My Current Project

After I finished the baby blanket, I tried an experimental pattern which failed miserably. I only had to spend about an hour on that one to find out it wasn't going to work.

So I started on something that requires nothing but straight lines and some counting to get the lines in the right place.

Here's where I am so far on that blanket.

 

This blanket is a bit over 6 feet long, so you are only seeing part of the work.

 

I'm agonizing over whether I should submit this to a traditional publisher or write up another ebook. My dilemma is that many ereaders don't have the capacity to display color photos.  My other issue is that, while I know there are other people doing this craft, only one has posted the old patterns which she distributes when someone asks, and a convent that sells the finished afghans out of their gift shop.

 

This begs the question of just how technologically savvy are the people who do this. Should I assume they have ereaders at all, or am I better off trying to sell hard copy books and figure a lot of copies will go to libraries?

 

I'd be happy to hear any opinions.

 

Thanks for visiting with me.

 

Kathi

 

Finished the Woven Blanket

Only took a week to weave this baby blanket. I have another commissioned project and then I can work on ebooks for this yarn art.

Thanks for visiting with me.

Kathi Linz

Reviving a Vintage Yarn Craft

Mesh Weaving!!

I want to bring it back. It's fun, it's easy. It doesn't involve knitting or crocheting, but it does involve yarn.

You know me and yarn.  We're best buds.

So here's something that was popular in the '70's but has since died down until only the 60-somethings remember. I hope to change that.

Behold!

There are better pictures to come. Right now, I'm getting myself back into the swing of this and sort of making up the rules as I go.

There used to be a couple of companies that put out mesh weaving kits. You got a length of mesh, some yarn, a weaving needle and instructions. Sometimes the instructions required an interpreter. Those companies destroyed their files. We now have fond memories and old directions.

I started a blog and hope to publish the instructions and tutorials in some format or other. I am also making up patterns as I go.

Lots of fun!  See you sometime or other. You can also check on my progress at http://meshweaver7.blogspot.com

Thanks for visiting with me.

Kathi Linz
 

Been Busy

I apologize for staying away so long. Here's my news.

I've put up enough pickles for the next year or so. I made several prayer shawls for people who were at death's door or going into surgery. I also crocheted a big blanket for a wedding that's coming up.  In between those, I started an etsy.com shop. http://www.etsy.com/shop/AvidYarnArtist?ref=shop_sugg Virtually everything in the shop was made or written up in the last month and a half.



This pattern is time consuming and a true stash buster. The wedding afghan looks like this except the edges are light green.

I finished writing and posted the Kindle edition of the Homemade Dog Food book:
http://www.amazon.com/Homemade-Dog-Food-Variations-ebook/dp/B00EJSOAHS/ref=sr_1_10?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1376582807&sr=1-10&keywords=homemade+dog+foodonce

I have also studied and started again on a vintage craft that we used to do back in the '70's. There is virtually nothing about this craft - no instructions, no patterns, no photos of this anywhere on the web. I've found out that the companies that used to sell kits of this craft have destroyed their files. Only the die-hard sixty-something crafters even remember this type of yarn art.

My plan is to blog, write ebooks, and post video instructions. I have the blog set up so far. http://meshweaver7.blogspot.com/

More to come, but please be understanding if my personal page isn't the thing I spend the most time writing.

Thanks for visiting with me.

Kathi