About

Hi,  my name is Jo, aka Renata Tarnay,  and I’m the author of this blog.  My interest in fabrics and yarn and what can be made with them began early.  I started out doing yarn embroidery and needlepoint, then I graduated to crocheting,  which was all the rage in the 70s when I was growing up.  When I was a teenager I decided that I wanted to sew my own clothes.  I began by making a work skirt for myself out of wool fabric that I bought.  I didn’t use a pattern, just winged it!    During my sewing journey I taught myself knitting, something I’d wanted to do since I was a little girl and saw a picture of hand knit cardigans in a Mon Tricot knit and crochet magazine.  My Dad gave me the magazine to cure my boredom while I was waiting for him to close the store he ran back then.   It sparked a continued interest in the fiber arts that’s stayed with me all my life.

A few years ago I took up hand spinning when I moved and didn’t have access to my sewing machine during home renovations.  That interest has opened up an entire new world of wool processing and dyeing.  I’ve made a lot of posts about it.

My current interest is designing clothing patterns for knitting and sewing.   I do that in between making my own wardrobe, knitting new accessories and combing and spinning wool.  I always have something I’m working on or planning to work on.

Thanks for visiting my blog, and please consider following if you like my posts 🙂