I wrote a blog post last month about my amazing closet makeover that was about 99.9% IKEA organizational products. If you haven’t had a chance to check it out, you can find it here. I mean, the yarn wall alone should be enough to lure you over there, right? I thought I’d write a post…
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Learning New Spinning Techniques
I learned to spin almost two years ago now at Carolina Fiber Fest in Raleigh, North Carolina. My teacher Miss Julie was amazing. She even sent me home with a loaner wheel so I could keep practicing. When it was time to return it we drove 4-ish hours out to her farm for the weekend. …
Fiber Lover’s Ultimate Closet Makeover
If you have been following my page for a while this probably won’t be a big surprise. But for anyone who doesn’t know me yet…. I am a total neat freak! I like everything tidy and in a proper place. Earlier this year when we moved from North Carolina to Texas I organized my closet…
Big news, big news, big news!!!
Crochet by A is now Ewenique Astrid! I started my Facebook page about 3 years ago when I had learned to crochet and wanted to share some of my fun projects. I had taken a class at JoAnn Fabrics and realized I loved all things yarn, but I didn’t really have a big plan for…
Welcome to My Studio!! (a.k.a. bedroom)
2020 has been a crazy year so far! We made a big move from North Carolina to Texas and everything took a whole lot longer than it should have because of Coronavirus! Thankfully I didn’t put either of my spinning wheels or my little Cricket rigid heddle loom on the moving truck. So when we…
A little blog post about vision boarding….
Sometimes I share pictures of my vision board or mention it in comments on social media, so I thought I would make a short little blog post to explain it. If you are looking for a fancy definition, Google says that, “A vision board is a visualization tool which refers to a board of any sort used to build…
The Ultimate Temperature Blanket Guide!!
Here it is!! The Ultimate Temperature Blanket Guide!! At the end of every year the crochet groups on Facebook go bananas with posts about temperature blankets. There are so many questions! What is a temperature blanket? How do you keep it from being 12 feet tall? How much yarn do you buy? Should you use…
The finale of my epic fiber mill adventure!!!
During our very last week living in North Carolina I was able to wrap up my epic adventure at Shepherd’s Gate Fiber Mill . In my last blog post about the fiber mill I explained some of what I did with Miss Ann to get my fleeces clean. If you need a refresher, you can…
A magical day at the fiber mill… Part one!
In February I set a goal to take a project from sheep to finished project – which might be crochet or weaving, I haven’t decided yet. I have an image on my vision board that shows my goal and its even on this awesome t-shirt. It shows the steps to go from sheep to finished…
The Story of Astrid and Petunia: A match made in fiber heaven!
I post a lot about my spinning wheel Petunia, but do you know the whole story of how we became besties? Here’s an 8-step introduction to our friendship. I hope you enjoy it! So that’s the story of how Petunia and I became besties. I hope this helped you get to know us both a…