I started a Facebook group (I'd love for you to join me there, if you haven't already).
The change from Mousewife Knits & Yarnables to Mousewife Designs was a natural decision. Mousewife Knits seemed a much narrower focus, whereas Mousewife Designs encompasses much more of what I am using the name for. It covers my knitting designs, as well as my spindle and jewelry designs.
I have been playing with silicone molds and polymer clay as well as wire-wrapping techniques to create designs that are as unique as they are beautiful. I've been having a lot of fun, especially with the spindle making. I've been experimenting with everything I can get my hands on: cold porcelain, polymer clay, resin. I've even been mixing and matching media - coating cold porcelain in resin, finishing the wood shafts with resin. Then there is finding different ways of tinting the resin for unique looks. I recently learned that the jaquard acid dyes I use for dying wool also make amazing resin dyes. Eyeshadow works beautifully, too, for a more opaque finish. This is an amazing way to get a huge range of colours and use up eyeshadows that have expired.This hasn't stopped me from designing, either. I have been very busy on that front, having just had a "super secret project" accepted, finished, and submitted recently. I will post more on that design in July, when the magazine is ready to hit the shelves. :)
All in all, I have been busy. Hopefully that busyness won't keep me from updating more often.
In the meantime, have a few more pictures of recently finished designs:
