What does it mean?

What does it mean to be a fiber gal in Phoenix? I recently changed many of my screen names and started a blog using this moniker. I started to think about this and then it came to me! Inspired by the Expressions In Spinning group at Tempe Yarn & Fiber, I would create fibery things inspired by Phoenix, Arizona.

My first project came to me on a drive this morning. My plan is to spin some fiber; here is said fiber:

I was envisioning something silky, coppery, firey, etc. I purchased the above fiber from an Etsy Seller - The Roving Spinners. I plan on spinning the fiber on the thin side. Hoping to get bits of feather in the spinning.

Then, I will find a complimentary wool color and knit both up into two large squares. Felt them down to make a pillow case. On the top of the pillow case, I plan to needle felt a Phoenix.

I know this first project is quite literal. I don't plan on making my Phoenix projects so literal at all times.

Here are some things I've considered using for future inspiration:

The Viad Tower

Freeway signs on Piestewa Parkway

The Heard Museum

MacAlpines

Goddard for Governor (he was the Mayor afterall)

Herberger Theater

Phoenix Dactylifera (we've got them here, so why not?)

The list could just keep going! I am so excited!

I will keep you up-to-date on other fibery happenings (like my first sweater), but I am so excited about the endless inspiration here!