Hi ya’ll! I’m Loni, on Oregonian transplant to the north Texas area. I’m in my 60’s, disabled and a retired dog trainer who now helps others train service dogs. I got into fiber work through my dogs. I used to show and train border collies for competitions and herding trials. Herding dogs need sheep to train on so I ended up having a small herd of an heritage breed from the bible called Jacob sheep. Sheep need shearing and I didn’t want to trash good fleece so I taught myself to process raw wool and spin. I then learned to knit but after finding crochet, I love it. I also have 3 sizes of the Addi circular knitting machines. I crochet daily for hours but have way too many wips! (Thanks to being ADHD) I also used to be a licensed nail tech and artwork was my favorite. I’ll share a few of my paintings on feathers as well as fiber pics. I have 2 grown kids. I enjoy crocheting shawls and ponchos. So far, my favorite crochet project has been a poncho that I designed. My first own creation. I also have done needle felting, tatting, weaving, Tunisian crochet and want to learn knooking and Nalbinding.

@Melissa Steiner that’s awesome!