2011: It's All About Textiles

Sewing. Knitting. Spinning. I spend a lot of my free time doing this stuff -- so why not make 2011 The Year of the Textile Craft? Needs a better name, I think, but it will do for now.

So far this year I've finished a reversible pink "twirly skirt" for my 4-year-old niece, but have no photos to post. So we'll start the blog off with a project from the past ...

This is a mohair blanket I wove on my rigid-heddle loom, as a Christmas gift for my mother -- maybe 2005? It was my first -- and only -- weaving project, though every time I look at it I want to make another one.