Fiber Arts

 
   
 
These are a few of the coil baskets I've made recently. They are all under four inches (10cm) in height, and the green one in the upper left was made using my handspun yarn.
 
   
 
A dyed, handspun, handknit shawl I made. All wool used in the shawl was dyed with some combination of purple.
 
 

 
 
Warp-faced belt handwoven on an inkle loom using a wide variety of mostly turquoise yarns.  
 
 

   
 
This necklace or collar was knitted with handspun yarn, and includes wooden beads throughout the body of the piece and interspersed in the fringe.
 
 

 
 
A multi-colored sweater with unique neckline. Ceramic Peruvian beads hang from the front of the sweater (removable for easy washing), with matching earrings.
 
 

 
 
  The sock montage... The pair in the upper left corner (brown and red) were knit with my handspun yarns; the rest were simply for fun!
 
 
     
 

 

A few samples of material using the wax-resist method of dyeing known as "batik".
 
       
 

 
 
 
 
 
Here is a small sampling of some of my handspun yarns, several of which are sun dyed as well.  
 
     

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