• woven.

    I have absolutely no recollection of weaving anything in my entire life but I have wanted to learn to weave since visiting family friends in Haida Gwaii when I was 17 years old. The trip made…

  • Episode 27

    Another installment of my weekly video-log (vlog), focused on discussing my process around turning fibre and fleece into yarn and, eventually, knitted objects. We are having a wet and rainy July here in Vancouver, BC. No…

  • Spin the Bin 2016

    This is the first year I have finished the Completely Twisted and Arbitrary Spin the Bin event. I haven’t wanted to participate before because I’ve never had projects hanging over me until the end of 2015!…

  • Episode 26

    Another installment of my weekly video-log (vlog), focused on discussing my process around turning fibre and fleece into yarn and, eventually, knitted objects. Happy Canada Day! and holiday weekend for many. Thank you for tuning in…

  • fear.

    Given a chance to plan out a new spinning project, I often look through my stash to be inspired, find something I’ve forgotten about and allow the creative juices to flow. I think about the wheel…

  • Spinner Spotlight :: Robin Wiest

    The Handspinner Spotlight is an opportunity for me to share with all of you some of the amazing handspinners out there in our community. It is an opportunity to see some of their work, as well…

  • it’s not over until …

    Remember back in November 2015 I took a weekend-long workshop at Maiwa in dyeing? Then I had a weekend of dyeing fun a few weeks later and created a gorgeous skein of hand-painted Romney in natural…