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...
9 days 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...
16 days 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...
24 days 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 1 month 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...
about 1 month 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...
about 2 months ago • 6 min read
This past week I've been bouncing back and forth between crocheting and painting a lot. With a little bit of computer work thrown in. And reading, too! Brain needs a break sometimes. I'm getting SO CLOSE to finishing the shawl with Ethan's yarn! I'm on the very last stretch now, with the last color. And amazingly, I am not at all tired of this color palette yet! I mean, I love green anyway, but these greens? These greens are my JAM. That bright spring green, especially, just makes me so happy...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Back in January, on Molokai, I spent my first week as the Artist in Residence mostly just soaking up inspiration. And taking ALL the photos! (Join me on Patreon as a free member to get access to all my Molokai residency posts.) Once I started to have a feel for the energy of the place, I began to sketch and paint and started to swatch a little bit. (I brought yarn especially for swatching.) One of my little abstract beach studies, painted on a postcard, was such a simple expression that I...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
This week is fall break for the kiddo and we've been balancing being busy and doing nothing pretty well so far! On Monday we assembled a motion activated spider from one of those STEM crate kit companies. We hung it up above the doorway going into the half bath downstairs and I admit, it’s gotten me a few times (about once a day), even though I helped hang it up there! We did a little other decorating for Halloween, though we don’t have a ton of stuff. I don’t understand why miltary families...
2 months ago • 2 min read