It’s time for another yarn giveaway! You get to choose your favorite colorway and your favorite sock-weight base as well. The colors are Mithril or Margarita. Mithril is a silver-gray with a bit of a lavender cast to it, and Margarita is a bright lime or chartreuse. The three bases you can choose from are… Read More Choose Your Yarn Adventure Yarn Giveaway – August 2018
Good morning, everyone! I wanted to talk to you about two related things today. First, I have a new yarn base I’m introducing. Second, I am really excited about a new dyeing technique I’m using and wanted to share it with you. First the yarn base… I’ve been searching for the perfect sock-weight yarn for… Read More Introducing a New Dyeing Technique and a New Yarn Base
This month, I’m interviewing Woolly of Woolly Wormhead from “across the pond.” I have been admiring her work for years, and I don’t think it is an exaggeration to say that she is the master of hat design. She is the 2018 British Craft Awards winner, and her hat designs are really just amazing!… Read More Designer of the Month Interview with Woolly Wormhead
Last time we spoke, we talked about some patterns that use two colorways of sock-weight yarn that would look great together. As I mentioned, I’ve been taking a number of my traditionally variegated yarns and making new colorways using the same colors but dyeing them using my splashed and speckled method. When I told my… Read More Pas de Deux on Buttery Soft DK, a Coupon Code, and a Bit of News
Lately I have been taking some of my favorite variegated colorways and using the same color combination to dye them in an entirely different way. I call it my Splashed and Speckled method. While traditionally variegated yarns are dyed with blocks of color, the Splashed and Speckled colorways are dyed in a more free-floating way… Read More Some Two-Skein Yarn & Pattern Ideas – Pas de Deux
Good morning, everyone! This week I thought I would share a knitting pattern I made. I wanted to make a light, airy cowl to use as an accessory throughout the year, and since we live in Arizona, that meant it had to be as open and lacy as possible. I also used it at last… Read More Jane Austen Lace Summer Cowl Knitting Pattern
Are you oiling up your spinning wheel and getting ready to spin like mad for the Tour de Fleece? If you haven’t heard of it, it’s a fun opportunity to get in some extra spinning time with a friendly competition during the Tour de France. Here’s a link to it on Ravelry: https://www.ravelry.com/groups/tour-de-fleece. In honor of… Read More Tour de Fleece Fiber Sale
A couple weeks ago, I was a vendor in the Flagstaff Wool Festival. I brought a variety of samples including the vests I had woven for my daughter and for me. Several people asked if I could explain how I made them, and I promised to blog about it in short order. Here goes. I… Read More How to Weave a Vest on a Rigid Heddle Loom
Last weekend, I was a vendor in the Flagstaff Wool Festival for the second time, and it was exhausting but wonderful. Two years ago when I was there last, I was 8 months pregnant with our youngest son, which definitely made it challenging and made me extremely grateful for the help of my husband and… Read More 2018 Flagstaff Wool Festival
Congratulations to Pam W. who won the Choose Your Yarn Adventure Giveaway. Pam chose the Odysseus colorway from the four skeins of Silky Cashmere yarn I offered, so I’ll be sending that out to her. To everyone else who entered, I want to offer my thanks. Keep an eye on your inbox for a thank… Read More And the winner is…
