It’s my goal to bring you joy with every skein of yarn all year long, but Advent calendars are something special. They provide respite in the midst of a very busy season, and this year’s Advent calendar is no exception. When I was about ten, I had a conversation with a family friend who was… Read More 2026 Advent Calendar
I have some fabulous projects to share with you this month. Hopefully one or two will inspire your next project. Many thanks to everyone who took the time to send in a WIP or FO to share! Let’s start with Amy. She and her mom took a trip to Giverny, France, this summer–the home of… Read More Show and Tell
Sometimes I think my creative life reads a little like If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. One thing leads to another. Last week I introduced the new Splashed and Speckled Jane Austen colorways. I realized I should make another semi-solid to go with them, so I made Renaissance Blue. That one isn’t new, but… Read More Two New Colorways
If you were headed to a deserted island and could only bring one author’s complete works, whose would you bring? I think I would choose Tolkien, but if I got two choices, Jane Austen would probably be next. She’d keep up my spirits on that deserted island, especially after I ran out of yarn. Or… Read More Jane Austen Returns
The Mother’s Day sale was over and all the orders were on their way. I was caught up on all the dyed-to-order orders, and I had finished shipping all the club colorways. That meant I had a day to dye anything I wanted! I decided to dye a colorway I only manage to dye once… Read More Once in a Blue Moon Colorways
It’s May! Hurray! This time of year I find myself looking toward the end of the school year and the slower days of summer. That means a little more time for the fiber arts, maybe a few weekends away, and time to knit or spin while the kids swim. It also means it’s a great… Read More Light as a Feather
This week I published a new shawl pattern called Field of Flowers. It’s a top-down crescent shawl, and it uses two skeins of assigned-pooling yarn. I used Monet’s Water Lilies on Sock Perfection for the sample, but any fingering-weight assigned pooling colorway will work. Here’s the front: …and here’s the back: It has assigned pooling… Read More Field of Flowers Shawl Pattern
Spring is my favorite time of year, and I know I’m not the only one. When we lived in Michigan, a friend told me not to expect spring until May, and I was so glad she warned me. I had spent most of my life in more southern climates and always expected spring by March.… Read More It’s Tulip Time!
A few weeks ago, I was at the movie theatre watching the extended editions of The Lord of the Rings movies with my family. I love the books so much more than the movies, but I try to think of them sort of like Italian pizza versus American pizza. They are both great even though… Read More An Odyssey in Yarn
It’s time for this year’s Eight Days of Easter Kits! Each year for the last seven years I have created a mini skein surprise kit for Easter. These are like a mini Advent calendar. This is a preorder, which means I’ll be dyeing up as many kits as there are orders. This year the colorways… Read More Eight Days of Easter Kits!
