Wovenflame

The cotton spinning continues but lately I've been transferring the singles to Bobbins-Up storage bobbins and allowing them to add up s...

We've been very busy lately. My sewing room is getting a much needed overhaul. Over the past few days, with a whole lot of work and many...

The "Twilight Fuschia" yardage has now found its way into a garment. I've sewn it up into a Saori top/dress that is, amongst ...

5 ounces of 20 wpi., 3 ply handspun, 70/30 dark grey New Zealand wool/Mulberry Silk in the "Step Lively" colourway, which was hand...

The yak I mentioned spinning on my charkha the other day is now a tiny 3 ply skein. I should have thought to include some sort of size ...

Way back in May of 2007 I purchased some yak down and tried to spin it, unsuccessfully, on my Little Gem wheel. Well now that I have a...

We have stumbled upon the trick to keeping Venus Fly Traps healthy and growing. Let them fend for themselves! We've had this o...

Another shirt taken over. My husband wears denim shirts until they are stained or worn, but won't wear them with patches. At th...

Another six shopping bags using the " Pillowcase Tote Tutorial " by Regina Lord of the Creative Kismet blog. That brings my h...

I spent a considerable portion of my day getting these chubby cops ready for tomorrow. For tomorrow I'm borrowing a kind guild ...

In a more colourful nod to the " Magnolia Pearl " style I took a thrifted natural cotton canvas curtain and sewed up a pair of ove...

I found an excellent tutorial for upcycling pillowcases into great shopping bags. Keeping that in mind I waited and took a trip to Value Vil...

I'm so pleased with the little skein of 2 ply natural brown cotton! It spun up beautifully! I have a whole pound of it to work with...

Though I remain committed to spinning up all of the pound of white Acala cotton before moving on to other cotton preps, a whole pound of bea...

I entered 8 exhibits in the 2019 Chilliwack Exhibition and managed to win 9 ribbons! 7 firsts, a second, and a Best in Show. Firsts f...

If you've ever seen the cramped quarters and unhealthy water conditions of bettas waiting for adoption in some pet store...

I was thinking today that it would be nice to have somewhere on my wheel where I could store my scissors and spinning wheel lubricant. Next ...

I finally got around to making replacement hanging towels for my kitchen. The ones I made in 2016 are headed for the rag bag, well...

Another handy little tool made by my resident handyman. This time a small niddy noddy for winding the shorter skeins that come off the chark...

Look at the great charkha spindle Lazy Kate my husband came up with for me. It works great! The weight of the spindles standing upright agai...