Being Serious About the Craft

Karmyn R has challenged us for


to show our crafty side by posting something hand made by us.

I have several things to offer and for this post I think I will focus on the fiber world although I certainly do many other kinds of crafty things too.

I love to spin and knit and here are some examples of things I've done with fiber. This is some yarn that I spun and then dyed with Koolaid.




This is the infamous dog hair shawl - spun from the hair of my Great Pyrenese dog and then knitted into a lace pattern.



This is hair from my Persian cat that I have tried to spin very very fine.




Here is a vest that I knitted sideways and have always liked. I don't see it anymore because I gave it to a friend who lives in California.




I also weave and am particularly interested in a rug-making weave called bound weave. Here are some of my early rug designs.



The Green one is woven with unspun fleece.


The next two are more bound weave.



You can see the design for little men in this detail.



Finally here is the one I am working on currently (or rather am ignoring currently - It has been on the loom a really long time, but the loom is in the back of the house and I like to be in the main house area where stuff happens, so I don't sit and weave too much on my floor loom.)



I can't wait to see what other blogger's do for craft fun!