I do LIVE streaming and teaching videos of primitive/homestead skills wool spinning, basket weaving, DIY , guitar and piano playing and singing, helmet cam POV horse videos, and live videos with the animals or a good trail ride or walk on a sunny day.
Wintertime, things slow down. I retreat to my nice, warm craft room and make teaching videos, do LIVEs on Tik Tok while I work, make mixed media art pieces, and make things out of the animals' fur, like a wierdo. Sometimes I actually sell some of them to help feed the free-loading little twerps.
Farmhouse decor/Primitives
(This site is constantly being updated, as we are seasonal and I wear many hats- Thanks for bearing with me.
Expertise and experience:
- Largely self taught crafter with 30+ years into it.
-3 years of college in graphic arts and business, law.
- 15+ years learning self sufficiency skills to include spinning, basic knitting/crochet, creating from recycled materials or foraged materials when possible..
- Paper mache`, sculpting, primitive pottery, building DIY tools for the above, papercraft, felting, mixed media, journals, simple quilts and basic felting, needle work. cob building.
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Weaving experiments: Mixing a sheep wool warp with an alpaca weft for clothing fabric- test swatch.
Archive: How to switch from top to bottom whorl. I no longer make adjustables bc I want them to be sturdy for a LONG time.
A look at how to "chain ply" or make 3 ply yarn from a single for socks, etc.
Wheel spinning
Spinning wool with a pen and a soda tab and some tape.
How to dizz off a wool comb without a dizz.
Combing wool with cheap hair combs
DIY spindle w cardboard, a pencil, paperclip.
DIY spindle w Christmas ornament and pencil.
PATREON-56 minute video- how to spin with a drop spindle with tips, tricks, fixing problems. $8.00 membership for multiple videos. YT and TT don't give the option for videos this big.
Tik Tok- Subscription for .$2.99 a month which includes multiple videos on all homesteading skills. TT gets the most of my attention bc it's easily accessible on the phone. YT only has the "buy me a coffee" option which I haven't qualified for in 8 yrs of providing content for free. Same for FB.