Fiber Harmony (Stitch 'n Dish)

Category: Yarn

  • Mark your calendars!

    Mark your calendars!

    I’ll be facilitating a discussion at this year’s Pittsburgh Creative Arts Festival, focused on Yarn and Self-Care each day of the festival! Here’s the official description: This is an uplifting and positive session that will share widely-accepted practices for stress reduction in the context of yarn/fiber arts. We will explore the benefits of solitary practice,…

  • Quick and cute

    Quick and cute

    As I finished my most recent sunglasses pouch, I was still needing some “yarn therapy” so I picked up some pink, cotton yarn and was about to make ANOTHER glasses pouch when I got inspired to free hand something. I decided to make a small holder for folded paper money or ID to tuck into…

  • A sense of satisfaction

    A sense of satisfaction

    There’s something satisfying about finishing a project. It’s like an affirmation that we have our act together and on some weeks, I need that more than I care to admit!! I’ve referenced the many benefits of knitting and crocheting in previous blog posts, but tonight I want to highlight the positive benefits to our state…

  • 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…

  • Our legacies

    Our legacies

    I moved solidly into the next decade of my life last month, having celebrated my entrance into this decade with a big party last year (that included a knitting-themed cake!). This year is more measured as I’m moving into that stage where I’m clearing out and downsizing in preparation for retirement in a couple years.…

  • In the bag

    In the bag

    I finally finished my red, white, and blue cotton bag for small shopping trips. I made it with Lily Sugar ‘n Cream yarn and using the Yarnspirations free pattern for their Mesh Bag. It’s perfect for quick trips to the store (I take it to the drug store when I’m picking up vitamins, etc.) I had previously…

  • 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…

  • Finally finished!

    Finally finished!

    Well, I made it through May, managing to knit and/or crochet every day! The month is finished (Happy June & start of Summer in this part of the world!), and my t-shirt yarn tote is finished as well. It’s really heavy, but would be perfect for a day at the beach, at a picnic or…

  • Still stitching!

    Still stitching!

    Like many knitters and crocheters, I have a number of WIPs (works in progress) and I am easily distracted by a new project even while I’m in the midst of an existing one. I’m still working on the crocheted tote with the t-shirt yarn, but this happy, cotton yarn was too tempting. Maybe it’s the…

  • Winding it down

    Winding it down

    I’ve added the 3rd color and am now working on the straps. This turned into a pretty heavy bag, so the straps will need to be strong. I’m thinking about making the straps half-white and half-green, in opposite orientations so that when held together, the white ends are adjacent to the green ends. I want…