Artist's Statement
When I was 7 years old, my mom signed me up for a series of craft classes at a local store. Little did I know that all these years later I would be a girl who can shear a sheep, spin balanced yarn, and weave my own fabric to create garments with.
Fiber was the chrysalis that took me from a painfully shy girl who looked like a deer in headlights anytime someone approached me to a young lady who has found her voice and the confidence to be heard.
Skills
• Skilled at reading weaving drafts and carrying them through to the loom including calculating materials, warping, threading, and tie-ups
• Confident weaving complex, multi-shaft drafts on a floor loom up to 50″ in width
• Experienced at processing raw fleece into ready-to-spin fiber including skirting, scouring, and carding
• Proficient at spinning consistent and balanced fiber on both treadle wheels and electric wheels
• Skilled with dyeing both protein and cellulose utilizing acid, fiber reactive, and natural dyes
• Able to construct garments and alter for proper fit using commercial and/or handwoven fabrics
• Knowledgeable with darts, zippers, interfacing, concealed seams, and other sewing mechanics
• Fluent with Tempo Weave design software
Award Highlights
Make It With Wool
2021: 2nd Place Pre-Teen Garment Division
Contemporary Handweaver’s of Texas
2021: Fashion Show Judge’s Choice and Best Handspun Skein
Maryland Sheep and Wool
2022: 1st Place handwoven garment, misc. woven, and plied yarn. Best Junior Spinner.
2021: Best Overall and Most Even Yarn, Junior Division
2020: Longest and Most Even Yarn, Junior Division
Wool Festival at Taos
2020: 2nd Place Handspun Skein
North Carolina and Texas State Fairs
2020: 1st Place Needle Felting and 3rd Place Teen Crochet
Handweaver’s Guild of America:
2022: Garment featured on the runway at Convergence
Award accomplishments from 2019 and prior are available upon request.
Guild Affiliations
- 2019-2020 – Triangle Weaver’s Guild
- 2020-present – Weaver’s and Spinner’s Society of Austin
- 2021-present – Handweaver’s Guild of America
- 2022- present – Palmetto Fiber Arts Guild
- 2021-present – American Sewing Guild
- 2022 – Complex Handweavers Guild
- 2022 – Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild
Education
- The Cut Fashion Academy, Vancouver BC
- Jane Stafford Textiles Online Guild
Publications
- The Wheel (Ashford Magazine) Winter 2021
- Ashford Blog, Spring 2022
- Ply Magazine Winter 2022, Summer 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2024
- What Women Create Summer 2023
Weaver
On Instagram the videos of me throwing a shuttle and changing shafts skyrocket, but ironically, the part I truly love the most would probably bore most people on social media to tears.
Digitally designing drafts until every last detail looks just like it did in my imagination excites me beyond belief. Being able to plan the exact fiber content to showcase the weave structure and determine factors such as the drape and luster of the finished fabric get my creative juices flowing.
Spinner
My spinning teacher, Julie Wilson, started class off by saying, “Spinning changes lives.” I couldn’t imagine how, but what do you know? She was right!
Spinning centers me. My mind runs a mile a minute on projects, color palettes, drafts, and more. But when that wheel starts turning and I am drafting dreamy fibers through my fingers… I am at peace.
Spinning is also what led me to weaving. I find it is the perfect medium to showcase beautifully handspun yarn.
Garment Designer
I was a minimalist before “sparking joy” was the thing to do and it definitely carries over into my garment design.
I love clean lines – even the ones you can’t see! The day I learned about French seams my life was forever changed!
Being able to design a garment that starts as roving, makes it onto bobbins, becomes a weft, and can then be tailored to fit my body like a glove is the ultimate challenge for me as a fiber artist.
And that truly does spark joy!
Etsy Conversations Podcast
In episode 352 – “Paving a Path to Success w/ Astrid of EweniqueAstrid” I share about my journey in branching out onto Etsy from Facebook Marketplace and finding success in building my business. I talk about how I drive traffic from Instagram to Etsy, using pre-orders to enhance the sales experience, and so much more!
