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Find Your Way
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Find Your Way

I completed it early spring 2023. Find Your Way is named after a Rising Appalachia song. The yarn used consists of handspun yarn that I spun over a 14 year period.

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An Old WIP Returns
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An Old WIP Returns

A decade ago I was living in New Mexico. My career as a fiber artist was slowly taking off.

I had been in local art shows in Taos and Santa Fe. Then in 2012 I blew up my life and escaped to Portland. It was an intense time. So much change was happening all at once. I was experiencing so many emotions, I suppose it was only natural that my works in progress went into hibernation.

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Hula Hoop Loom
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Hula Hoop Loom

Years ago, I had a small table loom that I used to dip my toes into the weaving world.

It was fun but I was in college so just didn't have the time to explore it deeply. In December I started a new art project. This hula hoop had been sitting in the back of my craft closet for months. Winter seemed a perfect time to pull it out and begin something new.

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