PLEASE VISIT MY NEW SITE: DANDELION ARTS! (www.dandelionarts.com)
YOU'LL FIND MY HANDFELTED HATS THERE AND MY ART DOLLS, TOO!

(See what else I've been doing: Cloth Figures and Mixed Media Dolls) Link Lists for Knitters and Knitters-to-Be Learn-to Links Knitting Magazines/Newsletters Shopping On-line Free Pattern Sites Knitting Designers Neat Knitting Sites KNITTING FREAK BLOG Get Your Own Blog Read My BLOG Felting/Needle Felting Funky Soap Coats Felting Kits and Instructions Northeast Fiber Arts Center Noggins, Dolls & Felting Supplies Learn to Needlefelt at A Crafty College Class Inspiration at Black Sheep Designs Felting supplies from Peace Fleece Needle Felters Webring Felting Kits from Halcyon Yarn Dyeing Fabric and Yarn Hand-dying yarn and roving with acid dyes Hand-dyeing with Paula Burch Dyeing with Kool-Aid More Dyeing with Kool-Aid Even More Dyeing with Kool-Aid More Kool-Aid & An Extensive Color Card Using Natural Plant Dyes

My husband would say I have a knitting "problem," but I would say I have found a really relaxing and fun hobby. (OK, I'm obsessed.) I must make stuff. Unlike my other hobbies, knitting can can demand all of your attention or very little of it. If you are doing complex stitch patterns, you're not going to be able to chat or watch TV at the same time. If you are doing a simple stitch you can do both! My other hobbies require my full concentration while doing them. Working with fiber, especially if you can occasionally splurge on a nice yarn, is intoxicating. (I do this far too often; my stash is obscene.) I can safely say that my mail man hates me because he's always having to get out of his little truck and deliver a box to my door. Sorry, dude. Anyway, I have a great list of links for you to peruse. I am a beginner myself and have only been knitting since Fall 2000. I decided I would try to learn to knit so I could make some scarves and an afghan for my family for Christmas and kept at it. Now I've finished enough non-hideous projects to have a finished objects category (well, coming soon anyway). My first sweater was horrendous (it looked fine except for the torso which flared out like the base of a triangle), but I'm so proud of it! I call it the "garbage bag" sweater, which describes its elegant shaping. ;-) New! Check out these pictures of my needle-felted Noggin' in progress. Underlying Structures: 1st layer of wool goes over a rolled up piece of polyester batting. The first layer gets felted down. Nose roll is added. More facial features are added in similar fashion. Cheeks plumped up, more shaping and ears added. New! May 3...the rest of the process: Skin layer is added. Skin gets needled down Color is added Eye color is attached Irises and pupils are added A tooth is added and some more mouth shaping. Louis enjoys a cigar Rooney checks Louis out.

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