Azariah Fibre Arts

Change sometimes happens quickly.

My birthday is this month. I use this yearly marker to access some things in my life so I can start making plans for the new year. This gives me time to finish things, tie up loose ends and get used to the idea of the new things. I have also learned this makes forContinue reading “Change sometimes happens quickly.”

All of us, humans and animals, have role to play.

I’m going to try to not to get too preachy here, but just share truth. Even if your belief doesn’t start as mine does, the end result for today’s post is the same. From the beginning, everything effects everything else. God charged humans with stewarding the earth and all that it is in Genesis 1:26.Continue reading “All of us, humans and animals, have role to play.”

The Why Behind Luminous Ladybug

This was first Estonian style shawl design. It was also my first design that more fun than practical. This was a fun challenge to see if I could put stitch patterns together and come up with something that looked nice. I also enjoy math and the computations to make the edging just right hit thatContinue reading “The Why Behind Luminous Ladybug”

What does This Have to do with Fiber?

You might be wondering why I have been sharing the agricultural posts over the last few Tuesdays. What does this have to with fiber? Hopefully as the weeks went by your learned that our fiber choice is as important to the environment, economy and your neighbors as it is the finished piece, end use andContinue reading “What does This Have to do with Fiber?”

Spit and Splice and other Joints

There are many different ways to join a new ball of yarn or a new color, some are neater than others. I published a tutorial yesterday of 3 of my favorite ways to join yarn together. Here I will also include some pictures of a couple of those joins in action. The Magic Join isContinue reading “Spit and Splice and other Joints”

Biggest Little Farm

Back in 2018 or 2019 my family and I had a rare moment of being able to rent a movie from Redbox. Living 50 miles outside of town, we didn’t often get to town two days in a row with the ability to rent and return a movie. We picked a movie called “The BiggestContinue reading “Biggest Little Farm”

History of Cherry Hills

This is a history of the Cherry Hills shawl more than of the location in Colorado. I’ll talk a little bit about that but I want to share the inspiration behind this shawl and that is the history I am referring to. As I shared in a past blog post this shawl is a remakeContinue reading “History of Cherry Hills”

Regenerative Agriculture

I’m wondering how many of you are familiar with this term. Regenerative Agriculture (RA) is an outcome-based food production system that nurtures and restores soil health, protects the climate and water resources and biodiversity, and enhances farms’ productivity and profitability. According to Google. This is not the mono-cropping that has been destroying the soil andContinue reading “Regenerative Agriculture”

The Crazy for this Project

This shawl started as a curious experiment and will now become two completed patterns. One in knit and one in crochet. I have learned a lot along the way. It started with mitered squares and then I wondered what would happen if I shifted the “spine”… I tried it first on a small bit ofContinue reading “The Crazy for this Project”

Fast Fashion

One of the biggest things that is against the handmade fashion, clothing industry is fast fashion. Fast fashion is big box store clothing, things you’d find at most shops in the mall and many of the clothing items that are ordered from the internet. Some of the companies offer clothing in 52 micro seasons. ThatContinue reading “Fast Fashion”