I’ve been posting about flower looms lately, because a dear friend sent me a box of flower and magic looms.
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.
Here are a
bunch of flower loom
flowers in another
shawl- also all
made in handspun yarns.
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.
What are those flowers part of?
Well…
a wild and wonderful
freeform crocheted, spool knitted,
tatted, woven, sewn, sculpted
doll made with all manner of
found objects.
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MYRA WOOD, author and designer extraordinaire, is one of the moderators of the International Freeform Fiberarts Guild.
She has just curated an incredibly wonderful show by 52 fiber artists from around the world, called, ‘The Four Seasons’.
The show is now online at: 2009 INTERNATIONAL FREEFORM FIBER ARTS FOUR SEASONS SHOW
It’s totally gorgeous, with painterly and sculptural pieces that include a broad range of mediums and techniques.
There will be a book available soon, featuring all the pieces that are in the show.
You can see my 4 pieces at:  NOREEN’S 4 SEASONS
Here is my Homage to Summer: Sophia at the Window

The work of Kathleen Holmes is  haunting and evocative and powerful…..
You really have to go see her site: Kathleen Holmes
 
She has graciously allowed me to post a copy of one of her pics (it’s copyright to her, and is used with permission) and has sent me this lovely statement about her work:

 
Artist’s Statement

And the end of all our exploring
  Will be to arrive where we started
        And know the place for the first time.
      -T.S. Eliot

I was born in Monroe, Louisiana in 1953, and come from a long line of crocheters, a tradition in …read more