Fiber Harmony (Stitch 'n Dish)

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  • Craft community drama

    Craft community drama

    Starting with last year’s Wool & Folk debacle, I have been discovering, here and there, the “corners of drama” in the fiber arts community and have to admit, I find it FASCINATING. Today I want to pivot off of a video by “Emma in the Moment” on YouTube who has just reviewed some issues around…

  • Let’s talk craft show pricing

    Let’s talk craft show pricing

    I come from a family tradition of artists. My father is a scientific glassblower who supported our family for a number of years as an artistic glassblower in the 1970’s as he was getting his start This meant that my sister and I spent many Summer days running around at juried arts festivals all over…

  • AI: friend or foe

    AI: friend or foe

    At our knitting and crocheting group this past Friday, we got onto the subject of AI, or artificial intelligence. I had just posted an article to my newsletter (Just a Job) on LinkedIn and we began to talk about the impact of AI on the fiber arts community. To be sure, I know a LOT…

  • Winter work

    Winter work

    One advantage of the cold and less-than-ideal weather in the Winter months here in the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic region of the United States is that I am less tempted to leave the house. This means I am likely to dig in my yarn or fabric stash for some inspiration, which almost always results in something delightfully creative.…

  • Evaluating tools of the trade

    Evaluating tools of the trade

    A couple years back, I gave myself a birthday present: a set of Knitter’s Pride interchangeable needles. I bought them at my favorite Local Yarn Store (LYS) and have enjoyed using them ever since! They are priced from $104 to more than $130 for the set and are a nice addition to any knitter’s tool…

  • Bridges of yarn

    Bridges of yarn

    I’ve noted in a number of blogs – here and on my other site – the many healing benefits gleaned by crafting, and especially by crocheting and knitting. In today’s post I am going to share a different story on this topic. Many years ago, I had a situation where I was the new kid…

  • Embracing our mistakes

    Embracing our mistakes

    Teddy Roosevelt – one of America’s admired past presidents – notably remarked that “The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.” I just finished the hat pictured above, and I have to tell you – it includes a number of mistakes. I don’t like the seam at the back…

  • Highlights from the Satellite Reef project

    Highlights from the Satellite Reef project

    Featured in the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, PA through January 2025. To learn more about global satellite reef projects, read here. (C) 2023 Stitch ‘n Dish (now Fiber Harmony)

  • Untitled post 764

    This past week I have been thinking about the way yarn, and more specifically, things knitted or crocheted with yarn, can serve as agents of kindness. I wrote before about the healing power of yarn, and in that blog post the healing came in the passing down of the art of crochet to a new…

  • Update on my Re-Spun experience

    Update on my Re-Spun experience

    I just pulled my finished shawl out of the dryer and have to say, it was a VERY pleasant surprise! I washed this along with a shawl in Red Heart (Retro Stripes!) and another in Mandala Sparkle. As scratchy as I found this yarn to work with, it launders up BEAUTIFULLY! In fact, it came…