Happy brand new year, my friends! Do you have anything cool planned for 2026? Not so much on the cool side, but it is what it is, our big thing for this coming year is our next PCS (Permanent Change of Duty Station). This summer we expect to be moving back to Georgia for the second time, to Fort Benning again. Maybe living on post this time, though? We'll see. But before that happens, I'm kicking off the year with another big, capital A, Fiber Art thing: I've had THREE pieces juried into the...
9 days ago • 3 min read
This week I got started on a new project for an upcoming issue of Spin Off magazine and I'm absolutely delighted that I've been given permission to share a few sneak peeks and behind the scenes views of the process as I'm working on it! Whoo hoo! I really appreciate not having to work in complete secret because I'm the most excited about a project when I'm in the middle of the ideation and creation phase. That's when all the good photo ops happen, too! Until the end for the FO pictures, of...
23 days ago • 2 min read
Okay, friends. It's been a long time coming but I finally have a new crochet class on Skillshare! And if you're a last minute gift maker, this one is for you!! Last year I shared the written instructions for The Littlest Snowflake in a newsletter, but now you can follow along with me step by step as I walk you through exactly how I crochet and stiffen one of these pretty little snowflakes: And that's worsted weight cotton yarn, y'all, so you can actually SEE what you're doing! Once you get...
30 days ago • 2 min read
I had the loveliest of chats yesterday with Marieke of Solace in Stitches for the Fasten Off Yarn-a-Long Designer Interview series! And it's already available for you to watch!! Marieke and I have known each other (online only) for a few years now and it was so much fun to talk with her about what I've been busy with and what I'm hoping for in the coming year. It was more like catching up with a friend than an interview! And I might have rambled on even more, ha ha, if she hadn't refocused me...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
I was chatting around in the FOYAL Discord channels the other day and something... struck me. Out of nowhere, I decided to make a couple Christmas gifts this year. Say what? Didn't I JUST say somewhere recently that I don't really do that anymore?? (I did.) But you know I used to LOVE making gifts! I think, maybe, this sudden hankering has come from the greeting cards. I really did have fun putting together custom sets of them at the craft fair! Let me tell you a little a bit about me and...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
So I was sitting here working on a new artist statement for a submission that's due tomorrow when I heard the notification on my phone that means a new email just popped through. Writing artist statements is... challenging, at times (could you hear me searching for a not terrible word there, lol?) and so the distraction was welcome. And oh! It was a pattern sale on Ravelry! And they used my GAL coupon code! Which means 1. the code works, yay! and 2. the Indie Design Gift-A-Long has officially...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Yes, you read that right—calendarS with an S! I have TWO for you to choose between! Buy a Connie-made Calendar here! (A caveat: I literally just put the finishing touches on these, so I don't have my samples yet—the images in the listing are just mockups. So if you prefer to wait until I have physical examples in my hands to show you, I totally get it! I will also have a folding calendar option, which is better for appointment keeping, but the mockup images didn't look like a folding...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
I am happy to report that there isn't much to report this week. And after all the excitement of last week, that's quite a relief! Dipper is still herding her four little fluffbutts around and there's only been a singular mongoose sighting in the past week. Which was OUTside the house, thank goodness! I've been working on the shawl pattern a bit, but I still haven't gotten it off the blocking boards for photos yet. Three weeks ago I strained something in my lower back and I've been struggling...
2 months ago • 3 min read
Oh boy do I have a story for you this week! So the kiddo had a four day weekend (Parent Teacher Conferences) and on Tuesday I was really looking forward to some quiet, productive time. (Spoiler alert: I didn't get it.) I hadn't managed to get my tutorial to finish up the shawl filmed over the long weekend for obvious reasons and I'd also fallen behind on my Bloomtober paintings. (Chime in on whether or not you think I should do a Toxic Florals Collection here, by the way!) That morning, I had...
2 months ago • 6 min read