Good morning and happy Friday to you. I hope you are doing well. I have a few things to tell you about today, but above all, I wanted to tell you about my Spinner’s Advent Calendar giveaway. I am giving away the very last fiber Advent calendar, and the only requirement is something you’ve already… Read More Spinner’s Advent Calendar Giveaway
9/11 Good morning. When I set out to write this week’s newsletter a little belatedly, I was just thinking of telling you about new art batt and yarn colorways and a little about our daughter’s wedding last week. Then I remembered that today is the 20th anniversary of the attack on our nation, and it… Read More Musings, Art Batts, and Yarn
Happy Friday to you! I hope you are doing well and that you live somewhere cooler than I do right now. I have a few things to talk to you about today, so let’s dive right in. A Small Sale As I have mentioned before, the mills shut down in the spring of 2020 as… Read More A Small Sale, a New Sparkle Option for Art Batts, and a New Club
I hope you had a great Thanksgiving yesterday in spite of 2020! I have several things to talk with you about this week. First and foremost, as I mentioned last week, I’m having a different super sale each day through Monday. I also want to show you a few new colorways, tell you about the… Read More Black Friday Sale, New Colorways, Yarn Pairings, and the Winner of the Yarn Giveaway
Happy Friday! We just went from summer to real fall weather with cooler temperatures and lower humidity overnight. I couldn’t be happier–especially about the lower humidity. I hope you are enjoying fall weather too. This week I want to show you some great yarn pairings and some pattern ideas to go with them. Yarn Pairings… Read More One-Plus-One Two-Skein Yarn Pairings and Patterns
I hope you are doing really well! This has been a very interesting week on my end. Let’s start with some more new fall yarn colorways, and then I’ll tell you my tale of woe. Yesterday I dyed up a new colorway. I was thinking of that same beautiful Michigan forest in autumn that I… Read More What a Week!
Show and Tell Today I get to do show and tell! It is always such an honor to get to share the beautiful things that you make from yarn and fiber that I make. I feel like there’s a connection that goes from the shepherd (and the sheep of course) to the mill to the… Read More Show and Tell – July 2020
Happy Friday, my friend. I hope you are doing well. As you know, I’ve been making quite a few new colorways of late, so I thought it was about time I showed you some photos of what I like to call “yarn pairings”–different colorways that would work well together. Each colorway is available on its… Read More Yarn Pairings and Pattern Ideas
Fifteen years ago, I got the most wonderful Mother’s Day gift. It was the birth of our son, Joseph, and today is his birthday. He is such a wonderful young man, and I’m so proud of him! I’m taking a few minutes away from his birthday celebration (COVID-19 style) to announce that I am having… Read More Mothers’ Day Sale
Happy Friday! I hope you are staying well and enduring okay. Uneven Twins Yesterday was the birthday of Shakespeare as well as our “uneven twins.” Two of our children were born on the same day five years apart. At the time, I kept hoping and praying that our baby girl would be born on… Read More It’s Complicated, Birthdays, and Hope
