Stop stressing…no one is ingesting any wool around here. Yarn tasting is a real thing, but it’s not, like, a literal thing. It’s a fun and useful marketing tool used by yarn stores and consumer events to allow customers to try out or “taste” a yarn before buying it. Think of being in Costco and… Read More Yarn Tasting
Knitters love yarn. That’s a given. But let’s face it…some yarns are just a snore. Even when well bred, spun, plied and knit into a perfectly respectable fabric, they can still remain lackluster and uninspired. Hang on to your shorts, because I have discovered the cure for those snoozville yarns languishing in your stash: Marling.… Read More Marvelous Marls
I’ve been wading…swimming…drowning…in new knitted-thing ideas recently. And when I have an idea…I SWATCH…and swatch and swatch and swatch. Then, unable to chose between one of the brand new shiny things or one of the already-in-progress-but-I-really-want-it things, I am paralyzed. Staring at the television. My knitting things staring right back at me. A couple nights… Read More All Things Considered
I apologize in advance, but there’s no way around bragging for a minute here. People often tell me that they’ve never seen handknitting as…well…for lack of a better word…professional, as mine (blush). It’s a lovely compliment, of course, but I totally get where they are coming from. I’ve seen a lot of what I would… Read More Put that in Your Pipe, Sherlock
I love knitting sweaters. I knit often and I knit fairly fast. Ergo, i should knit a lot of sweaters. Um, nope. Sadly, this has historically not been the case. I am a master at planning, swatching, and starting sweaters, but I am also easily distracted and fickle. Once a sweater is fully underway, my… Read More In Praise of WIP Monogamy
Saturday, May 18, 2019 – 7:00 am to 9:00 pm. Cross Border adventures with A and G and me! The pictures will tell the story. First stop: The Fiber Gallery Second stop: The Tea Cosy Third stop: Acorn Street Yarns Fourth stop: Serial Knitters Fifth stop: All Wound Up Sixth stop: Wild Fibers Seventh stop:… Read More 2019 Puget Sound LYS Tour
I am on a mission. I have some firmly held beliefs about certain knitting practices and I intend to share them with anyone who will sit still long enough to listen to my rants. Almost all knitters want to knit better and faster (or at least more efficiently). If this is not you, feel free… Read More Combination Knitting Unlocked
Well, I did it. I did something I said I would never do…knit for money. I’m not even sure why I agreed to do it. I like the person who asked me, but that’s not why. I’ve said no to lots of people I like – people I love, even. Maybe it was all the… Read More Mercenary Knitting
I’m bringing Vodka Lemonade to the office. Well, at least to the office knitters. I have a fantastic workplace – the benefits abound – not the least of which includes a lovely, talented, and eager-to-learn community of crafters. Every few weeks, we get together for show-and-tell, tutorials, and motivation. And each year I guide them… Read More Office Cocktails
Why? Why can’t I knit in season? I cast on a cotton tee shirt in August. I whipped up a rustic, bulky cardigan in January (where I live, it’s already too warm for rusticbulky things by mid-February). I absorbed myself in designing a super bulky scarf after the local cherry blossoms made their annual appearance.… Read More Knitting White After Labour Day