62, Mother of 7, grandmother of 9 so far. Fine and commercial artist, crafts person of multiple crafts for 40 plus years. I process wool and other fibers from raw, card. com, dye with food dyes, spin on a German modern wheel, or on handmade spindles. I also wet and needlefelt, knit and crochet, sew, bead, doll and toymaking, and used to design cross stitch patterns for my company FanXstitch and for Stitcher's World Magazine.
22nd February 2025
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Ubud Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary in Bali
These creatures are probably wiser than those who are governing us at the
moment, the photo appeared as I s...
Friday Finish!
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This week I decided to make one of my rug patterns into a stitchery. It is
from my pattern, Rooster's house. It is perfect to go in my kitchen to
matc...
Reminder: Last Day to Apply to Symbols of Ireland
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Today is the last day to apply to Feltmakers Ireland’s upcoming group
exhibition, ‘Symbols of Ireland’. It’s a rainy day in Ireland – no
surprise, there! H...
Remember When?
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I have been purging in the attic and the things I have been finding are a
real trip down memory lane! I was not a dollmaker like Saundra, and this
is th...
Winter
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I have always loved Spring and here we are in February. There are tiny
signs of spring. In the bottom of the hedges along the lanes snowdrops are
showi...
A Busy Beginning to a Brand New Year.
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I knew it had been a while since my last post, but I can't believe it's
been this long.
Amid a myriad of physical mishaps: a pinched nerve in my neck, f...
2 weeks ago
Project Diary: The Knitter’s Dude in Ultra Alpaca
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I just finished knitting The Knitter’s Dude, designed by Andrea Rangel, and
inspired by the sweater worn by Jeff Bridges in The Big Lebowski. This fun
card...
No place like home
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Just dropping in to add a bit of humanity to an internet that seems
increasingly bloated with bots, false news and AI. I’m still here, in every
sense ...
Woolly and MDK!
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I had an article featured in MDK today, about my new book, Short-Row
Colourwork-knitting!
If you’re new to this technique and want to try a pattern befor...
Sewing Room
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When we bought our house in Pittsburgh, both of our son’s moved with us. It
was a three bedroom home so we told our oldest son he should just move back
in ...
An update
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Greetings! It's been too long since I updated this blog...I've had a hard
time keeping up. Here are some details about things that I've done, umm,
in t...
Alesund to Vinstra
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Our second experience on one of Norway’s spectacular scenic routes, this
time on the Geiranger-Trollstigen (the troll’s path) Highway. Stop #1 was
outside ...
Writing Therapy
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I've been debating starting to blog again for quite a while. But like many
things in my life, I keep putting it off. Now life circumstances have made ...
Slow-Process Beautiful Crafts
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Yikes! It’s been years since my last post. These days, I’m mostly knitting
with the occasional spinning, although I wish that were reversed. By the
magic o...
The Wanderosa Times - July 29, 2019
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Summer is steaming towards its middle. Rather than a slump this section of
summer has been a high point for me.
On Saturday nine of us got together to pl...
~*New News!~
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Hello Dear Friends!
Have you received your new copy of Wool Works Magazine? It is out!
~*Willa Witch*~ is the pattern I created for this Fall Issue. I...
Testing
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I’ve just bought a new app to enable me to post to my Blogger account
using my iPad.
Conwy estuary at sunset.
Testing another quick image of the estuary....
Inclusions with Margilan Silk
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An inclusion is made when you capture an object - possibly one that
wouldn't felt onto the wool - between the wool layer when making the felt
and the cloth...
February Quiet
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My days are so quiet right now, and I'm really enjoying the pre-spring
peace of it all. Crazy weather from sunny 60 degrees, to ice and snow in
the teen...
2019 Happy New Year
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This year I am hoping to take time off from volunteering in various weaving
and craft organizations. I have taken on various executive positions in
guilds...
Design Workshops
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Those of you who know me well realise that "design" is my motivator. I
love the process of design and more than that I love to teach it. It
really lifts ...
