December 26, 2003 Friday I am knitting again. It feels like I never stopped; my hands don’t miss a stitch. How could I have not been doing this for so long? I have been a knitter as long as I can remember and got very serious in 1986 in an attempt, eventually successful, to reduce…
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A visit from the zoning fairy
I’m going to consider this a warning shot. One of my neighbors complained that I was running a business in a residential zone. Well, I am, and that’s legal, as long as I’m not selling from my home, which I’m not. Unfortunately, that’s as much because I’m not selling much as because I don’t sell…
Artistic life
Post-bronchitis, post-installing three concurrent shows, post-Moore County Arts Council Tour de Moncure show opening, the first with my name on the postcard (along with nine other artists). Busy weekend and it’s still only Sunday morning! 1. Acknowledge that this is the first time I’ve been able to stock three concurrent shows–Willow Walk in Burlington, Moore…
Floating the Yakima River
Monday over breakfast with John’s children, we decided to float the Yakima River rather than drive around the valley. $140 later after stops at WalMart and a Truck Supply store, we were off. The water isn’t quite snow melt, having been tempered slightly in Lake Keechelus before flowing down to Roza, but it’s not exactly…
Nepalese Silk Yarn
I wasn’t particularly looking for a new knitting project when I wandered into the Diva Yarn store in Port Townsend, but when I saw the first display of recycled silk yarn from Nepal, I gasped. They had three more bins of it throughout the shop, priced to indulge. The yarn is spun from the tails…
Your Goldfish on Art
Friday morning, we took the ferry out to Friday Harbor, both to wander the island and to meet up with two friends from Oak Harbor who were vacationing on the island for the weekend. We had lunch, and they showed us some of the shops (lavender, hot sauce) and went over to Roche Harbor to…
Hiding the Saws
I had a reasonably formal dinner party last weekend, at least in as much the plates and utensils weren’t disposable, and we used cloth napkins and table cloths. Fancy for my little piece of these parts. Point: Neither David Tutera nor Martha Stewart ever has to worry about what to do with the chainsaws on…
draft keyword ideas
Spiral rug Excellent stuff–UK Handknitters Handwoven rugs from 2002 Info about rag rugs good site overall for keywords Oversize aran rug knit with rope fake knits, use of keyword only Etsy chair pad not profitable Carol’s rugs–handknit or crocheted, and boring Hand-knit rugs by Karen Tiede in Cary Feb 26, 2010 chainsaw carving rustic furniture…
Energy Audit and Drought
Notes on the experience of making stuff, perhaps It hasn’t been art so much as conservation, and as much engineering and common sense as creativity, per se. Two drivers: The drought, and the energy audit. Latter first. I had an energy audit in the middle of November, 2007, courtesy of the kind folks at Progress…
Investment or Extravagance?
Previous posts have indicated that I have a collection of antique Singer sewing machines; three Red Eyes and a Memphis Sphinx. Three of them work; two of them are people-powered and one is electric. (The non-working machine is people-powered, but sticks somewhere in the stitch cycle.) I am experimenting with a new product for the studio, a…