The Field Guide
Look Closer.
Curiosity has a way of leading somewhere.
The Field Guide is a growing collection of useful knowledge-fiber & wool, plants, jewelry, old things, making and whatever else proves worth understanding.
Some answers come from experience. Others require research, experimentation, or asking better questions. What we learn, we share.
I hope you come away knowing something you didn’t know before.
No secret handshake required.
Fiber & Wool
From fleece to finished yarn-fiber types, tools, techniques, and why wool does the strange and wonderful things it does.
Jewelry & Adornment
Sizing, materials, terminology, and practical guides for choosing jewelry that looks-and fits-the way you expect it to.
Herbs & Plants
Plants worth knowing-how to identify them, grow and gather them, their traditional uses and histories and the cautions that matter along the way.
Old Things
Old objects have stories written into them-materials, maker’s marks, construction, wear, durability, purpose and the clues that help us understand what survived and why.
Skills & Making
Useful things are worth knowing how to do. Practical techniques, traditional skills, repairs, experiments and the occasional lesson learned by doing it the hard way.
Food & Kitchen
Good food comes from useful knowledge-ingredients, methods, preservation, kitchen skills and recipes worth knowing rather than merely following.
