Martianknits

I want to start off   by saying that I support Ravelry . It’s new policy to keep the space safe for all is needed. Many more groups should probably institute a similar policy. We must be intolerant of intolerance. Currently I am working on my big Santa and the Man in the Moon rug and a pair of socks with a ooak yarn by Dragon Strings. The sock is just a simple one with a 4 stitch cable front and back. I absolutely love how the colours are coming up. Scale of Santa & Moon rug The Santa rug is my current obsession. I just finished a 4 day workshop on Primitive hooking at the Rug Hooking School at Trent. Bea Grant is a very generous and supportive teacher who has an amazing eye for colour and composition. I learned a lot from her. If any of you are rug hookers or want to learn how to hook it is a fabulous week long school that is run every June. It has been running for 30 years!  Other than the learning aspect it is wonderful to...

I want to blog more.    I have such a huge interior life and I really suck at imparting what goes on in my head to others.   I do not talk as much as I think.  I want to write about what I am thinking, what I am creating, what I am planning to create and how & why I make the creative choices I do.  I am trying to think of myself as a Fibre “Artist” which is a hard thing to do when low self-esteem is an issue at times. Being an Artist is having a Job. The Artist has to do art even when there is no inspiration.   In order to be available when inspiration strikes all the tools of creating need to be honed. The needle needs to feel natural in the hand that is then connected to the brain that is having the inspiration.   The methods of manipulating fabric and string (or whatever) need to occur with a clear understanding of what the outcome will be. The idea has to be well formed and well thought out. The Artist’s Job includes va...