Good morning! I have something new and wonderful in the shop this week–gift certificates for Purple Lamb! When I was figuring out the details, I thought about what I like and don’t like about gift certificates to make them the best of all possible gift certificates. I hate it when gift certificates expire, so mine… Read More Introducing Purple Lamb Gift Certificates – and a Gift for You Too
I wanted to mention that I’ve divided my art batts into two different sections in my shop–the repeatable ones that I intend to keep making and try to keep in stock and the limited edition batts that I probably won’t be repeating, so if you see something you love there, you should probably snap it… Read More A Change in My Shop and a Few Old Batts
This week I thought I would give you a peak into the process of creating a new yarn collection. About six weeks ago now, I decided I wanted to make a new yarn collection based on the characters in Jane Austen’s wonderful novels. The first step was to decide on a yarn base. I’ve been… Read More The Making of a Yarn Collection – Jane Austen Lace
Good morning, everyone! A few months ago I had this crazy idea for a scarf with a squiggle of handspun art yarn with all its wonderful texture and variation running through the fabric of a hand-dyed millspun scarf as well as a cowl with the same basic idea. It sounded like the coolest thing, but… Read More Introducing the Handspun Highlight Scarf & Cowl Kits
I am finishing out the “fade” series today with the original fade pattern by Andrea Mowry–Find Your Fade. This is a big, comfy shawl pattern that uses 7 skeins of yarn. The pattern can be found at https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/find-your-fade. All her amazing and very popular patterns can be found on Ravelry at https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/drea-renee-knits Here are a… Read More Featured Pattern: Find Your Fade
