Happy Friday! We just went from summer to real fall weather with cooler temperatures and lower humidity overnight. I couldn’t be happier–especially about the lower humidity. I hope you are enjoying fall weather too. This week I want to show you some great yarn pairings and some pattern ideas to go with them. Yarn Pairings… Read More One-Plus-One Two-Skein Yarn Pairings and Patterns
I hope you are doing really well! This has been a very interesting week on my end. Let’s start with some more new fall yarn colorways, and then I’ll tell you my tale of woe. Yesterday I dyed up a new colorway. I was thinking of that same beautiful Michigan forest in autumn that I… Read More What a Week!
Show and Tell Today I get to do show and tell! It is always such an honor to get to share the beautiful things that you make from yarn and fiber that I make. I feel like there’s a connection that goes from the shepherd (and the sheep of course) to the mill to the… Read More Show and Tell – July 2020
Happy Friday, my friend. I hope you are doing well. As you know, I’ve been making quite a few new colorways of late, so I thought it was about time I showed you some photos of what I like to call “yarn pairings”–different colorways that would work well together. Each colorway is available on its… Read More Yarn Pairings and Pattern Ideas
Fifteen years ago, I got the most wonderful Mother’s Day gift. It was the birth of our son, Joseph, and today is his birthday. He is such a wonderful young man, and I’m so proud of him! I’m taking a few minutes away from his birthday celebration (COVID-19 style) to announce that I am having… Read More Mothers’ Day Sale
Happy Friday! I hope you are staying well and enduring okay. Uneven Twins Yesterday was the birthday of Shakespeare as well as our “uneven twins.” Two of our children were born on the same day five years apart. At the time, I kept hoping and praying that our baby girl would be born on… Read More It’s Complicated, Birthdays, and Hope
Happy Friday–or whatever day it is today. I hope you and all your loved ones are safe and well, and I hope that the fiber arts are helping to keep you sane! I have a few new things to tell you about today and some new colorways to share as well. Searching by Color First… Read More Purple Lamb Gift Cards and Searching by Color
I hope this newsletter finds you healthy and strong and not too lonely. I decided to send out my weekly newsletter a day early rather than sending it on Good Friday. Time is running so strangely in our home with faster-than-usual days but very slow weeks as we await the return of “normal,” whenever that… Read More The Return of the King, the Return of the Handspun, and a Creative Explosion of New Colorways
Sale on Super Sport, New Colorways, Show and Tell
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So much has changed in the last couple of weeks, hasn’t it? We are all struggling with adapting to changes in our daily routines, worry over the coronavirus, concern over our own personal economies, and plain old loneliness for so many. Here are a few things that might help you or someone you know: Homeschool… Read More Adapting
