We’ve posted about Yarnia before, but this Portland gem deserves another mention. While visiting crafty family in Portland, I was instructed that I simply had to visit Yarnia during my stay. Proprietress Lindsey Ross offers a unique take on yarn shopping, and the possibilities are mind-boggling. Enter and find shelves of single-filament yarn in a […]
Lion Brand Yarns tips us off to this great video on YouTube: I just wanted to let you know that a video of the installation of artist Robyn Love’s crocheted 10,000 gallon water tower cozy is now available on YouTube: The project, which was conceived to bring awareness to the educational organization D&AD’s pencil award, […]
Craft reader Adrienne tipped us off to this cool motorized yarn winder on Robot Party – if you don’t have a small child around to turn the crank on the ball winder, you might want to automate it.
The amazing Habu Textiles has started their annual yarn sale – they have the coolest yarns made of paper, silk, cotton, ramie, lots of strange and wonderful stuff for all kinds of art projects!
Yarn School will be back in session at the Harveyville Project in Kansas this February, as the folks from Camp Pluckyfluff help teach fiber fans all the ins and outs of taking their handspun yarns to the next level. Head over to the Harveyville website for full details.
Jenna Faden and Jess Horton, recent Fine Arts graduates of Umass Amherst showed their recent work at the Duxbury Art Association Winter Craft Showcase. Together, they are pickled. They took a brief break from sales and knitting to show their work, saying “we’re really just grandmothers in disguise”, told some stories and returned to the […]
This is a really interesting performance video with yarn by Jeanne Jo. It looks like she reversed the footage of unraveling the garment from up in the tree. More: Knitted Interfaces for Technology
