The leaves have mostly fallen, even autumn flowers are long gone. Time to keep busy with a winter project. This past year, I’ve started to learn a new fiber skill - crochet. In all my years working with fiber, I’ve managed to manipulate yarn through a variety of means. However, crochet was never on the agenda. My great grandmother and grandmother tatted and moved on to knitting and braiding.

I have many friends that crochet and were shocked to learn that I could only chain and single crochet. Today, I belong to a militant crochet group. That in itself is a puzzle for we are rarely militant and never crochet. (But that is another story for another day.) Still, they are a great source for help in resources and skills in crochet. YouTube and Deb are my teachers in this endeavor. With a little bit of knowledge, I have taken on the “big project” - hand dyeing a huge cone of wool into a palette of ten bold colors for a modern-looking afghan. Moving out my mill studio in to a home studio. I discovered a huge cone of wool perfect for my project. I have begun winding, dyeing, skeining and exploring ten colors for my crocheted color wheel. And so it begins …