Good morning and happy Friday to you! This week, I wanted to show you the new Be My Valentine colorway and a few others, and I also wanted to tell you about Splendid Sock. Valentine Yarn Every year, Valentine’s Day sneaks up on me, so I never think of making a Valentine’s Day colorway until… Read More Valentine Yarn and How I Made It Plus a New Sock-Yarn Base
Happy Friday! In the last week, several big projects have come to a close. The biggest one is Spin Together, which we started organizing for 2020 back in March! The next biggest one is the Yarn Advent Calendars, which are all packaged up and waiting to go out. I’m grateful to two of my sons… Read More One Plus One – Two Skein Sets with Sparkle
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
Good morning! I hope you are well. Today I get to send my very favorite type of newsletter to you. It’s the Show and Tell feature I do every couple months where I get to share the beautiful things people like you have made using Purple Lamb yarn and fiber. I want to thank everyone… Read More Show and Tell October 2020
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
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
Good morning. I hope you are doing well. As I mentioned a couple weeks ago, we are getting ready for an interstate move. Figuring out what to pack ahead of time is always tricky because so many things are needed until the end, but we’re getting there. No, I am not on the verge of… Read More New Colorways, a Finished Object, and Moving Madness
Good morning! I hope you are doing well this week. Today, I wanted to show you some possibilities for pairing Alpaca Lace Cloud with a sock-weight yarn. I also want to show you a new colorway I dyed up this week, and, perhaps most importantly, I want to tell you about our upcoming move and… Read More Sock Plus Lace, a New Colorway, and Our Upcoming Move
Good morning! I hope you are doing well this week and finding some time to enjoy the fiber arts. This week I want to announce the June club colorway and show you some colorways on a few different yarn bases. June Club Colorway After a couple months of rather somber colorways, I decided to go… Read More June Club Colorway and Some Great Yarn Bases
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
