When in doubt: Make Stuff. Stay Home. Draw.
Dress Locally. Hand Wash.
Learn to Darn.
Sarah C. Swett

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Fiber: wool (cormo), drum carded and attenuated, Spindle: metal/bamboo, 17 grams, Bhutan

The perfect yarn
 is a column of air surrounded 
by fiber.

The
 best ideas 
show up 
 when I'm doing 
something 
else.

Embroidery; wool and silk on linen © Sarah C. Swett

The Last Few Pages; hand woven tapestry; wool warp and weft; natural dye; 20" x 24" ©Sarah C. Swett

The ideal project
takes over my life
and requires
a season or two
to complete.

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Rough Copy #2: The Sketchbook; hand woven tapestry, wool, natural dye, 70" x 36" ©Sarah C. Swett

Or a year.

Or Three.

Manuscript Revised (detail), pen and ink on paper ©Sarah C. Swett

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Needlepoint; Egg Tempera on panel; 20" x 24" ©Sarah C. Swett

It demands time
but not money.

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Indigo Bath (detail); hand woven tapestry, wool, natural dye, 48" x 24" ©Sarah C. Swett

Or new clothes.

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Nicole's Vest; embroidery; wool, linen, walnut dye; 5" x 5" ©Sarah C. Swett

Sometimes it is new clothes.

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Unfinished Sweater; knitting; wool (cormo) ©Sarah C. Swett

The thing worth pursuing
is not a thing at all,

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The Hut on the Rock; hand woven tapestry; wool; natural dye; 40" x 48" photo: Mark LaMoreaux; ©Sarah C. Swett

but life made manifest

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Hand Dyed Fabric: hemp, linen, cotton; indigo, weld, cochineal, walnut, madder, alum mordant ©Sarah C. Swett

in color

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Scarf (detail); knitting; wool; ©Sarah C. Swett

texture

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Map: Palouse by the Sea; pen and ink on paper; 18" x 24" ©Sarah C. Swett

image.

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Diana's Fire; hand woven tapestry; wool; natural dye; 9" x 9" ©Sarah C. Swett

It is a moment
captured in cloth,

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The Letter, page 3; embroidery; wool, silk, linen; 5" x 6" ©Sarah C. Swett

an unfolding story

The Letter, page 5; embroidery; wool, silk, linen; 5" x 6" ©Sarah C. Swett

The Letter, page 6; embroidery; wool, silk, linen; 5" x 6" ©Sarah C. Swett

Suffolk X fleece, freshly washed, ready to card

a pile of possibility

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Walnut Hills; hand woven tapestry; wool; walnut; 3" x 3" ©Sarah C. Swett

a tiny miracle.

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This work infiltrates my dreams

STRIPES Page 3 (detail); needlepoint comics; wool, cotton, natural dyes; 12" x 36" (detail); ©Sarah C. Swett

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Miss Havisham's Cook (detail); hand woven tapestry; wool, natural dye; 36" x 48" ©Sarah C. Swett

It builds my biceps.

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Manuscript Revised (detail), pen and ink on paper ©Sarah C. Swett

It thrills me to the bone.

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Travel Angst; embroidery; wool on linen; 4" x 4" ©Sarah C. Swett

It drives me to tears.

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STRIPES Page 1 (detail); needlepoint comics; wool, cotton, natural dyes; ©Sarah C. Swett

When I was seven
I turned scraps of yarn
into a magic carpet.

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Weaving Yarn; digital comic on photo ©Sarah C. Swett

I'm still at it.

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