fiber arts

I have found that I really enjoy crochet. It is fun, puzzling at times, relaxing, and produces something useful (most of the time). Early projects were simple things like coasters, small baskets, kobo sleeve, and a purse for my daughter. Since then I have moved on to bigger projects like blankets and scarves. My big goal is to start making socks and sweaters.

My family tends to want to keep stuff working as long as we can. I have generally been the one in the family to try to stitch stuff back together. I have historically been bad at it. That said, I have researched and gained some skills and some tools. I will have mending work here too when I think it is neat/cool enough to post.

Eventually I would also like to try out knitting, sewing, and embroidery. I have tried knitting using a loom, but found that I did not enjoy it as much as crochet (my partner loves loom knitting, though). I do a bit of hand sewing but would like to be able to use a sewing machine to make clothes. We'll see what the future holds. In the meantime I will be updating this page with projects I work on. For the time being it will mostly be crochet and mending (when the mending is more than just a few stitches to hold something together).