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Jan 25

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Surgery 2 and a Dance with Recovery.. The End of this Chapter is in Sight!

So here we are, almost 4 weeks post surgery, and things are going amazingly well- especially compared to the last time.
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Jun 24

Holland- So Much to Love!

It’s been 15 years since I was in Holland and it was just as wonderful as I remember it!  I taught one of the most wonderful workshops, in a beautiful place! Also, we were so lucky to have enough time to enjoy Zierikzee- our host’s town in the South of Holland, as well as time to play and see the sights of Amsterdam!
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Mar 21

Spring Shop Updates- Lots coming!

Happy Spring!!  A little early, but I’m ready to wash some fleeces and dry outside!! It means lots of great stuff coming to the shop!
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Oct 31

Post SAFF Shop update!!

SAFF was so fantastic- and I brought home plenty of goodies to share with the shops! New yarns will come mid November, but this week I’ll list fiber- art batts, hand dyed tops, and hand dyed locks and fleece.
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Jun 28

Etsy Shop Updated!

I know I’m “late” with the update announcement. From now on, I’ll post about the update right before it’s going to happen, with a couple “teaser” pic’s for you!! This update was all art batts and handspun art yarns!

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  #Repost @taiye.entirely ・・・ You posted the black square in solidarity. You learned that you’d used the wrong hashtag. You diligently changed the hashtag. But you worried. You were told that your allyship was performative, that your square was a silencing tool. You despaired. What now? Some ideas. (1) REPOST = Find content created by a melanated human—content that touches you, teaches you—and repost it. If you are not one such human yourself, the vast majority of your followers most likely do not engage with this kind of content on a daily basis. Until 7th June at least. (2) REFRAME = Cease to consider yourself a compassionate spectator. This is your problem too. The dominate narrative of racism would have us believe that racist violence—physical + spiritual—is a crime against the oppressed “race” only. White silence is the logical consequence, even for the kindest-hearted: The (quiet) shaking of heads + wringing of hands about the pain of the “black” other absent the (unquiet) interrogation of the privilege of the “white” self. The kicker? You enjoy the riches of that privilege whether you know it, recognize or asked for it — and yet your society is poorer for this too. Now, right now, not later but now now, click the link in my bio. Watch @heathercmcghee’s TED talk “Racism is Bad for Everyone.” In 15 minutes Heather’s wisdom will reframe this moment for you—empowering you to reframe it for others. (3) REINFORCE = Send reinforcements to the troops in the field. Today. Donate money online. Don’t know where to donate? Start with @colorofchange. (4) REACH OUT = Last and least comfortable: Reach out to the least woke members of your family, your social circle, your 50 WhatsApp groups. You know who they are. The ones who don’t see — don’t see “how looting will help”, don’t see color, don’t see why this isn’t the moment for look-at-my-life-of-privilege photography. The ones who look at brown women as if they were unicorns: eager to touch, to assess the reality. The ones who don’t count a single brown man among their friends. Reach out. Don’t know what to say? Ask them to watch Heather’s talk. #amplifymelanatedvoices

  Follow and support💕 #Repost @shannon.casey.smith ・・・ @ladydyeyarns @mitchellscfiberarts @melanatedbohobae @lolabeanyarnco @ocean_bythesea @urbangirlyarns @birchhollowfibers @hopkinsfiberstudio @essenceofautumn @onyxfiberarts @snerbyarn @dyehardyarns_op @iamfullyspun @queensyarnboutique @neighborhoodfiberco @rhythmknits @ewe_nited_states_of_fiber @motherofpurll1 @abstractfiber @thirdvaultyarns @chickencoopdyeworks @bahbahfibers @ifeellikedyeing @yarnshoppe_denver @omgyarn @bipocinfiber @stringthingstudio @at.haynes.house.yarns @knottybuffalo716 @lefranceshandmade @fiveboroughyarns Additional artist and makers can be found at @bipocmakers, @knotsofwhimsy, @kaydenskozies, @ggmadeit @deedsweaves. Please comment and share other black artist and creators to support. (Thanks for the resources @stephy_is_, @afaithcreation, @theyarnmission) #FiberArtist #WovenWallHanging #Textiles #Tapestry #WeaversOfInstagram #MakersMovement #HandWoven #FiberArt #Weaving #DSTexture #WovenArt #FiberArtCommunity #Yarn #Woven #FiberArtistOfInstagram #WovenTapestry #FiberAddict #MakersGonnaMake #Loom #WeaveWeird #Weaver #TapestryWeaving #WovenWallArt #WeaverFever #WeavingLoom #DyersOfInstagram #FiberArts #Etsy #Handmade

