The other day, it was maybe last week actully, there were swarms of crows right outside of my window. And being that I tend to sign everything “kro” pronounced “crow” I couldn’t help myself but to take some shots. And this guy landed just 3 feet from me. He was huge! They are all a [...]

Well, I just added the last three colors of the hemp fabric to the Green Prairie Fibers shop. I really like this fabric for so many reasons and I’m so sad that I can’t get my hands on any more of it. But c’est la vie! Onward and upward. I have listed all of what [...]

Once again I realize that I’ve fallen into the abyss of etsy shop neglect. I feel really bad about this for several reasons. 1)I don’t get orders as often when I don’t update my shops on a regular basis 2)I feel guilty for promising updates that don’t come 3)Getting orders is a big moral booster [...]

So sometimes I get into my studio and I Know what I should be doing, but instead I do what I want to. And sometimes doing the little 5 minute thing I want to do (trying to spin newspaper on the wheel vs drop spindle) lets me get down to what I should be doing [...]

Well, I’ve been working pretty steadily towards learning css and some basics of php. I think I’m getting the html thing down for the most part. It’s taken me awhile, but I finally am working on changing around the blog. I’ve been playing with the style sheets last night and today and will most likely [...]

I’ve been working this afternoon on a project I’m doing with some kiddos as part of the Spring Break Art Camp. I’ll be working with kids 5 and up so it has to be easy, solid, and the flexiblity to be more complex. At first the idea was to have them weave their own rugs [...]

Hi there! It has been forever since I posted. As you can imagine, things have been super crazy here in the middle of Iowa. It has been really fun though (except that I’m sick with this cold thing, no good, but other than that, awesome!).  I’m really happy to announce that after too long of [...]

Craft Cat in action. This, this right there, right above this text, right below this text, it makes me happy. I’ve been waiting for this for awhile now. Since I started weaving really. But more intensely since I received the loom in February. I have been really busy lately and for once, little miss crafty [...]

I love this little top shelf on my loom. I’m keeping my shuttles, bobbins, crank, and any other little weaving thing-a-mi-jigs in there. Love that! Unfortunately I only had one lease stick so I needed to make another one before I started warping the loom. I was also missing the bolts for the breast beam, [...]

Here are some pictures of the woven piece I’m making for the International Fibers Collaborative. It is off the loom now and I’m finishing up weaving in the 480 warp ends, yikes! I have over 300 sewn in, so I am well on my way. Now I just need to get all of these: Threaded [...]