Tag: fiber artists

  • 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)

  • The value of spice in life

    The value of spice in life

    Since this isn’t a cooking blog, the title may leave some wondering what new yarn craze now includes spices. While I’m not aware of any spice sprinkling techniques with yarn, I am using the word from a well-known and often used saying: Variety is the SPICE of life! In a couple earlier blog posts, I…

  • Self-Care with Yarn

    Self-Care with Yarn

    I have been thinking about self-care practices in general, observing people, and self-reflecting for many years. This blog post is intended to be a helpful addition to any self-help journey you may be on – with or without (gasp!) yarn. I had the great good fortune to have spent a lot of time in my…

  • Yarn-cation

    Yarn-cation

    I recently returned from an Autumn trip to the Jersey shore (Cape May) with my sister, and have to admit that as WONDERFUL as the beach always is, a significant HIGHLIGHT of our week was visiting 3 different yarn shops in the area!Knitting at Cape May, NJ We visited North Country Knits, in Woodbine, NJ…

  • Dragonflies

    Dragonflies

    A few years back, I began to appreciate dragonflies. I was on vacation with my family at the Outer Banks in North Carolina and realized that these creatures were more than just “bugs“. These were beautiful, multi-colored, many-sized and tempered (some friendlier than others) critters! One Summer in particular, there were so many that I…

  • Variation on a theme

    Variation on a theme

    In a previous blog, I shared a pattern I wrote for a quick crochet project: a sunglasses pouch. That post resulted in a special request for the same item in a yarn I had used to make a virus shawl. Luckily, I did have a little yarn left so I was able to make 2…

  • A grandmother’s legacy

    A grandmother’s legacy

    When I was a senior in high school, and preparing to spend my last Summer at home before entering the United States Navy on active duty, my grandmother asked me what I wanted for graduation. I asked her to crochet me an afghan/blanket that I would take with me when I went away.. Crocheted blanket –…