Kaleidoscopic in Ashford Cotton
What is every fiber artist’s dream come true? When Kate – THE Ashford Kate whose every word we hang on during YouTube videos – lets you run amok with some Ashford cotton and then write it up to share with other fiber lovers! I had an absolute blast creating this garment and can’t wait to share the highlights with you!
Handwoven Shoe Tutorial
One of my favorite things to do is stretch my imagination when it comes to uses for handwoven fabric. During the program night for our local guild, the guest presenter mentioned a collaboration with “I Can Make Shoes.” I immediately devoured the content on their YouTube channel and decided it would be a fun experiment with handwoven.
Artist's Statement
When I was 7 years old, my mom signed me up for a series of craft classes at a local store. Little did I know that all these years later I would be a girl who can shear a sheep, spin balanced yarn, and weave my own fabric to create garments with.
Fiber was the chrysalis that took me from a painfully shy girl who looked like a deer in headlights anytime someone approached me to a young lady who has found her voice and the confidence to be heard.
Skills
• Skilled at reading weaving drafts and carrying them through to the loom including calculating materials, warping, threading, and tie-ups
• Confident weaving complex, multi-shaft drafts on a floor loom up to 50″ in width
• Experienced at processing raw fleece into ready-to-spin fiber including skirting, scouring, and carding
• Proficient at spinning consistent and balanced fiber on both treadle wheels and electric wheels
• Skilled with dyeing both protein and cellulose utilizing acid, fiber reactive, and natural dyes
• Able to construct garments and alter for proper fit using commercial and/or handwoven fabrics
• Knowledgeable with darts, zippers, interfacing, concealed seams, and other sewing mechanics
• Fluent with Tempo Weave design software
Award Highlights
Make It With Wool
2021: 2nd Place Pre-Teen Garment Division
Contemporary Handweaver’s of Texas
2021: Fashion Show Judge’s Choice and Best Handspun Skein
Maryland Sheep and Wool
2022: 1st Place handwoven garment, misc. woven, and plied yarn. Best Junior Spinner.
2021: Best Overall and Most Even Yarn, Junior Division
2020: Longest and Most Even Yarn, Junior Division
Wool Festival at Taos
2020: 2nd Place Handspun Skein
North Carolina and Texas State Fairs
2020: 1st Place Needle Felting and 3rd Place Teen Crochet
Handweaver’s Guild of America:
2022: Garment featured on the runway at Convergence
Award accomplishments from 2019 and prior are available upon request.
Guild Affiliations
- 2019-2020 – Triangle Weaver’s Guild
- 2020-present – Weaver’s and Spinner’s Society of Austin
- 2021-present – Handweaver’s Guild of America
- 2022- present – Palmetto Fiber Arts Guild
- 2021-present – American Sewing Guild
- 2022 – Complex Handweavers Guild
- 2022 – Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild
Education
- The Cut Fashion Academy, Vancouver BC
- Jane Stafford Textiles Online Guild
Publications
- The Wheel (Ashford Magazine) Winter 2021
- Ashford Blog, Spring 2022
- Ply Magazine Winter 2022, Summer 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2024
- What Women Create Summer 2023
Etsy Conversations Podcast
In episode 352 – “Paving a Path to Success w/ Astrid of EweniqueAstrid” I share about my journey in branching out onto Etsy from Facebook Marketplace and finding success in building my business. I talk about how I drive traffic from Instagram to Etsy, using pre-orders to enhance the sales experience, and so much more!
Kaleidoscopic in Ashford Cotton
What is every fiber artist’s dream come true? When Kate – THE Ashford Kate whose every word we hang on during YouTube videos – lets you run amok with some Ashford cotton and then write it up to share with other fiber lovers! I had an absolute blast creating this garment and can’t wait to share the highlights with you!
Handwoven Shoe Tutorial
One of my favorite things to do is stretch my imagination when it comes to uses for handwoven fabric. During the program night for our local guild, the guest presenter mentioned a collaboration with “I Can Make Shoes.” I immediately devoured the content on their YouTube channel and decided it would be a fun experiment with handwoven.