Wool and wood and other wonders
August 15, 2009 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under Creativity, doll and dolls and dollmaking, weaving and handweaving and looms
Earlier this week, a friend sent a link to a pic of a wonderful wedding dress that was made of wool locks for a shepherdess in England.
It’s a pretty amazing dress….. and the sheep are pretty darned cute, too!
It made me think about
how much I love wool
and enjoy working with it.
I also love wood
and twigs
and wire
and bits of leather
that I can upcycle
and anything else that I can
get ahold of….
so I can put them all
by weaving, and carving and
sewing and tatting and spool knitting and crocheting and and and….
there is such delight in
making simple dolls that
are rather elemental
and somewhat quirky….
Putting things …read more
Year of Natural Fiber- You can help!
March 6, 2009 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under hand spinning and handspun and spinning, inspiration, knitting, yarn, yarn crafts
2009 is the year of the Natural Fiber.
Now, this may not seem to be all that important, but believe me, for MANY reasons, it is VERY important.
You’ll be hearing about this a lot in 2009!
It’s really expensive to maintain a herd of fiber animals!
B U T- here’s the great news!
You can help support a lovely fiber farm in a truly concrete way,
AND you get a luscious treasure from your goodness…..
Read all about it at: Hudson Valley Fiber Farm Co-op
Image source: Original drawing by Noreen Crone-Findlay copyright and not to be reproduced without permission
