First of all, I want to thank you if you already ordered an Advent calendar from me. I’m looking forward to getting started dyeing them up in just another couple of weeks. I’ve had a great response so far, but I do have room to dye a few more. If you have not ordered an… Read More Last Chance to Order Your Advent Calendar!
I have been spinning yarn and weaving for over 20 years now, and one of the things that I have really enjoyed over those years has been learning about different types of natural fibers and what they are good for. This week I thought we could do something a little different than usual and talk… Read More Nerding Out About Natural Fibers
Good morning, and happy Friday to you. This weekend I am having a big Labor Day Sale! I always think of Labor Day as the start of the season for making lovely things for our friends and family for the holidays. You and I both know that that is truly a labor of love. To… Read More Labor Day Sale!
I have some lovely projects to share with you for this month’s Show and Tell newsletter. It is always such a joy for me to see what you are working on and share it with everyone. If you send in a WIP or FO, you get to share your work with an audience that really… Read More Show and Tell – Aug 2024
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
I am delighted to bring you this year’s Advent calendars! I’m using this artistic rendering of the Cassiopeia constellation by Beate Bachman as inspiration for the colorways: I’m offering a Yarn Advent Calendar for knitters, crocheters, and weavers. I’m also offering a Fiber Advent Calendar for spinners and felters. I’m using the Cassiopeia constellation picture… Read More Ready, Set, Advent!
This week I was inspired by a customer named Judy who reached out to me. She had just bought the Angel Wings Ponchette pattern, and she emailed me for colorway suggestions to go with it. What she really wanted was to make it look like the original here with the gradient from dark to light:… Read More Some New Colorways for the Angel Wings Ponchette Pattern
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
I am so excited to tell you about the new shawl pattern by Deborah Bowanko! Debbi and I have collaborated on several projects, including last year’s Advent calendar kits. Though we have never met in person, I consider her a good friend, and we visit over email frequently. Debbi is a moderator for the Never… Read More Buds and Blooms Shawl
Happy Independence Day! I decided to send out the newsletter a day early because I’m having a Solitary Skein Sale to celebrate our beautiful country. I also dyed up some new habotai silk scarves. – Solitary Skein Sale I’m having a sale on all my solitary skeins. Solitary skeins are the last skein of a… Read More Silk Scarves and a Solitary Skein Sale to Celebrate Independence Day
