I was showing my mom how to dye fabric (silk to be specific) last weekend. We dabbled in a range of techniques including painting, dipping, ...

I know what you’re thinking…she reappears and then disappears again! Well, I do have good reasons for my latest absence. Firstly, Steve and...

I'm playin' with plastic!

And so it begins...again... A NEW MONSTER CROCHET PATTERN FOR YOU! I'm so excited! I haven't published anything on my own for so...

So, my original design  went from this... ...to this... This is what I was aiming for to begin with. I just didn't know ...

Head over to my namesake blog to see what else is cooking  over at ChezLinoleum.

So, although I've been silent lately, I have, nonetheless, been creating. In fact, I am working on two eBooks filled cover to cover with...

Are you longing for a crafty good time? Do you desire a little story-telling from a neurotic, middle-aged art chick with a penchant for all ...

New blog, new post...

I am trying to keep my designer brain active while attempting to slog through my latest personal morass. (I don't want to get into the s...

Another rough year here at ChezLinoleum. Keeping up with my blog is really next to impossible at this point. I am declaring this an official...

I've been doing a lot of spinning lately. I love this process. It's incredibly meditative, satisfyingly creative and well, who doesn...

Winged Thing Originally uploaded by ladylinoleum Well kids, I embark on my first trip of the new year next week. Off to the colder climes of...

365:6 Originally uploaded by ladylinoleum Happy New Year kids! Good news! I've been busy knitting, crocheting, spinning and weaving sinc...

This stole is the fifth version of the Lady Eleanor that I've made (modeled by my best girlfriend, Bri). The first version I knit using ...

Desire to wear a pie atop your head, but (i) you have no interest in crocheting one yourself, (ii) you don't know how to crochet and are...

In the last five weeks I have been to New York twice and London once. Needless to say, all of this travel has complicated an already complex...

I absolutely love Autumn. For me, Autumn means lots of carding and spinning in the evenings, weaving while indulging in a bit of Syfy telly...

You may remember the very first diamond shawl that I created. It was actually more of a rectangular stole, but it was the beginning of what ...

You can find this non-craft-related post on my Tumblr blog should you be interested.