Azariah Fibre Arts

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”

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”