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color combos for making the Camau Shawl

by | Jul 14, 2019 | knitting, Yarn

I have some beautiful color combos to make this fun shawl. It is a crescent shaped shawl with short rows of eyelet in a contrasting color. The main color is all garter stitch and it easy vacation knitting. It makes a nice light shawl for summer nights. The kits...

Autumnal Yarn Collection

by | Jul 11, 2019 | autumn, color, fiber festivals, Hand-Dyed, wool, Yarn

I’m working on my Autumn yarn collection that will make their debut at the three fiber festivals in September and October. I have a booth at Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival, Fall Fiber Festival at James Madison’s Montpelier and Rhinebeck Fiber Festival....

4 skeins + a pattern = a kit

by | Jul 10, 2019 | knitting, Yarn

4 skeins of Zephyrette luxury yarn blend of alpaca, cashmere and silk I love this combo of Zephyrette skeins. Our Zephyrette is a blend of baby alpaca, silk and cashmere and is heavenly to knit with. This Strisce pattern is really car or TV knitting. It is mostly a...

a view from the spinning wheel

by | Jul 8, 2019 | spinning, wool

It’s the Tour de Fleece! This is a spinning event where hand spinners spin everyday of the Tour de France. It is a fun event and I love the sense of community around it. view from my wheel For the first 3 days, I spun 4 ounces of hand dyed Blue Faced Leicester...

couch knitting on hot summer days

by | Jul 5, 2019 | knitting, WIP, wool, Yarn

I love to do my knitting on the couch watching/listening to a guilty pleasure on the TV. Here’s a fun and easy 2 color brioche cowl knit in the round. Full disclosure…..I did have to redo this first attempt at least 4 times to fix mistakes as I learned...