News & Notes From FGF
cutting apart your handknits
Everyone is so afraid of cutting your handknits. Somehow there is the feeling that it will just begin unraveling in your own hands in a matter of seconds. Like your sweater is turning into sand and falling through your fingertips. That's not what happens. Well, yes I...
WIP: Fixing a Garment
You know that feeling when you finish a pattern and the garment just doesn't fit? I do. I've had it happen a number of times. This hat has been on my to-re-do pile for a while. It is just too small. Thankfully, I have some of this same yarn and colorway that was...
getting closer WIP Wednesday
This is my Fibershed sweater. I'm working on the sleeves. And it's almost done. I'm beyond the elbows. What's taking so long you ask? Well I'm doing the sleeves two at a time. I'm doing a series of blips which is a 12 row repeat on one sleeve then switching to the...
Next Podcast Installment Dropped
In this episode, I talk about visiting, really visiting your collection. This is the first step to go from shame to love! I know that some of you have a pretty big collection that may not just be a few bins but a roomful? There's a strategy for that as well. Just the...
Collection Curator Episode 2
It's time to have a meaningful visit with your collection. It's time to really use your senses to make sure that what you have brings you joy and what brings shame or regret get re-gifted or donated elsewhere. Lisa leads you through the steps to start to fall...
hey spinners! New Superfine Alpaca colorways!
Click here to see all the great colors to add to your spinning life.
What “backorder” means
Wow! The new colorways sold out in a matter of minutes yesterday. Don't worry! I will be dyeing more today and everyday until you all get the yarn that thrills you! So when you see this yarn or colorway is "on backorder". Know that means that I'll be dyeing your order...
New Yarns, New Inspirations
Last week was momentous in our country. And I have to say that I was inspired by several things. The moving memorial to those who have succumbed to Covid. Washington's sky deepening into night with the Washington Monument going from white marble to gold stone. This is...
WIP not Wednesday!
So I planned to do this blog on Wednesday, but you know....It was full of drama and pomp and circumstance, a few tears and a little nail biting. So here is my current, well one of them, project. This is my "Fibershed" sweater. It is all yarn made from my animals or...
Podcast Season 2 has just started!
I'm so excited about Season 2 of my podcast. This season I'll be leading us through a change of vocabulary which will change our mindset. I've been on a crusade to banish the word STASH from our vocabularies. It has such a negative connotation. And there is a sense of...
