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I’ve saved these Beyond The Fringe pictures for last because they’re my favorites!

Me and my honey:

Twilight and Thebes

Twilight and Thebes

Abbey and Daniel

Twilight and Thebes

Looking tough:

Twilight and Thebes

Sisters!

Twilight and Thebes

Group photos:

Twilight and Thebes

Twilight and Thebes

2 comments April 5th, 2010

Knitting in Wonderland

I don’t see many movies in the theater but when I heard that Tim Burton was making Alice In Wonderland I knew I had to see it. Thebes couldn’t go because of his corn allergy (popping corn in the air). Laura and Paul joined me.

Alice In Wonderland poster

Here’s Laura and I holding up her handspun. Oooh, she’s a natural! Her yarn is lovely.

Alice In Wonderland movie

(I doubt there will be spoilers but if you’re sensitive to them skip the rest.)

I absolutely loved this movie! It was the first 3D movie I’ve ever seen. Super groovy and oh so trippy! Alice In Wonderland is one of my favorite stories. The imagery was so beautiful I cried at some points. There’s one scene where Alice is small and is riding on top of a dog. I thought, “I want to do that someday!” Plus the actor who plays Professor Snape in the Harry Potter movies plays the Caterpillar in this one. His voice is amazing. (And damn sexy too!)

Two complaints. After the big climatic scene Alice says goodbye and heads home. That seemed rushed. While not kick back and celebrate? Especially if you don’t know that you’d be able to return to such a magical world? The second complaint is with the actress who played the White Queen. Gods, she sucked. She overacted her role and kept her arms up in an awkward pose. She was in Brokeback Mountain and acted fine in that role. I’m not sure what happened here but her breathy, flaky White Queen was weak.

I can’t imagine this movie being as good in DVD form. If you get the chance to see it in 3D I highly recommend it!

2 comments March 18th, 2010

Beyond The Fringe postcard

The postcards for this year’s Beyond The Fringe are here:

Beyond The Fringe postcard

The artists listed on the front are:
Violette Alby
Linda Berger
Linda Michel-Cassidy
Connie Fernandez
Lois Fernandez
Kimberly Hamill
Carolyn Hinske
Jana Greiner
Twilight Kallisti
Mary K. Lyon
Merce Mitchell
Nina Silfverberg
Faith Welsh
Karen Wittwer
Abigail Z

Beyond The Fringe postcard

The text on the back reads:
Beyond the Fringe
March 26-April 1, 2010

A fine fiber art exhibition
Opening reception
Friday, March 2, 5-8pm

Stables Gallery
133 Paseo del Pueblo Norte
Taos, NM 87571
575-758-2052

Visit arists at
craftingchaos.com/beyond-the-fringe
Fiber classes at
www.manosweavingschool.com

These cards are designed to be working postcards. I’ll be mailing some off to friends. Maybe I’ll see you at the opening reception?

2 comments March 8th, 2010

Merce Mitchell progress pics

Merce sent me progress pics for Beyond The Fringe.

Beyond The Fringe

She’s got a great fiber studio.

Beyond The Fringe

I like the curlie-ques she puts into her felt.

Beyond The Fringe

Add comment January 26th, 2010

Knitting progress

My lace socks are coming along. I put the first sock on stitch holders and started the second one from the other end of the yarn cake.

Green lace socks

I’m going to make them as tall as I can.

Thebes’s Noro sweater has been frogged. The squares puckered too much when seamed together. Then I tried to do something crazy where I had a bunch of little Noro balls and knit all the squares in a round. That was a tangled mess. It was just a world of wrong.

So I frogged it and decided to make a blanket. I found the Ten Stitch Blanket pattern on Ravelry.

Noro blanket

It’s a nice, relaxed pattern and shows off the Noro colors beautifully.

For Thebes’s sweater I’ve switched to a new yarn and pattern. I’ll blog about it as soon as I get enough on the needles for a pic.

Add comment September 5th, 2009

Faith Welsh’s progress pics

Thank goodness I’m not the only artist that is still working on finishing pieces for the Beyond The Fringe show. It makes me feel like we’re all in this together. Faith recently sent me some progress pictures of her work. I really enjoy seeing how art is shaped and changes on its way to completion.

Gratitude II

Beyond The Fringe artist: Faith Welsh

Turtle Dancer II

Beyond The Fringe artist: Faith Welsh

Want to contact this artist? You can email her at faithwatnewmexdotcom Her website is Snow Lion Studios.

1 comment March 7th, 2009

Circular Knitting Needle Case

Abbey got me a set of bamboo knitting needles for my birthday back in January. Recently I sewed a needle case for them. Ever the fuzzy helper, Prana helped out by putting his kitty goodness into the project.

Knitting needle case

The needle case closed:

Knitting needle case

I went with three rows and everything fits:

Knitting needle case

With the last needle case I used lengths of ribbon for ties. This time around I didn’t buy enough ribbon. After lining the edges I only had a bit left. There was just enough to wrap it around once so I sewed some velcro on at the ends.

Knitting needle case

The case rolled up:

Knitting needle case

Now all my needles are in a tidy place. I’m really happy how it turned out and really like the paisley fabric.

2 comments June 15th, 2008

A large blouse and my cute knitting helper

Too big blouse

I recently finished this blouse. It’s a Simplicity pattern, #5684. While it looks pretty there’s one problem. It’s too big. I made it in a size 16. Now I’m not a size 16 but my breast size seemed too big for the size 12 and 14.

Too big blouse

I’m keeping the blouse. I plan to wear it on those relaxing days where I want to wear loose fitting clothes.

Here’s a picture of Prana helping me put clasps on Arwen. He’s putting his kitty goodness into the sweater-a vital step in any knitting project.

Prana sleeping on my Arwen sweater

2 comments May 26th, 2008

Hippie Tam

Crochet tam

I’m finished with my first car project. I call this my Hippie Tam. This is the first tam I’ve crocheted in years. I used to make them a lot back in my commune days. There were a couple times I had to rip back because I was doing the pattern from memory. But it all came back and now I have a tam for winter.

Crochet tam

I did two rows with no increases or decreases to make it roomy enough to tuck up my braids if I want.

Pattern: Hippie Tam
Source: Me
Size: Custom
Yarn: Repurposed wool from a thrifted vest
Needles: H hook
Started: April 2008
Finished: May 2008
Modifications: None

2 comments May 13th, 2008

Felted Sunrise

Abbey and I went to Merce’s place last month to do some felting. Merce showed us how to hand felt. Wow! It was so much fun. There’s something so satisfying about felting with your hands. I like it much better than throwing a piece into a washing machine. Plus I’m off grid so hand felting is something I can do at home.

The three of us went free form and “painted” with raw fleece. Here’s what I made:

Felted sunrise

It’s the sunrise over Taos Mountain. Since I’m such a night owl the sunrise is one thing I don’t see much. When I manage to get up that early (or more likely to stay up that late) and see the sunrise it feels like a rare treat.

Merce suggested we put uncarded fleece around the edges as trim.

Felted sunrise

This was a brilliant idea. I love how primal it makes the piece look.

I’m in love with painting with wool. I’ve never been a painter because I like to touch my work. This is why I’m also drawn to sculpture. After the piece is done you can still touch it. I find myself petting my felt piece.

Merce also told us the trick to hanging felt art on the wall. You simply staple a piece of velcro (the grippy side) to the wall:

Felted sunrise

I’ll definitely be doing more felt work in the future.

Add comment May 11th, 2008

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