Art in Bloom 2019
We went to Art in Bloom again this year, once again conveniently scheduled around my birthday! I posted a few of preliminary pictures off my phone on Twitter, but here’s the full set of “best of”...
View ArticleIlluminated Letters
One of the perks of teaching for the folk school is getting to take a free class for yourself later that year, which I finally got to do this past week. I signed up for a calligraphy class on...
View ArticleTemari: Emerald Isle
Been a while since I posted a temari! This is one I did as a test pattern for Barb and only finished to the point of being able to see what it would look like finished on one side before I got...
View ArticleTemari: Baseball Season
I am reliably informed there is important-ish post-season baseballing going on right now, which I have clearly not been paying any attention to this year, but it did remind me that I never posted these...
View ArticleTemari: Rubik’s Cube
I finally finished a temari I started over the summer! This one started because I saw a very cute pattern for a crocheted Rubik’s cube, but when I thought back to my last attempt at crochet, I decided...
View ArticleTemari: Christmas Wreath
Merry Christmas! I’m finally posting this year’s Christmas temari, though I technically finished it back before I went up to the Campbell to teach. This year the temari class was scheduled for...
View ArticleTemari Livestreams
So how are you all doing with the pandemic? All being responsible and stay home as much as possible? Good, good. In case you’re looking for something to do, I’ve started livestreaming beginner temari...
View ArticleTemari Materials List
What do you need to have on hand to start making temari? Choosing your core materials You can put very nearly anything in the center of a temari core. Remember, this is a craft of recycling, so if...
View ArticleTemari: Inward Stitched Fire Medallions
This weekend I taught a Twitch class on how to use inward stitching on continuous path shapes. Previously, I’d only really ever used this technique for starfish* (like this one I did for my brother’s...
View ArticleTemari Mobile Project
As we head into the third year of the pandemic, and therefore the third year of me doing temari demo streams on Twitch, I decided to theme the new year of streams around a project: finally doing the...
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