Yesterday, I posted about how I spun paper streamers from a Blue Man show into yarn.
I promised to show what I have been doing with the upcycled paper yarn.
Well…
I’ve been working on a couple of things.
I knitted a little pocket doll with the yarn.
Myeh.  It wasn’t magical.
So I frogged it.
And, then, I followed my intuition. One of the b5 bloggers wrote recently that her little girl was saddened by being told that Unicorns are not real.
I thought…. hmmm…. why not show her that the realm of imagination is alive and well?
So, I got out my potholder loom, and started weaving …read more

It’s spring! And, even though I may be too late for Easter with this bunny, I hope that you will have lots of fun weaving and spool knitting a darling Springtime Bunny.
You’ll need: A ball of pink yarn (I used Bernat Denimstyle in Weathered Rose)
A Potholder Loom,a weaving hook, a chopstick,a crochet hook,
a 4 peg spool knitter, a loop lifter,
a craft needle, a ruler, a dime, scissors, about an ounce of polyester stuffing,
about 10 inches of red yarn, a paper punch for circles, a paper punch for the heart,
or cut it out of junk mail freehand, thick craft glue, a …read more

Last Sunday, when my husband, Jim’s trio was playing at the Blue Chair, I brought along my little Flip video camera, and taped a few lovely moments to share….
I was weaving away on my potholder loom, so there’s even a little fiber content in the video!
Jim wrote ‘Gypsy Girl’ for me…. sigh……  having him write music for me is one of the most incredible gifts I have ever received!
I was sitting quite far away from the bass player, so, sadly, you don’t hear much of the bass.
I was sitting with one of my closest friends, who hadn’t heard ‘Gypsy Girl’ …read more

For the last couple of years, I have been working on a series of new designs for oh so cute toys and dolls woven on the Potholder loom.
I absolutely love the Potholder Loom.
It’s a loom that is seriously under appreciated.
Many people were introduced to the potholder loom when they were children.
They began weaving with loops of nylon or cotton that were offcuts from the sock industry.
This has tended to fix the idea in people’s minds that loopers are what potholder looms are all about.
No no no no no no no no!
Luckily, I didn’t have a potholder loom when I …read more

Oh rats! I have been waiting to post about the Doll Celebration in Japan. In the back of my mind, I was convinced it was May 5. I figured that I would just google it to confirm that, and wailie, wailie! The doll festival was March 3!
Ah well, today, May 5, is still cause for celebration. It’s Children’s  Day in Japan.  (Used to be Boy’s Hero Day, but now it’s more family oriented)
So, even though I missed the Doll Day festivities  (note to self: March 3! March 3! March 3!), I figured that Children’s Day is still cause for  Celebration …read more

I began this series on  small looms that I love with my beloved potholder loom.
One thing that is truly lovely about potholder looms is that you can buy the absolute Cadillac of the potholder loom world for very little money…. less than the price of a movie and popcorn!
Which loom am I speaking about?

Metal potholder looms by Harrisville photographed on a shawl woven with the Harrisville Looms potholder loom and handspun yarn.
The metal potholder loom from Harrisville is a true winner.
the edges are finished beautifully
the pegs are softly turned out to keep the yarn on the loom
the  pegs are …read more