I met Sarah Anderson a few years ago at a National NeedleArts trade show, where she as promoting her book The Spinner’s Book of Yarn Designs. As a spinner, I have long admired Sarah’s work in making sculptural, highly functional yarns. She introduced me to the wonders of xanthan gum as a sizing material—a coating …
Declaring that 2015 “year of the handwoven home” was a way for me to increase the number of handwovens in my home. Since that time, I’ve signed for a new book with Interweave on weaving for the home, causing me to switch gears from weaving for me to weaving for publication. To keep the spirit of …
A brand new shiny year has arrived and with it comes all the hopes and dreams of new beginnings. In 2014, I moved to a new home in a small town in New Mexico. Once a church, it is a magical building flooded with the light of New Mexico—particularly because we have no curtains. The …
