Dick Blick

Sunday, January 13, 2008

UFO is all done!


Finally my Fair Isle socks are done. This is a kit from Red Bird Knits from the days when I belonged to the sock knitting club. I LOVE these!

No, these are not many skeins of yarn. Robin of Red Bird Knits has a very clever way of knitting fair isle socks. The colors are the self striping sock yarn and I just cut out the little pieces of yarn which had short color and white - by the inch. Therefore, I used a skein of white sock yarn and only the solid color part of the second skein.

Snow is forecasted for tomorrow so I will wear them for snowshoeing!

Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Art Cloth

Several years ago, when I decided to change my art focus, I took a class with Jane Dunnewold.


This year I spent a week with Rayna Gillman. Both are very talented, sharing and caring fiber artists. From their inspiration, I have fallen in love with making art cloth. Here is a photo of a just completed piece, a fat quarter, for sale.

The processes include dying, screenprinting, batik and more dyeing. Just love it. I only wish my photography would improve. I will be posting more photos of the art cloth in the future. In the meantime, feel free to send me an email if you wish to buy one. These are pieces of art for quilting, ATC's or anything you wish.


Sorry, folks, I live in NH and we are having our 7 or 8th snowstorm this month. I am off to shovel more snow. It sure is beautiful. Here is a photo as of 4pm today.:


Tomorrow will be a good snow shoeing day. The scenery is a sight to cherish! Happy New Year!