Textiles
My Fiber Arts Journey
I feel like I’ve written parts of this before, but I can’t find it. So here you go. Again. It started in the early 1980s. When I was about six, I discovered the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Read more…
Events
Coming in October: Fiber Arts and the Occult
On October 29th, 2025, I’ll be giving a talk over Zoom about the history of fiber arts in the occult. I had researched the subject for a friend’s podcast a few years ago that never got recorded, and I’m going Read more…
Art
Six months already?
I haven’t written a blog post or updated my site in six months. Depression took over in November and didn’t leave until the last few weeks. Winter is always rough, but it seemed worse than usual this year. Maybe because Read more…
Stationery
Fountain Pen Day 2024
The Orlando Pen Club had a meetup today for the annual Fountain Pen Day (Nov 1st), and I drove down to attend. I’d talked to a few of the members online, but this was my first meeting. There was around Read more…
Stationery
The Saga of the Vanishing Point
Over a dozen years ago, when I was married, I bought a Pilot Vanishing Point fountain pen in the “stealth” color — all matte black, including the nib, which is an extra-fine. It’s a very nice pen. Back then I Read more…
Media
Fiber Enby Podcast
I did an episode of the Fiber Enby podcast. The interview was recorded several months ago. If you want to listen to me talk about textile history and being a non-binary fiber artist, the episode is available wherever you normally Read more…
Stationery
Miscellaneous Updates
The essay on spindles in history has been updated, if you’re interested. The cross stitch is halfway done. According to the new cross stitching app I’m using on my Android tablet, the completed project has 67,980 stitches. Mind-blowing. Something else Read more…
Textiles
How to Make a Wrist Distaff
A “wristaff” is a great way to hold your fiber while you’re spindle spinning. I know I wrote up a tutorial years ago, but I’ve lost it, so here it is as best I remember it. I’m glad I still Read more…
Textiles
Ergonomic spinning video
I made my first instructional video: how to spin in the way I’ve been doing it since I hurt my thumb. I call it “medium draw”, as I know several spinners who use this technique but it doesn’t seem to Read more…
Cats
Ridiculous Kitty
Okay, this is completely just a silly post, but the world needs to see my cat Eris chase his own tail. He’s ridiculous. He does this almost every evening…