on a Friday afternoon…..Cruising….Birkeland and I once again greeted another cruise load of craftastic women. The shift was a bit different this time. As well as a carding and spinning demo, we also had a great talk on design outside the box.
Freeform crochet, or in my terms “Intuitive Design” comes from many places and inspirations. I am breaking away from “free form” as that seems to fall more into the category of piecework, intricate and detailed, scrumbled and boullioned. My work is almost entirely my own yarns (hand dyed and/or hand spun) wool to tell my textural story.
I had a half finished hat in hand yesterday, tales to tell and today I could not stop working. The fibre flew through my fingers..
I was swirling with a vintage hat design that would incorporate, my navajo plied handspun, the baby alpaca, merino sock yarn, hand dyed wool and silk. I’m so pleased with the result.
From this I jumped to my summer yellow scarf that I was working on earlier in the week and turned it upside down, sideways and anyway other than standard scarf.
Not necessarily to be worn together. Don’t call the fashion police please…..But this is how I work, beat a theme or idea to death. I’m still not quite done with this, but I feel that something magical happened while I stayed home, enjoyed a nice dark chocolate mocha and watched Dr. Who.
Still some details to work out….but I think I have an idea for a new hat. I’m sure there is at least one skein of hand spun hanging around this place.