My crafting started very early on, memories of a 3 year old, designing with my mother, a professional fashion designer, water colorist and devoted crafter. She taught me to sew handbound buttonholes at age five. She told me that when I sewed, if the back was not as nice as the front, it should be ripped out. I did alot of ripping until I finally got it right. When I was in home economics class, we were assigned to sew an apron by hand, no machine. We had to do a backstich around the edges. My teacher became angry with me, and accused me of using a sewing machine and made me stay after school, to demonstrate my sewing with her watching. She was so sorry when she saw I could expertly sew by hand, and felt so bad for accusing me of cheating. It was eight grade, and by then I had been sewing at home mith my Mom for many years. It was not unusual to come to the breakfast table, to see my mother, twisting strips of crepe paper, tied to the doorknob at one end, and to the electric hand held egg beaters on the other. She then used the twisted yardage, about 1/8th of an inch wide to wrap the base of a lamp. One day, I came home with my friends, and she had all the fabric pulled off all of the living room furniture, so she could reupholster everything , all at once. Needless to say, I had lots of crafting adventures with her, and became hooked right away. So crafting and all things artistic has been a way of life for me. I thought everyone was raised this way at first. Needless to say, it has always been a passion, and while others may have turned to drugs and alcohol, during their most difficult times, I am greatful, that I have always been able to seek comfort from my creative endeavors.
I love multi media and trying new things. Swapping has given me the opportunity to do things, I have never done before, like altering a spool. I think about how my mother would have had such a blast on this board, doing all of these wonderful crafts. She would have gone gang busters and probably would have signed up for every single one of them.
Currently, I am spinning my own yarn, dyeing and felting, along with my cricut stuff. Wanting to learn something new, I ordered a raw sheep fleece (Jacob, black and white so I could blend all of the different shades)washed and carded it , spun it and knitted a hat for a friend. I've learned to spin and knit from silk from a silk "hanky" made from cocoons. I would like to try camel, bison and knit from milk. Yes, yarn from the by product of dairy is being commercially sold, along with soy and corn. I enjoy making scarves and hats for friends. I can not think of a craft I do not enjoy, or would not want to try
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