I have been working with fibers ever since I was a small child. Crocheting was, for the most part, the secret world I would design and created and imagine. As I grew in my skill I began to create things for other people in my family and in my community. This gave me great joy, as I was able to share an expression of love with others, through the things I had created in my home. As the years went by, I created blankets and rugs and then I began creating clothing and heirloom banners. In the beginning of this part of my journey, I found books to help me learn. Throughout my fiber arts journey, I have found specific tools that have served the purpose of helping me to create the yarns and felt pieces I use in my designs. I will soon start posting here the tools that I have used in the core of my creating. I hope this is useful to others. I will be posting on my Instagram each time I add another item. These tools can be found on Amazon. If you click on and purchase from my recommended list of tools and art products, I, as an affiliate will earn from qualifying purchases. The tools that I recommend will be tools that I actually use on a regular basis and prefer. Thank you for checking back. Fiber Artist~C. Foley.
This year I have begun designing my own embroidery designs! This has been very exciting to me, because I love to lift others up with encouraging words and colorful designs. One of the tools that I have found to be very easy in creating and publishing my designs (coming soon) is the Ipad Pro. Yes this is an expensive tool, and there may be other tablets available, however, I have found that this tool, along with the procreate app has given me the freedom to begin a pattern by drawing it, and to save it as a pdf which is easily published and sent via email. So the number one tool that I think has been worth the purchase is the
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I would also like to recommend this Ball under from Stanwood. I use it to wind the yarn I make and recycle into center pull balls.
Another handy tool I use to count yards of yarn I have made and to wind the yarn is the
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