handmade art, craft & design
Love my barbados banana bread recipe, but I’ve discovered new allergies and needed to mix it up by getting rid of cinnamon and wheat in my recipe. Tips: a use super ripe bananas, good rum, and grate your own spices if you can. 1/2 cup margarine or butter, softened 1 cup brown sugar 2 eggs [...]
In this workshop you will learn how to paint with wool fibers. By poking and jabbing wool with a sharp needle you will form your very own, one-of-a-kind needle felted landscape. You’ll receive a needle felting foam pad and a felting needle to take with you. Bring a thimble if you wish. To book this [...]
For me, there is not much more daunting a task for a teacher than lecturing to teachers. I enjoy taking on tasks that scare me, and this is one of them – the Southern Vermont Educators Symposium. Each year, this event tasks me with lecturing educators on a topic I hold very dear to my [...]
So excited to share my most recent site design, Pitchfork Preserves! My partner in crime, Blending Circles, brought Ms. Melissa, owner of this fantastic local business to my door, and we’ve had a fun time building what has become site branded exactly for them, full of beautiful imagery, reminiscent of a summer not far away. Please [...]
Check it out! I redesigned a special section of the menu for Laney’s BBQ. Did you hear? Laney’s Restaurant old favorites can now be found @ Manchester Bar & Grill! If you have been missing Laney’s bbq or fried cornbread(extra special thanks for keeping that one Kenny)- well, they are now officially on MB&G’s menu. Yay [...]
these two lovely little pieces are needle felted wool. yes, that’s right, these little guys were made with a needle and a tuft of wool. you’ll notice I keep saying little – there is a reason- that landscape is…1″ across! The cameo is bigger, but still in progress- I expect it to felt down [...]
these are a nice collection of felt “sushi” roll beads. Why are they called sushi? the rolling and cutting process of the felted wool is very similar to sushi making! I made the purple/white set of wool beads as a demo in fiber arts class a few weeks ago. Though I do like the little [...]
I had the pleasure of working with Philahoops.com creator Aaron Bracy, and my partner Blending Circles in the re-design of Aaron’s comprehensive Philadelphia College basketball news site. In a mere two weeks, we came up with a great looking, very user friendly site for his needs. From social links all around, to auto feeding homepage posts and lots of advertising [...]
the cable knit bracelet this piece is still in progress, but well on its way! I handspun this bamboo top into a silky smooth yarn earlier this fall as a sample for my fiber arts class. Couldn’t wait to do something with my lovely bamboo handspun, but only the other day thought of a great use- [...]
this pretty little thing is a sample for a much larger body of work, yet to be named, but very much in production. hand spun and dyed, I wove this on a 24 x 36 wooden frame loom – a fun and quick way to test out different yarn and weaving combinations. I [...]
So excited to show you the full set of designs for the fabulous Karma Cat Yoga Studio, Now Open in downtown Bennington, VT. Owner Bethany Boulger and I have been at these two projects for a month or so now, and I’m quite happy with the results. Karma Cat Yoga Studio Website
Just finished this great little wooden handled purse- crocheted with 100% recycled cotton fabric yarn, the design of this handbag allows you to easily fit longer items like envelopes, or in my case- knitting needles- easily inside
Calling this one old fashioned romance. I hand dyed & spun these two wool singles ages ago- they have been sitting next to each other that whole time- so I finally plied them together- they really were meant to be together.
I’ve been in the kettle dyeing quite a bit lately! Handspun, dyed & plied. These are all inspired by the fantastic foliage this year.
Whipping up a cable sample for a student who wants to learn this week in fiber arts- handspun and dyed yarns- two strands of wool, one is local camel fiber!
one of my favorites to spin – shetland wool, blended with some local angora fiber – all natural color, no dye, navajo plied.
my first experience spinning ramie – far softer than I’d ever expect a bast plant fiber to be! it is naturally dyed with alkanet bark to this perfect pale dusty purple.
my samples for two & three plied yarns – this one is hand dyed three different ways!
Handspun wool still on the wheel- kettle dyed with crimson red acid dye.
expect a fiber/yarn bonanza the next two weeks…can you tell I’m teaching spinning in fiber arts class? here is a pile of freshly hand spun yarn - blended colonial fibers imported from the U.K in teal mountain on left and purple twist on right.
recycled felted sweater bag! wet felted, blanket stitched together, all with a crocheted handle and button.
a brand new dolly! this one is crocheted with three strands of purple french bouclé cotton yarn – a vintage stash i’m very quickly running out of! each strand of fuschia hair is hand knotted. the dress and hat are also crocheted from the same yarn, in a lighter pink. she is quite a bit [...]
the newest puddle duck – i usually knit these, but this time around, it is crocheted. a huge hook and three strands of a vintage french bouclé cotton yarn make and stuff this little duck – in yellows and greens. i have just enough of this awesome yarn left to make four more puddle ducks!
Rainbow Cotton Market tote 
luminesce bamboo blend scarf 