Incredibles 2 gets 17 stars!
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One of the pleasures of being a grandmother, has been going to movies, with
Livvie. She is getting older, so there will come a time when going to the
movie...
Time passes
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The sadness never goes away when you lose the one you love. You just have
to file it in a room and close the door. Don’t lock it. It doesn’t ever
stay clos...
Update
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*Hello fiber enthusiasts!*
It's been awhile. I had foot surgery in early February that laid me up for
a bit, but getting around better now. The good thing ...
The Colour Lab Book
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My book is being delivered to you as we speak. It is very exciting for me.
I thought you might be interested to learn a bit more about me and why I
wrote...
I'm Alive!
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I know I've been terrible at blogging lately, but life has just been
getting in the way. Everything is fine with me and mine, so let me share
some show & t...
How to follow my own advice.
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Knitters, I have a stash full of extraordinary yarn that I don’t use
because I feel like it “deserves” an extraordinary project using difficult
techniques....
Sansho harvest
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It's sansho harvest time! And every year we can't remember the process so
its time to do a blog post that we can refer back to.
Sansho ('Zanthoxylum pipe...
Fixer Upper
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I am looking forward to spring.
Just one more day till it's official.
I finished hooking this, it's an older pattern by
Blackbird Designs.
My son and ...
Sista inlägget
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Denna bloggen är nu över tio Ă¥r, snart elva. Och det är länge sedan jag
gjorde nĂ¥gra inlägg. Jag kommer att lĂ¥ta bloggen vara kvar här, men är du
nyfiken p...
Bizarrely Named Adventure!
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Those cheeky chappies at Big Finish have announced a new *Torchwood* audio
drama coming this June. It's called *torchwood_cascade_CDRIP.tor* (yes,
really!)...
SALT ROOM THERAPY ~ ~ ~
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Last Saturday, Sonny and I went to Just Breathe in Bellville, for salt
therapy. It is supposed to be very good for respiratory issues ( which he
has righ...
Another online workshop launches and some FAQ
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Next post I promise to share images of my wonderful holiday in Portugal
followed by a super two day private class in Lisbon. for now though I’m
very excite...
Crafts of Texture Blog is on Hiatus...
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You can find my new blog over at
www.sarastexturecrafts.com/blog
Being 100% honest the last 9, almost 10 years of this blog have been
wonderful, really won...
Doll Making
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My sister has given me the opportunity to make a doll for her again. It is
interesting that most of the doll making just comes naturally from doing it
so ...
Quickly
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I’m just popping in to let you know that my website will be moving hosts.
While this will (hopefully) be transparent to you the reader, it
necessitates rad...
One more sleep
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It's finally here. One more sleep until New Floor Day!! Almost everything
is moved and shoved somewhere. My small upstairs looks like it's ready for
an...
Printing on Paper
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I have been printing with plant pigments on paper over the past few weeks.
You can see some of the results on my Flickr I seem to be going in gentle
circle...
New Website…
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Hello there! I have a new website and blog.
http://www.rayreynoldstextiles.com This site will no longer be updated.
Thanks for visiting. Ray.
Help From the Grands....
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The first weekend of Dec. in Eureka Springs the shops do "Living Windows".
This was our first time to be part of this event. The theme was "Rock
Around the...
Thursday Hooking
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Fun day with the girls at Grant Street Woolworks yesterday. Got there a
little later than usual, and Linda had some shoppers that were there and
gone alre...
Knit for Calais
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I Knit London is hosting an event organised to help the displaced people in
the camps in Calais. We’ll be knitting and crocheting and collecting hats,
scar...
Refugees
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I’m sorry. I was going to post about products but it seems pretty empty
having just watched live footage of refugees- people- hundreds of mums,
dads, daugh...
Wool Swap and Games
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The Crescent Lane Rug Hookers had a Wool Swap last Monday, August 24,
2015. We had approximately 30 of our members show up to hooking ready to
swap wool. ...
