I have so many beautiful projects to share with you for this month’s Show and Tell. If you’re new here, Show and Tell is where people send in photos of what they have been working on to share with the rest of us. It’s an opportunity to share their work with people who really get… Read More Show and Tell – June 2025
As we move into summer, I thought it would be a great time to share some pattern ideas for summer shawls. What makes a good summer shawl? Well, in my opinion it should be lacy and light and really pretty. It should serve as an extra layer for cool evenings and air conditioned spaces. And,… Read More Light as a Feather Shawls for Summer
I have some beautiful projects to share with you for this month’s Show and Tell! It’s always such a joy to see what my little “yarn babies” grow up to become, and I’m flabbergasted by your talent! Let’s start with this gorgeous shawl that Anne crocheted: The pattern is Red Teapot Atelier’s Ceylon Tea Shawl.… Read More Show and Tell – April 2025
This week, I wanted to take the opportunity to say thank you to all the designers who chose to use Purple Lamb yarn for their designs. Every designer has been a delight to work with, and I want to give a shout-out to each one by sharing their patterns with you today. The very first… Read More A Shout-Out to the Designers
I have so many lovely projects to share with you today. We have knitted projects, crocheted projects, woven projects, and handspun yarn. It’s a wonderful smorgasbord of the fiber arts! Let’s start with Brandon’s socks. These are from the September club colorway inspired by the stained glass window in the Chartres Cathedral, Notre Dame de… Read More Show and Tell – January 2025
Oh, the weather outside is frightful…or delightful depending on your age and whether you get the day off from work today. I’m still homeschooling our youngest two kiddos, and they are certainly delighted and full of hope. I have promised that if there is actual snow on the ground, they can have the day off… Read More Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
This week I have the privilege of sharing some lovely projects with you. It’s always such a joy to see what you create! Let’s start with Cila. She made two different projects using Martina Behm’s Hitchhiker Beyond knitting pattern, but she added her own twist. She combined the pattern with assigned pooling colorways and stitches:… Read More Show and Tell November 2024
I have some lovely projects to share with you for this month’s Show and Tell newsletter. It is always such a joy for me to see what you are working on and share it with everyone. If you send in a WIP or FO, you get to share your work with an audience that really… Read More Show and Tell – Aug 2024
Happy Independence Day! I decided to send out the newsletter a day early because I’m having a Solitary Skein Sale to celebrate our beautiful country. I also dyed up some new habotai silk scarves. – Solitary Skein Sale I’m having a sale on all my solitary skeins. Solitary skeins are the last skein of a… Read More Silk Scarves and a Solitary Skein Sale to Celebrate Independence Day
For this month’s Show and Tell, we actually had an even number of knit, crocheted, and woven contributions, which is really delightful–as are all of the projects. This first project was crocheted by Anne using Peacock Feathers on Stained Glass Sock. Isn’t this beautiful? She said the diagonal stripes just happened on their own. I… Read More Show and Tell
