The nice folks at PAAS sent me some egg decorating kits for today’s craft segment on “Take Five & Company.” The kits include neon dyes and cute stickers to make eggs that look like monsters and fish. Since these egg dyeing kits are self-explanatory, I’ll focus on showing you how I use these dyes to [...]

When I decided to shed the security of a steady day job last summer, I knew my craft budget was going to take a serious hit. I thought I’d be bummed about not being able to spend at will, but it turns out that I’m having a blast crafting with my stash and filling in [...]

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Today my Grand Rapids Press art & craft column is about Mike Bronkema, a fire-fighting farmer who cranks out cozy socks on one of those fabulous antique circular knitting machines. Check it out, then watch the video below. OLIVE TOWNSHIP — The first time our paths crossed, Mike Bronkema was sporting an Olive Township Fire [...]

The Anna Maria Horner contest winners will be announced later today. In the meantime, please enjoy this smiling sheep photo I took last week. Feel the love, people. Feel the love.

Today my Grand Rapids Press art & craft column is about Sierra Cole, a fiber artist I mentioned in a previous post. Here’s a preview to get you started… Sierra Cole might be the fastest knitter I’ve ever met. Her metal needles moved with near-lightning speed as we chatted about how she landed a great [...]

Doesn’t this yarn look fabulous? It ranked high among the crafty eye candy for sale at Renegade this past weekend. It was fun to chat briefly with Liz Maly, the talented maker of this lovely hand-dyed yarn and other fabulous Felt Cafe goods. Check out the super cute, felted baby booties. This photo kind of [...]

I recently took a little road trip to Kalamazoo, Mich. where I visited Letty Klein at Pine Lane Farm. We sat out on her deck and chatted about how her love of animals led her into the sheep and braided wool rug business. You can read her story today in my GR Press art & [...]