Category: Fiber and Textile Arts

The Craft Yarn Council of America has published guidelines so that uniform yarn, needle and hooks are labelled in a consistent manner. These standards and guidelines aim to encourage the industry to produce user friendly patterns. The site also houses a useful list of Crochet Abbreviations, a list of Knitting …

There is a particularly interesting discussion going on over at crochetme provoked by an excellent post Take Back The Crochet We need more artists to explore the medium and its potential for expression. We need women and men to use their hooks with pride, and to consider the beauty they …

Well here I come skittering through the door, sliding to a stop, flushed in the face, waving around an odd bit of fiber and announcing in slightly panting tones even if the sides are not straight I did it! As you can see I have finished the fiber postcard for …

Its going to be a close shave with is fabric postcard for the 6 x 4 lives challenge. I think I might be skating through the door at the stroke of midnight postcard in hand panting as I say I did it. This is the current state of play. Since …

Julia has posted clear details on how she is making a small pincushion called a “Biscornu”. It is a highly unusual pattern and Julia has linked to a step by step tutorial on how to assemble the design.

Kim over on String or Nothing has published a good article on blackwork embroidery which includes a round up of resources online