This month I have a lot of great colors available on Etsy, and I wanted to talk a bit about the use of neutrals in a design. To see my Etsy wool click here. This is a close up of my rug design Jane Austen. Even though the border seems to be all colorful selections, it is really made up of 80% – 90% neutral colors. Beige, tan, browns, grays, taupes and antique whites. The basket look like it is gold, but it is actually shades of camel and tan with a hint of grayed down blue. The red flowers are the “colors” in this rug. That means that approximately 90-95% of the wool needed was a neutral color ..read more

Summertime is still in its glory here in Oregon. I know I have not posted in a long while. And I miss our connection here on my blog. Thank you for checking in on me. I have just posted a bunch of wool on my ETSY shop you can see by clicking here. I like to keep this place we share as a time to talk craftsy thing. But lately I have had so many health challenges that I just could not post. I really did not want to make this into my health blog. But the time has come and I did want to share a bit of what I have been experiencing, because I think that there is a unspoken epidemic happening across ..read more

For the holiday season, take time to smell the snowflakes! These vintage postcards are a few that I am reprinting and embellishing to enclose with my Etsy orders. I like every order be fun and to add a touch of creativity to make the package special. Creativity is my grounding force. Is it for you too? Make time to add a touch of artfulness to whatever you do today ~ Karen CLICK HERE TO GO TO MY ETSY SHOP AND SEE WHAT’S NEW ..read more

a lovely taupe wool called Tattered is getting labelled Just a heads up about the new wool heading to my Etsy shop. I have been dyeing more marbleized wool colors and am excited to introduce them there in a few days. Here is a sneak peek of a few of them. new marbleized wool called Desert Sage has a washed out look After marbleize dyeing the wool and drying it, the next step is cutting and folding it into fat quarter yards.  Some might consider this tedious, but I love this part of the process as I get to see all the colorful details in the wool and touch each piece. This is the time that a wo ..read more