Posts Tagged ‘Cricket’

I would LOVE to have looms to use for this… Hey, I do… My Cricket looms and Flips (assuming the folks are able to hold the shuttles)!!
Hmm… I wonder how I could get started offering FREE classes for mentally and/or physically handicapped kids and adults?? Anyone know???
Here’s what I’m talking about:
In Japan in the late [...]

I had a FANTASTIC weekend!
First I taught a super FUN weaving class at North Woods Farm Fiber and Yarn Shop in Campobello (thanks Teri!) and then I continued to play with creating colorful jewelry.
Here are two of the students (a husband/wife team) busily weaving. Kaity (seen below) had THE. BEST. selvedges [...]

I LOVE this little bag!!!! It was made on my Cricket loom. Details to follow…..

Cathy made THE. MOST. BEAUTIFUL. SCARF. EVER. with it!!
Honestly, out of all the looms I’ve sold (and seen first projects from) THIS is THE BEST I’ve ever seen!!!! Cathy has really made her little Cricket sing!
Check it out, dawg! (I’m feelin’ Randy Jackson-ish)…..
Ohhhh… can you tell what pattern she’s used??? If you’re not [...]

Yesterday my friend Penny and I went to downtown Greenville to walk our dogs. Downtown Greenville is a beautiful city with park which includes many walking paths etc.
The weather was sooo grand (sunny and mild temps) that there were oodles of people (and dogs) all over the place. Libby (my dog) and Vader [...]

A huge thanks to Carolyn for inviting us all into her gorgeous lakeside home for a Leno Lace Table Runner class!
Some of the class worked on the table runner and others worked on scarves. Everyone added the Leno lace pattern into their project. We worked on Crickets, 15″ Flip Looms and 20″ Flip [...]

I’ve taken Janet Dawson’s challenge…sorta…. I’m going to do a Scarf a Week. Janet is doing a Scarf a Day but with the Flip Loom placemats and Mighty Wolf dish towels… well, I just couldn’t keep up daily!!
Here, though, is my FIRST scarf in the challenge. I absolutely LOVE the “nubbly” textures. [...]

A fellow ‘Cricket-teer’ sent these photos to me (Thanks, Kim!!). Aren’t they purty!!
OH, notice the yellow scarf?? There is a story behind this BRIGHT, cheery scarf!! We (several of us have made them!) call these BRIGHT scarves our “happy scarves”. Whenever anyone of us Cricket-teers is feeling down [...]

I taught a class a North Woods Farm Fiber and Yarn Shop this past weekend. We ALL had a GREAT time. ( Watch this site or Teri’s site at North Woods because we are planning to do another beginner workshop in the NEAR future and possibly an advanced class!)
As you can see in the [...]

I hope the Najjar brothers are getting ready!!
I have a great son-in-law. He and his brother LOVE to cook sooooo, they’re doing EVERYTHING for our Thanksgiving FEAST. There is a kind of rivalry between the bros, though… each one tries to out do the other in terms of cooking expertise! Last year’s meal [...]