Empty Boxes
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This past week we worked in the basement. Jay did even more than I did. I
don't know how he's still standing, because I have crashed and burned.
But how m...
Mood Ring: Confessions of a serial dyer
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In this episode: We begin with a trip to the slow city of Pollenzo, the
Albergo dell’Agenzia, and the Slow Movement. A weekend studio tidy leads to
much mu...
Art therapy
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I think it was in 2012, perhaps before, that I accidentally stumbled across Tammy's
Daisy Yellow blog about art journals.
www.daisyyellowart.com
I'd alw...
Two New Finishes!
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I recently purchased a little antique stool from a favorite antique shop.
I LOVE the little cubby shelf open on one side only! I knew right away
that ...
In Search of a Voice
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This week as I scoured and straightened my resume, in preparation to secure
some steady work and since job hunting is an internet activity, I stumbled
acro...
St Raphael`s Snowdrops.
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On a grey misty day we headed onto the moor and sat at Combestone Tor for
coffee and cake...mist hung in the valley and obscured the tors in swirling
ve...
Today I am grateful for technology
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After a long weekend of telling so many who love me this news I haven't got
another call in me.
In May 2013 I had an ovarian cyst removed. Only, on exam...
Halcyon Yarn
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I have been away so long. Today my return was prompted by a contest being
run by Halcyon Yarn, which is a little over an hour away from me. Should I
win I ...
TTFN....hope to see you again soon
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It's done. *Fish Eye Sisters* is born! :-D
Our new site and new blog are both up and running...and you can discover
what we are all about. We still need...
Fresh air
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It’s such a joy to spin on a wheel that’s functioning properly. After I
finished a hank of yarn from my thrift store roving on the Traditional and
felt con...
scrappy mats X 2
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At tonight's hooking in St. Andrews there was 3. Sandra, Susan and me.
Susan was finishing up a chair pad that was a nice combination of colours.
Golds, I'd...
A Few Changes Happening to Our Website Soon...
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We've been using the same website hosting service since the beginning of
2008. But, now and then, there comes a time when change is necessary. It
can be ...
Down For the Count
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I don't quite know what happened to me yesterday but I suspect that stress
took me down for a day. As much as I would like to quit thinking about the
suici...
Drive By
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Today I'm right in the weeds, my petals - so this will be a quickie.
There's actual, bona fide progress on the new blog, after a glitch with the
server tha...
Life Happens (You change or IT changes you)
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Been gone so long that I have a backlog of things I have been working on.
Last year I had things to deal with that ate up all my time and at...
Being True!
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This last week's lesson in the Life Book 2014 e-course was by Kelly Hoernig
and she encouraged us to make a collage that incorporated at least three of
...
Suitcase for travelling
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Travel luggage is just not black hard cases anymore they are designed in
many different styles, these bags can be used for many different uses which
are fo...
Notecards Printed from my paintings For Sale
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I have been doing more watercolor painting than hooking for some time now.
Some of the paintings have been made into notecards, and those notecards
are fo...
Trøje til Johanne
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En slĂ¥-om-trøje fra H&M som aldrig rigtig sad godt, er tryllet om til en
dejlig bluse til Johansen :)
Mønsteret er fra Ottobre Kids 4/2013 (mønster 1), og...
ONE Whole YEAR Away From Blogging......Seriously!
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It really is hard to believe that a year can pass this quickly :(
Did I even notice it whiz by? What can I tell you that I was doing for a
whole year - wel...
And Even More Billions of Beads
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Well, I see my faithful audience has finished all their scarves. I love
that one...*points to a neon-orange number decorated with lime-green pom
poms.*
So...
Recycled Marine Art
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Worked with Kindergarten students at Peterson Elementary sorting plastic
lids that would have otherwise ended up in the landfill and created these
fishy wo...
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As usual written words fail me,Just can't say enough about this talented
Artist...I found an awesome Rug designer ...*Yvonne Buus-Vintage Heart
Primitives...
