Favorite Fibers

As I mentioned in my last blog entry, I’ve been in Illinois for the past several weeks while my mother recuperated from an injury. She’s made great progress so I’ll be on my way home again in just a few days. I’ve enjoyed my stay, but it will be good to be home again.

Although most of the past few weeks have been spent in family-related activities, I did manage to finish a few designs including a doily and swatches for a baby afghan and an adult afghan. I also have a layette underway, but will finish that when I get home. In the meantime, I’m starting another doily, a floral this time.

Most of my designing career has been spent working with yarn. While I’ve always admired thread work, I found it difficult to work with for many years. About 10 years ago, I finally decided I was going to master it one way or another, and so I did. Since then, thread has become my favorite fiber to work with. When I am between projects or just looking for something fun to work on, I usually pick up a steel hook and a ball of thread to see what I can create with it…but I still love yarn, too!

So, if you have ever suffered the frustration of working with thread, I urge you to give it another try…and another…and another…until you feel comfortable with it. It’s really no more difficult to work with than yarn, just different. Once you get used to it, it’s easy to switch between the two.

Sangria Shawl

My Sangria Shawl is now being offered as a free download at the Coats & Clark Web site. If interested, you can get it here. Enjoy!