When Luke Mitchell retired after a decade as a police officer in Michigan, he never imagined that his next career move would be yarn producer. But there he stood at the Fuzzy Goat yarn shop in Thomasville, Georgia, sporting a handknitted sweater, and showcasing samples of undyed and naturally dyed yarns from Mitchell Wool Co’s…
Category: Craft
PieceWork – The Loose Ends Project
“Peter held a little bit of magic in his hands: a completed sweater, warm and soft, but most importantly, a reminder of his late wife. She had begun the sweater for him in 2011 but passed away in 2013 before she could complete the project. Beate, his daughter, safeguarded the partially finished garment for years,…
Piecework – The Quilts of Gussie Beatrice Arnold Hill
The quilts hang from the ceiling, colorful and some so massive that I wonder how their maker used them. Fully covering a king bed, perhaps? Cloaking an entire wall? Mrs. Gussie Beatrice Arnold Hill designed her quilts to be functional, Anjali Austin explained at a reception celebrating her grandmother’s works at the Florida State University…
E. Zambello Writing and Art 