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”
Author Archives: Azariah Fibre Arts
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”
Luminous Ladybug Update
My Luminous Ladybug is moving along. I am a point where it is just the same thing again and again. As you can see in this photo I have all the stitch markers in that I am going to need for this piece. I chose not to mark the repeated in the center because thereContinue reading “Luminous Ladybug Update”
Why US Wool and Processing Matter
When you buy a skein of yarn or bump of fiber from a US wool producer you support a family, help the environment, the US economy grows and you get a product you can feel good about using. How can all this happen with one purchase? Let me show you. Support a family Many ofContinue reading “Why US Wool and Processing Matter”
Shave ’em to Save ’em!
This is a great program that gives spinners, crocheters, knitters and other fiber makers the opportunity to use fibers that are unusual, support smaller family farms and help save a breed, all at the same time. Here is a link to their website. Here you can find out more info, enroll for your passport, learnContinue reading “Shave ’em to Save ’em!”
Why I changed Sophie to Cherry Hills
Sophie is an Estonian style shawl that I published back in 2013. I used photos to put together the motifs for this shawl. These photos were in an Estonian Lace book. There was a second book put out before I published this pattern with a recipe for this shawl. I honestly don’t know if IContinue reading “Why I changed Sophie to Cherry Hills”
Fibershed!
I have joined not one, but two fibershed and I support something similar on the east coast too! What is a fibershed? Here is a link for the official info. Fibershed is a place source fiber and fiber related items and services that are local to you. I support The Hudson Valley Textile Project onContinue reading “Fibershed!”
A True Story of Changing Colors in Rib Knitting…
I don’t know about you, but I was taught that when you knitting a ribbing pattern and you are going to change colors, that the first row or round of the new color should be all knit stitches, ignore the ribbing it won’t make a difference. The last part is true, One row or roundContinue reading “A True Story of Changing Colors in Rib Knitting…”
My Values as a Fiber Artist
As I have been learning more about fiber and the production of it, I have shifted some of the choices I’m making. Most of these shifts are completely by choice, one that I can think of at the writing of this, wasn’t a choice but it is what started it all for me. This journey,Continue reading “My Values as a Fiber Artist”
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