Happy Friday to you! Do you think I squeezed enough into the subject line? I want to tell you about the colorway I dyed up this week and also show you the new top my daughter and I dyed late last week. It was too wet to photograph in time for last week’s newsletter. I… Read More Epiphany, Alpaca/Silk Top, June Club Colorway, and an Invitation
Good morning and happy Friday to you! Today I want to show you some yarn pairings I put together on my two newest bases–Stained Glass Sock and Squiggle Sock. I also wanted to show you a scarf I wove using After the Rain, and if you are still in need of a Mothers’ Day gift,… Read More Some New Yarn Pairings, a Handwoven Scarf, and a Last-Minute Gift Idea
Good morning and happy Friday to you. Today I have the honor of sharing some beautiful projects made with Purple Lamb yarn. First of all, I want to share this stunning shawl made by Fran. She used Stephen West’s Winter Lights pattern, and I must say I think Fran’s version is even more lovely than… Read More Show and Tell and Some New Colorways
Happy Friday to you! Today I have a new yarn base to tell you about, and I must admit that I’m a little bit giddy about it. It’s called Squiggle Sock, and this yarn base is all about texture. Squiggle Sock is made of 90% superwash merino and 10% nylon. Its construction is similar to… Read More Introducing Squiggle Sock
Happy Friday! Lately, I have had a lot of people reach out with questions about learning how to spin, which makes me so happy. I started spinning about 16 or 17 years ago now, and I love it so much. It’s such a joy to share it. In fact, I’m in the process of teaching… Read More Twelve Tips for Learning How to Spin
Good morning! For the third year in a row, I’m offering an Eight Days of Easter mini-skein kit. This year it’s going to be different though. For the last two years, I included my own Diamond Twist cowl pattern and eight 10 gram minis. This year, though, the kit will include Ambah O’Brien’s Kalari Shawl… Read More Eight Days of Easter Kits
Good morning and happy Friday to you! What a difference a week makes! We went from Arctic temperatures to 70 degrees Fahrenheit, and now we’re back to pretty standard temperatures for North Texas at this time of year. I’m so grateful for heat and light! This week is Show and Tell week, and I have… Read More Show and Tell, Shop Update, and March Club Colorway
Good morning! If you have been following the news, you’ll have heard about all the power outages here in Texas. The weather got down to right about 5 degrees, and I guess none of the power generation plants were prepared for cold that only occurs every 30 years or so. That meant that we spent… Read More Surviving the Cold
You know the Christmas song, “Let It Snow” and the line that goes, “Oh, the weather outside is dreadful?” Well, that would be accurate right now. It’s unusually cold for North Texas with an expected low of 9 degrees Fahrenheit! For those of you in Canada and the northern USA, that may seem quite normal,… Read More Sock-Weight Yarn Pairings
Good morning and happy Friday to you. You know, it is a real blessing when your work and your stress-relief are one and the same. That truly is the case for me. We are in the midst of trying to buy a house, and there are definitely some major stressors involved. How do I handle… Read More Kits and Top and Yarn, Oh My
