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
This week, I updated my website. I still have a few little tweaks to finish up, but the new website is live now, and I really hope you like it! My goal was to freshen it up and make it easy to navigate and find everything you’re looking for. If you have any suggestions or… Read More A Website Update
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
Last week we went on vacation. I should actually say that we tried to go on vacation, but it ended up looking a lot like a Chevy Chase movie. More about that later. Lots of people travel during the summer, but this week I was thinking about the people who stay home and have a… Read More Staycation Sale!
I am having a big sale to celebrate Mother’s Day. Whether you are looking for something for your mom, your wife, or a special treat for yourself, I’ve got you covered! The sale starts today and lasts through Tuesday, May 14th. Just use the coupon code THANKSMOM2024 or click here to go directly to the sale… Read More Thanks, Mom!
For this month’s Show and Tell, we actually had an even number of knit, crocheted, and woven contributions, which is really delightful–as are all of the projects. This first project was crocheted by Anne using Peacock Feathers on Stained Glass Sock. Isn’t this beautiful? She said the diagonal stripes just happened on their own. I… Read More Show and Tell
