s FREE? She even has a syllabus drawn up for the course, so please do go over and check it out. You know, handspun
Added Sep 22, 2011, Under:
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Things that have been happening in XianeLand: ✄ PLY Party was an amazing success! Once again, Threeravens & Baltimore made a great pair, and y’all bought everything up. Have I mentioned how much I love being back in my hometown? And MAJOR thanks go to Lovelyarns for hosting and doing all the tough work! There were deee-lish cupcakes, super-helpful helpers
Added Sep 10, 2011, Under:
Events
Sunday is the day! Stop by at Lovelyarns at 846 W. 36th Street, Baltimore MD 21211 from Noon to 6pm and say hello to me and all the other amazing indie artists who will be selling our wares and happily chatting away… and eating cupcakes… heh. I’ll have my shop stocked with whatever remains after the show – if you