Blog Moving
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Hi Everyone - I really appreciate everyone who follows this blog and I hope
you will still want to follow me over on Wordpress. I decided it was easier
to ...
Giveaway Time
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http://www.facebook.com/fibrespaceuk
I'm having a little giveaway over on Facebook, anyone can enter as I will
post out anywhere in the world. I'm givin...
NEW Studio Spin Sessions
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I am thrilled to share with you my latest collaborative project, the *Wooldancer
Spin Sessions*, a video series I am co-producing with MVMedia. With my ub...
Dreaming of Bunnies!
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We didn't get as much snow as everyone else in the Maritimes or
Newfoundland, for that matter.
I finished the small spring welcome mat and I love the ...
Scrumptious collection Volume 2
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We are very excited to announce our second adult knitwear collection for
2013! 9 are published in book for with 3 more to follow in the spring as
single pa...
Gift Socks
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I am in the middle of my holiday knitting. I still have another pair of
gift socks and a hat to finish but they should be fast so I actually just
cast on s...
Asking for your help
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1. The next time you're in a group or at work, look around at the people.
2. Look at the women now.
*3. COUNT* the women in the room now.
4. Now look back a...
Harvesting Colour
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I seized a rare sunny day with dryish plants to start harvesting my dye
plants
Gensita tinctoria - dyers green weed- this I am drying
Some of my gensita...
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Good Morning To You All. First of all I want to thank my newest follower,
Farm Girl, for joining me; Second, to Thank All of You for the comments on
my la...
My "New iPad" and Tapestry
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This week I have become the owner of the New iPad or iPad 3. There is so
much to learn. I am having a great time acquiring Apps. One of these is
BlogPress....
Food Fight!
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The puppies are 24 days old and had their first "solid" meal today, Iams
puppy kibble mixed with hot water and powdered milk, all blended into a
delicious...
everybody go ahhhhhhhhh -
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September 20th - November 17th
Eight weeks in the life of six puppies! An idyllic puppyhood full of food
and play. The first on...
Autumn, the year's last, loveliest smile.
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Oh the trees around our little cove have been in a very show-off kind of
mood this fall.
Everywhere you turn, you are surrounded by color.
We took adva...
Forthcoming meetings
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Friday 29th April 2011 - Meeting at Mickleover community centre,
Mickleover, Derby. 7.30pm to 9.30pm A talk on making clothes and items from
recycled mater...
I never really left you
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Yeah, so it was kind of a long blog break.
Let's get up to date!
1. I'm now self-employed, which sometimes bears are remarkable resemblance
to being unemp...
Blog Move and a Hiatus
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Well, I've not been around much at all here, have I? My move across the
country in May went quite well..we're all settled here in Wisconsin. I am
taking a ...
Come on Over to That'll Do Farm
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It's official! The new That'll Do Farm website & blog is up and running.
If you have Brighton Wool Gatherings tagged as a favorite or if you link to
this s...
Well here's a start!
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So I have been putting off starting as I have so much to catch you all up
on, I haven't known where to start. So instead of starting with a bunch of
pictur...
mittens mittens everywhere
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Long time, I know :) It's the strangest thing-- ever since my son started
school I can't manage anything timewise like before, even with a huge block
of ti...
SCREAMING LOUDLY
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I don't believe this - Google Blogger is giving me so much trouble
accessing this account, and I STILL can't change my old e-mail addy to the
new one as s...
CABIN RUG
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I am finally finished with my brother and his wife's Cabin Rug. Gary and
Chris were married in Hubbarton, Vermont on November 23, 2007. This is
their wedd...
The Mulberry Dyer
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*Welcome to our site.*
[image: Products]Commercial Dyers throughout history have used only those
natural products that they know will give the best results....
2 comments:
You have gotten a lot done. Love the greens you used in the background, really sets off the sheep.
Debbie
Thank you. I'm hoping to get this done by the first.
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