Good morning and happy Friday to you! Today I want to tell you about a new pattern I created called The Long Way Round. The irony is that I named it The Long Way Round before knowing just how long it would take me to get it designed and published. You may recall that I… Read More The Long Way Round
Good morning! I hope you are doing well. First of all, I want to say thank you to everyone who took part in my art batt sale last weekend. With a lot of help from my husband and our older children, we are almost done carding all the art batts and getting them packaged and… Read More A Few Long-Lost Colorways and a Free Cowl Pattern
Good morning and happy Friday! I hope you have had a great week and that the weather there is as beautiful as it is here. We’re finally enjoying real fall weather, and I love it so much. This week I wanted to tell you who won my Spinner’s Advent Calendar Giveaway. I also want to… Read More The Winner of the Giveaway, Two Possibilities for the November Club Colorway, and Some New Colorways on Stained Glass Sock
This week I have something really special for you. My friend, Donna Farrell, is the owner of Fig Basket Crochet. She has been crocheting for over 30 years, and she just started publishing her fantastic designs. She generously offered to give each of you her Primrose Lace Summer Shawl completely free. She is even including… Read More Free BEAUTIFUL Crochet Pattern from Fig Tree Crochet
Good morning and happy Friday to you! Last week I mentioned that I would love to share some of your businesses in my newsletter, and I had two people take me up on the offer. One is an author, and the other is a member of a weaving cooperative, so I have the pleasure of… Read More Two Artists and a Free Knitting Pattern
Good morning, and happy Friday! First of all, I hope you have a great Thanksgiving holiday. Thanksgiving will definitely be a little unusual this year, but I hope it will be a blessing for you nonetheless. I have so many new colorways in the shop right now, and I’ll show you a few while we… Read More Black Friday Sale Preview and December Club Colorway
Happy Friday! I just did something that has been on my to-do list for months–I uploaded my Knit and Chat Infinity Scarf and Cowl pattern to Ravelry. You can get a free copy of it by using the coupon code FREEKNITANDCHAT through August 3rd. Here you can see my daughter modeling the infinity scarf along… Read More New Alpaca Lace Cloud Colorways and Sets
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
Happy Valentine’s Day! I hope you have a beautiful day with the one you love filled with chocolate and roses and, well, yarn. Yarn is soft and warm, right? That makes it perfect for Valentine’s Day! Yarn Giveaway Last week, I mentioned that I was doing a giveaway of these three lovely skeins on Instagram.… Read More Valentine’s Day Sale and the Winner of the Yarn Giveaway
Good morning, and happy Friday! I’m doing a giveaway on Instagram for this set of three lovely skeins: I dyed all three on Super Sport, which is made of 80% superwash merino and 20% nylon. It’s got lovely “squish” and great stitch definition. I think this trio would be fantastic for Andrea Mowry’s Shift Cowl.… Read More Yarn Giveaway!