  Ordered. #Repost @artisanbryan ・・・ What’s up fam! There are loads of new supporters here and I want to welcome you to my page. However I am not going to talk specifically about my recipes and baking just yet. I want to reiterate ways I’m going to take action and how you can be a part of supporting me AND making a difference. I will be donating 5% of: 1. My book royalties 2. My Patreon earnings 3. All affiliate income I receive To various organizations that help combat police brutality and systemic racism. . . Please share this post! I want to begin making an immediate impact on something that has plagued me my whole life: racism. It’s not too late for us to stand together. I wish I had the courage to confront this earlier, but thanks to everyone speaking out we are now empowered to be the change we wish to see. And let’s do exactly that. My patreon is where you can get access to live baking workshops with me as well as bonus recipes. Let’s learn to bake and make a difference. #blacklivesmatter #notoracism #bethechange #blackbakers #newworldsourdough #sourdough

  ***This*** is my President. . #revolution #nosilence #blacklivesmatter #blm #nojusticenopeace #standup #imiss44 #mypresident

  Follow and support the black fiber artists in our community. Hear their voices. #Repost @sirenssongstitchery ・・・ I just wanted to post that I’m still here. And I have A LOT to say. But right now my focus is on me and my people. I have broken through my breaking point. I’m past it. I’m full of rage, sadness, grief and fatigue. In fact I’m exhausted. We all are. And tired of platitudes. Tired of explanations. Tired of ‘you’re doing it the wrong way’. Tired of performative allyship. At this point the only thing I can accept is change. If you wanna support me directly my Etsy shop (link in bio) is open or my Venmo is @sirenssongstitchery , my PayPal is SirensSongStitchery@gmail. And I appreciate that support. And I highly encourage you to donate to the memorial funds of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmad Arbery, or ANY of the other Black human beings in that list on the second slide. They have families somewhere in this country reliving their nightmares right now. I don’t have the links but you can find them everywhere. 🖤✊🏾#blacklivesmatter #blackownedbusiness #blackartists #blackartisresistance #blackinoregon #blackwomanownedbusiness #blackfiberartist #AMPLIFYMELANATEDVOICES

  Check out this amazing black fiber artist. Follow his feed-Don't just like this post #Repost @nat_turnip African America (A Stateless Nation) 2019 approx. 20” x 15" cotton America was built on the land of the indigenous and on the backs of enslaved Africans with their labor and blood. The country itself would not exist without this extended period of forced free labor. Virtually every financial institution with long-standing history in the US was funded, bonded, and financed by the sale, use, and trade of enslaved Africans. African America superimposes the image of the American flag with no stars over a red, black, green, and brown colored warp. The warp and its colors represent enslaved Africans who were stolen from their varying tribes/nations/homeland and forced into chattel slavery. No piece of the warp is continual- it has all been pulled from previous works and knotted together to form the unit. This is symbolic of the lost connections to self and home experienced by those enslaved. The white cotton in the weft is thicker than the other cotton used to symbolize the importance of the cotton crop and how it was valued over the lives of those enslaved. The red stripes are made of the same cotton used in the warp to symbolize the bloodshed of those enslaved to produce the cotton crop. The piece hangs from a white branch representative of America’s long history as a colonizing power and it’s part in extending the reach of oppression by those who believe themselves to be “white”. African America is a Stateless Nation because despite being promised *some*compensation in the form of land (40 acres and Mule) that could be worked and used to provide them and their posterity with a footing toward building a self-sufficient future, the newly freed population was denied their compensation. It is stateless because redlining and denial of loans to Black families seeking home/land ownership continue to this day. Because there is no state in the United States where Black Americans are free from the oppression of anti-blackness. #blackart #blackartist #fibersculpture #black #blackhistory #weaversofinstagram #weaving #weaveweird #weaverfever #AMPLIFYMELANATEDVOICES
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