New Work: Cottolin Placemats

I’ve really been on a crackle weave kick lately. This particular crackle weave pattern reminds me of fans, or fish scales, or sometimes little round faces. I’m always looking for new ways to sneak curves in to the very square shapes that the warp and weft often make. It can be harder to get elegant…

Ann Arbor Fiber Arts Expo – February 2023

Ann Arbor area folks! Come see me at the Fiber Expo at the downtown Library! There will be all kinds of cool events/workshops/demos, and I’ll be selling some woven goods and doing a little weaving on my table-top four-harness loom.

Woven Goods in Dearborn!

New places to find woven home-goods out in the world Hello Friends, Did you know that I now have washcloths, and hand towels and napkins for sale in The Dearborn Shop in Dearborn, MI?! Well, it’s true! The Dearborn shop is an adorable new shop in downtown Dearborn, just off the main drag. They have…

Detroit Urban Craft Fair and Tiny Expo

Here are two upcoming craft fairs where you can find me and my woven goods: The Detroit Urban Craft Fair is a 3-day event! It starts on Friday December 2nd with a preview evening, then continues through Saturday and Sunday Dec 3rd and 4th. Located at the Masonic Temple in Downton Detroit it is a…

Fall Craft Fairs… where does the time go?!

Suddenly it’s autumn craft fair season again! The Woven Good’s complete Fall Fair Schedule is still to be determined… however! October has two fairs in the first two weeks! First up, the DIYpsi art fair is back after a few years off, and The Woven Good will be there! DIYpsi will be on Saturday and…

On making something I’ll never make again

I think it’s the nature of handmade work to create finished pieces that are all slightly different from each other. On the other hand, when I’m weaving for function, I can get pretty darn close to identical finished pieces. At the end of a warp I may have 12 towels that look very similar, measure-up…

On the loom

I’m finishing up some cottolin towels to ship off to Process Low Waste Shop in Stevens Point, WI. The strange pandemic economy meant that I had to improvise a little with the colors/types of yarn I was able to get this time. These towels will look a bit different than the last batch I made,…