So this is the first blog post, I have been thinking about doing this for a while. I finished a MFA (Masters of Fine Art) in Fibers about 1 month ago, and I have decided to document the journey that comes after graduate school. I am a textile artist, a weaver, stitcher, dyer, surface designer, I knit, crochet, spin and really I work with all things fiber. Life has changed a lot in the last month, the biggest has been renting a studio for myself at Orr Street studios. I have only begun to move in and most everything is in or set up the exact way I want it but I have been getting a lot of work done. In the first week I finished off a warp that has been on my loom for at least a year. I am already threading a new warp on, working through a lot of thoughts and ideas. I am really going back to the basics and thinking more about the interplay of threads.

So the first project off the loom is 6 kitchen towels I purchased a kit a few years ago to make these and I am in love with this yarn. The kit is from The Lunatic Fringe, and it is Fox Fiber cotton. The yarn was a dream to work with at the loom and the finished cloth is so soft. The fun thing about this yarn is how much the color changes in the wash. The colors deepen, and bloom out.

So now I have to iron, sew and cut apart the towels and stitch the hems. Then I will have 6 towels, I am thinking these first ones may be gifts, I am not sure yet.

The next kit I am weaving up is bath towels again from The Lunatic Fringe. I wound off the warp Monday day and yesterday I slayed the reed and began threading the heddles.

Hopefully today I will finish threading the loom and winding the warp on, I am looking forward to the weaving part. I am just trying to find my way however I can exploring new ideas and just working away. My best thoughts come when I have been working away.