Woven Art

Just Spinning, Weaving and Painting

By Karen ⋅ May 1, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

I have been busy spinning and weaving in my study this past month, a long with making several skeins of Art Yarn, I have completed the weaving of 5 new purses, sewn the lining in and started tying on the fringe for each of the purses. I completed the purse I was working on at [...]

Grapevine Vintage Wine and Art Show

By Karen ⋅ April 11, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments

I had a wonderful time at the show this past weekend in Grapevine. What a great venue to display art work. My booth was next to my sister, Sharen Chatterton and her beautiful art work. Thank you to everyone who came out and enjoyed this great event. I have 3 pieces of art on display [...]

Funky Finds Spring Fling

By Karen ⋅ March 14, 2011 ⋅ One comment

Thank you to everyone who came out to the Funky Finds Spring Fling in Fort Worth. It was a fantastic show and it was wonderful seeing each piece of my fiber art go to such great new owner. There where many interesting artists and craftsman at the show and lots of dogs. They had a [...]

All That Beautiful Yarn.

By Karen ⋅ February 21, 2011 ⋅ One comment

Since I started spinning yarn, I have fallen in love with every skein I spin, I love making the textured, bulky, art yarn. Each group of fiber creates a whole new piece of art. Like a painting, no two are every the same, even if you tried, the combination of fiber and spin make each [...]

A Custom Order Completed

By Karen ⋅ February 9, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

I have been working on the custom order Art Scarf commissioned by a customer who came to the Funky Finds show in November. I posted back a little while ago on the process of warping the loom for this project. Well, I have completed it and it is in its new home. It looks beautiful [...]

Some of the Time, Some of the Fiber Comes From…

By Karen ⋅ January 30, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

When we lived down in deep South Texas, there were a lot of sheep and goats, mostly goats. We had an opportunity to go out to the Rocking R Ranch when they were shearing the Angora goats. Jim took some great photographs of the process. There were a lot of goats to be sheared but [...]

New Weaving

By Karen ⋅ January 18, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

This is the beginning of my new weaving project, I have made the warp bundles, a total of 198 threads in seven bundles. Once the bundles are made, I take each yarn and put it through the reed slots… After each piece of yarn is in its own slot, I then move to the back [...]

Winter Dreams

By Karen ⋅ January 9, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

I started working on this new fiber, spinning and adding other glitz and locks to it, I have spun about 1/6th of the fiber and filled my bobbin! This is called “Winter Dreams” it is in soft yellow, pink, lavender and blues with darker shades of gold and burgundy. Perfect for these cold wet winter [...]

My New Art Yarns

By Karen ⋅ January 1, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

I had so much fun making this yarn, it is called “Circus In Town”. It reminds me of all the colors of a circus, cotton candy, the big tops and the costumes! I haven’t used it in my weaving yet, I think I am just going to look at it for a while! Enjoy the [...]

Let the Spinning Begin

By Karen ⋅ December 29, 2010 ⋅ One comment

My new spinning wheel, the Lendrum DT is here and set up. I have already spun my first skein of yarn and now I am working on the second one. The pictures I posted are of the second skein on the wheel. The fiber is dyed in pinks, blues, yellows and orange, I am adding [...]

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