A tiny bog coat for Albert Einstein?  Say What? photo by Noreen Crone-Findlay copyright The other day, on one of my fave lists, someone posted a link to Bog Coats. Bog Coats are an ancient style of woven coat that are rather like a kimono. They are made from a rectangular or square woven piece of fabric and are simple to make but offer endless opportunities for embellishment and exploration. Because I have been playing with tiny vintage Magic Looms that a friend sent to me, I immediately thought- Woohoo! I could use the Magic Loom to make a tiny bog coat that would work as a Christmas ornament……. sketch and photo by Noreen Crone-Findlay copyright I knew that I wouldn’t be able to cut into the fabric made on the Magic Loom, so... [Read more]

I’ve been posting about flower looms lately, because a dear friend sent me a box of flower and magic looms. photo by Noreen Crone-Findlay copyright The flowers from flower looms work beautifully  in combination with crochet. I quite like using unusual yarns with the flower looms. This is slubbly quite hefty silk handspun in a shawl. photo by Noreen Crone-Findlay copyright Here are a bunch of flower loom flowers in another shawl- also all made in handspun yarns. photo by Noreen Crone-Findlay copyright The rainbow  flower was made with spool knitted cord on a flower loom. The white flower was made with chained yarn….. so you can really play with your yarn before you use it with a flower loom. photo by Noreen Crone-Findlay copyright What... [Read more]

When you are a yarn lover, chances are good that you’ll fall in love with gadgets and devices that allow you to make, manipulate, and play with yarn in lots of fun ways. Yesterday, I posted about a wonderful box of goodies that one of my friends (who is also a fiber artist) sent me- with a set of Magic Looms in it. photo by Noreen Crone-Findlay copyright As well as the Magic Looms, she sent me a set of flower looms, which made me so happy. I know, I am easily amused…. but these are such charming little looms- The booklets say that they were sold in 1970. They feel a touch brittle, and, given that I broke a vintage flower loom recently, I want to be very very careful and gentle with these ones. One of the things that I love about... [Read more]

The post office loves it when we  decide to de-clutter. We find treasures that we send to our friends- so the friends are happy, and the post office is sooooooo happy because Friend B then mails a treasure on to Friend C, to keep the de-cluttering going. And, oh yes,Friend B has to send a little thank you back to Friend A.  Yes… the post office loves it when we de-clutter. photo by Noreen Crone-Findlay copyright One of my friends(Friend A) started a cycle of making the Post Office and me (Friend B) very happy. We were talking about small looms and flower looms. She had noticed that I blogged about my broken  much loved flower loom . She mentioned that she had an extra flower loom or two and would I like to have them? Are you kidding?... [Read more]

I’m very excited about a new design that I have been working on for ages. I’ve been experimenting with some neat new jewelry making techniques for spool knitting. I love Celtic Interlaces, and have designed a Celtic Interlace necklace. I’ve been working on it for a year or so, on and off. photo by Noreen Crone-Findlay copyright Finally, I have finished doing all the photo editing and writing and pattern formulating and text editing for the pattern. Some designs take a lot of work to develop and refine, and this is one of those ones. But it’s worth it. I am pleased! The Celtic Interlace Spool Knitted Necklace. If you’re a regular visitor on Hankering for Yarn, you’ll know that  I’ve done a lot of designs... [Read more]