I have so many lovely projects to share with you today. We have knitted projects, crocheted projects, woven projects, and handspun yarn. It’s a wonderful smorgasbord of the fiber arts! Let’s start with Brandon’s socks. These are from the September club colorway inspired by the stained glass window in the Chartres Cathedral, Notre Dame de… Read More Show and Tell – January 2025
If you still have people on your list and want to make something for them in the next few days, I have some small project ideas for you as well as some tips on holding yarn double to get the weight you need from your stash. I also have some ideas for gifts FOR you,… Read More Last Minute Gift Ideas and a Wraps Per Inch Chart
This week I’m having a preorder on Beautiful Universe. I know this is a favorite for many of you (and for me too), and it tends to sell out rather quickly each time I make it. Because of that, I thought I would offer it as a dyed to order for a change so everyone… Read More A Preorder on Beautiful Universe
My biggest sale of the year starts today! I’m offering 20% off on basically everything that is in stock and ready to ship. That includes over 250 skeins of hand-dyed yarn, silk scarves, stitch markers, silk hankies, hand-dyed top, and my knitting patterns too. You can find everything in the sale right here, and the… Read More Black Friday Starts Now!
I have a new shawl pattern to share with you this week! The knits and purls work together to create a fascinating ripple effect, and the triangular shape reminds me of birds’ wings. After going back and forth a bit and getting some help from some of you on Instagram and Facebook, I named it… Read More Rippling Wings Shawl Pattern
This week I have been dyeing autumn colorways like mad. Some are old, some are new, and some are variations on a theme. I’d like to show you the colorways individually, and then I’ll show you some sets you can put together with them. The first colorway is a new one called Pumpkin Spice, which… Read More In Praise of Autumn – Cooler Weather, Warmer Colors
This week I have two new sock-weight yarn bases to show you. Technically one is completely new, and the other is a yarn base I carried long ago. Twinkle Sock Remember a couple weeks ago when I mentioned that the mill was out of Sparkly Merino Sock? Well, I found a lovely new sparkly yarn… Read More A Tale of Two Yarn Bases
Over the years, I have interviewed quite a few amazing designers, and I thought I would take a moment this week to put links to all of them in one place so you can see what your favorite designers had to say. Here they all are: With that said, I would love to hear back… Read More A Review of Interviews
This week I took my Knitting by the Pool Ponchette pattern and dyed up some wonderful new colorways to go with it. Let me tell you a little bit about the pattern, and then I’ll show you the colorway options for the kit. The Knitting by the Pool Ponchette is a fun and easy assigned-pooling… Read More Knitting by the Pool Ponchette Kits
This week I have some freshly dyed yarn as well as some new silk chiffon scarves to show you. I also finished dyeing the Angel Wings Ponchette kits, including a few extras. Party Like It’s 2029 Let’s start with this colorway. I dyed it for the first time in 2020 near the beginning of COVID… Read More Fresh from the Dye Pots
