ABOUT

 

I am a weaver and designer of knitwear and handwovens. With a concurrent careers in graphic design, leaded glass and fiber arts, my guiding passion has always been working with color. I've been dyeing yarns for over 20 years, mostly wools using acid dyes. I now exclusively use Lanaset dyes for wool and other animal fibers. Lanaset dyes have many advantages over "standard" acid dyes in terms of colorfastness and lightfastness. I've expanded my practice over that last few years to include working with "bast" fibers — cotton, linen, rayons and tencel. I use professional Procion dyes with these fibers for intense, gorgeous colorways.

 

I specialize in pre-wound, handpainted warps for weavers in a number of high quality base yarns, as well as original handwoven textiles for the home + wearable items.

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You can find my work at Etsy (as Pocket Meadow Farm, the name of my former farm and yarn shop in Berkeley Springs, WV). I am very active on Ravelry as pocketmeadowfarm. My knitting website and blog is Pocket Meadow Farm Fiber Arts.