|| snow and weaving ||

 

 

Me and my trusty Doc Martins.

 

On Monday, there was a terrible winter mix that hit Tulsa. For Midwesterners who see all four seasons in a week, the one most renowned for disabling our daily schedules is ice. Going out and about that morning as an individual with particularly good driving skills, I wasn't worried about the ice and snow blanketed roads. However, at some point, the house key fell off my broken carabineer and successfully left me stranded outside.

 

Luckily, I have been wonderfully welcomed into a lovely creative community at the Workshop at Made in the Pearl district. Making my way there with snacks, hot chocolate, and yarn, settled in to learn how to weave. I would have probably just gone home and been lazy had my house key not fallen by the way side.   

 

 

Using a simple "how to" from the adorable, creative and informative blog by Elsie and Emma "A Beautiful Mess" and a borrowed lap loom, I successfully tried my hand at weaving. It seemed to me to be much like knitting but simpler, and allowing for easier freedom of pattern design.  Below is the final product - approx. 8in wide and 12in tall (excluding the fringe). You cant tell the actual size very well from the photo. It took me about four and a half hours with a lot of trial and error.

 

I'm proud of the final product and am very excited to make more. Learn different patters, collect more yarns (but of course!) and continue my knowledge of fiber arts. Lap loom sets online are pretty expensive, however a friend gave me the dimensions for building a home made one. I know what Ill be building this weekend! All  in all - you should try your hand at weaving, its super fun and anyone can do it!  

|| weaving dream catchers ||

 

 

 

I have recently picked up weaving dream catchers.

Last fall when I moved into my home, I realized that a small sapling tree in the front yard had very limber branches. Growing quickly, it produces long spindling arms that are covered in little leaves. The small diameter and elasticity of the branches make them ideal for weaving together. 

|| One of these days I'm going to try to make a basket out of them. || 

 

Woven with hemp cord, this one is adorned with a bouquet of Oklahoma wildflowers || thistle, wild chamomile, golden rod and an unknown seed pod ||, a string of little buttery yellow seed pods, a green agate eye, and strips of vintage fabric.

 

This is a part of a series I have been working on now for several months. It is a study on reuse, harvesting, scavenging, and complementing natural forms. Other pieces in the study include other dream catchers, square, triangle, and pentagram frames, and ceiling suspended wood mobiles.

 

I am currently looking around Tulsa for the an art venue to host the show. I'm hoping to debut in the Springtime. We'll see how it goes.