the zine symposium was pretty awesome! here is what my cramped little half-table space looked like: while it felt similar to a craft show, it was pretty different from what i’m used to… i only sold small stuff – zines, buttons, patches – and i did a ton of swapping! i met a lot ofContinue reading “zine overload and i knit a sweater!”
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portland 1 year anniversary and zine symposium!
oh man, sorry the blog has been slow going, i’ve had my third skirt tutorial almost-ready for days now, but haven’t had time to finish and post. hey guess what, today was our 1yr in portland anniversary day, yeah! but before i get to that, i have something important to tell all my portland readers:Continue reading “portland 1 year anniversary and zine symposium!”
stenciling class tomorrow!
oops i forgot to post this earlier in the week like i meant to, but you should still be able to join the class last minute. just wanted to remind anyone who might be interested that i’m teaching a freezer paper stencil class at the 100th monkey studio tomorrow (saturday) from 2-4. i just stenciledContinue reading “stenciling class tomorrow!”
japanese craft book overload
i’ve had a superfun last couple of days! on thursday i was lucky enough to get to hang out with diane and rachel all afternoon, fun times! diane took us to the amazing kinokuniya bookstore inside uwajimaya in beaverton. that’s not even all the craft books! so, backing up, i had listened to diane’s podcastContinue reading “japanese craft book overload”
turning boring shirts into superawesome custom shirts!
i’ve been having some fun with printing! two of my brothers had birthdays in the last month, so i got them plain thifted shirts onto which i custom printed some of their favorite things… first, for ben, the dj basketball player (birthday+graduation so 2 shirts): the scratching and the bball are freezer paper stencils madeContinue reading “turning boring shirts into superawesome custom shirts!”
short-rows wavy hat class!
next saturday i’m teaching a class on my short-rows wavy hat pattern at twisted. and look, it works great in cotton! the class is listed as intermediate, but i think it’s a perfect project for an adventurous beginner – someone who is comfortable with knit and purl but doesn’t necessarily know anything else. i thinkContinue reading “short-rows wavy hat class!”
black sheep gathering!
so i went to black sheep gathering in eugene on saturday, my first ever fiber festivaly type thing. oh my goodness it was awesome. we were all so exhausted by the end of the day, it felt like spending a day at disneyland! we left at 8am, spent about 3 hours checking everything out andContinue reading “black sheep gathering!”
just some updatey random stuff
well, first of all, i apologize for being such a horrible blogger lately. i’ll be trying to be much more regular soon, with plans for lots of tutorials and fun stuff. my official last day of my day job is memorial day, the 26th, and i’m so excited, but also so stressed out and worried…Continue reading “just some updatey random stuff”
craft swap!!
just a last minute quicky to let portlanders know about the craft swap at the 100th monkey studio tomorrow (well technically today, saturday)! it’s from 1 to 4 at 110 SE 16th Ave, which is near burnside. the last one i went to i got so much super awesome stuff!! i’ll be a volunteer, andContinue reading “craft swap!!”
blogging for threadbanger!!
wooo it’s up! my first post for the threadbanger blog!! i waited to announce it until i had a post up, then it took awhile to get going, but all is well now and i’m so excited to tell you that i’ll now be a regular blogger for the threadheads! if you are not alreadyContinue reading “blogging for threadbanger!!”
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