Quite a long while in fact. I haven’t been sure where to take the blog in quite a while. I don’t get as much time to bead as I used to because I’m a full time stay at home Mum to a 3 year old. My knitting weaving and spinning are all easier to do on a consistent basis around my son, so I want my blog to be more of a mixed media, textiles and jewellery blog to reflect those changes and my interests. I will tag the posts with whatever craft I’m working on so that if you are not interested in those crafts, you can skip them if you like. 🙂
At the moment I have quite a few UFO’s of all crafts. I’m spinning and weaving a scarf for Jeremy from some undyed humbug BFL, knitting a Fair Isle sweater – definitely a long term goal as it is on US size 2 needles and I have a couple of crochet rope necklaces in the works on the bead board! Maybe I need some smaller, less complex projects like some earrings, or stitch markers as well, as they seem to sell best in the store along with the rolags.
I’m working on a fibre study as well, though again this is a long term project involving lots of sampling and dyeing. I’m teaching myself to use acid dyes just now and there is a learning curve with those. This is some merino wool I purchased from Halcyon Yarns that I have dyed using the Dharma Trading’s own brand acid dyes, I really want some more colours and fibre now!
