I love small shops, there is nothing quite as fun as running into a store and getting a chance to ‘chew the fat’ with the owner. That’s what these posts are supposed to be like! Learn everything from how to care for and use your items, to how I designed and developed them.
I started with the idea of creating a collar, the design process came with a few challenges. Creative revelation rarely happens without effort, and a collar transformed into an innovative necklace. What started with “Daffodil” led to other designs as botanically inspired and organic as the cotton used to make them.
My great grandma (and my namesake) made two matching afghans for my mom and my aunt as children. She was far from the only fiber crafter in my family. Her mom, my great-great grandma, crocheted with thread. She worked so quickly that she kept talcum powder in her...