Posts by Karey Solomon

Karey Solomon is the owner of Graceful Arts Fiber Studio in Burdett, NY. She spins, knits, crochets, weaves and tats; creates and writes patterns and teaches these fiber arts internationally.

Fabrics of Our Livelihoods

By Karey Solomon / July 4, 2011

  When the United States’ agrarian-based economy evolved into an urban-industrial one in the mid-19th century, the new economic structures greatly altered the way work was managed and performed. Most…