Colorful wool shipment in progress

Wool wool wool! My Color Inspiration rug hooking class is coming up in a couple of weeks, and wool is everywhere!

An exercise in color

I have been visiting the paint department in our local Home Depot frequently lately, and thought of a color exercise for us to do. Paint chips are wonderful things. In order to have a vision for working with color, not just painting your walls in color, many times you need to have colors that inspire you. Paint chips are a treasure trove of wonderful colors to dream on.

How cool is that

I saw a preview of the new Garnet Hill catalog online, and since then I have been waiting for it to arrive in my mailbox, and it just did! I am not interested in buying anything — I just want the COVER!

Black and White

The graphic quality of black and white excites me. I have been working with this contrast lately and wanted to share with you a couple of projects that have turned out to be favorites. I went to the thrift store looking for a stool. I almost passed this one by. Imagine dark wood stain, overlooked by everyone because of its depressing blah everyday-ness. But I liked its bones, and it was sturdy with no structural issues.

Forever green

Wherever I turn, I am greeted with the color green. I love green! Green and I have been together for many years now.

An old fashioned dye day

I wish for warm breezes and sunshine to bring me outside, but today is a cold and gloomy winter day. A perfect day to dye wool in my vintage dye kitchen.

Love is blue

Color is a powerful element on my periodic table. Color is evocative. I have devoted much of this lifetime studying color, immersing myself in beautiful colors, surrounding myself with the colors that make me happy.

Add some color to your creative day

I find that it is important to me to be surrounded by the colors I love. It makes me feel more creative, more cozy, more grounded.

Here is a fun dye method that gives you uncommon results

Dyeing wool is an art in itself, worthy of all the time you would like to give it. The more you dye, the more predictable the results can be. But what if you are going for unpredictability? Dyeing wool for …