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thought provoking book

by | Dec 20, 2019 | Uncategorized

I’ve known about the California Fibershed movement for quite some time. I long to have a movement like that here in the Mid Atlantic. Have you heard of it before? It started as a local indigo project and grew to a movement to source one’s clothes...

last minute gifts

by | Dec 11, 2019 | gifts, Yarn

Trasna Yarnhttps://flyinggoatfarm.com/product/trasna-cormo-x-yarn/ Are you feeling the holiday crunch? Or are you trying not to think about it? Well knitting up a quick hat or mitts could be done in the couple of weeks that is left until the holiday week. We have kits...

quick and functional mitts to keep you warm

by | Nov 19, 2019 | gifts, knitting, Yarn

This is my cutest cup and it’s full of Mexican hot cocoa. Yes I’m inside today and it is still so nippy outside. I let the fire go out in the stove and until I restart that fire, I’ll be keeping these beauties on. This is from my Fingerless Mitt...

what does that colorway look like?

by | Nov 11, 2019 | angora goats, holiday, knitting, mohair

I’m asked at every show what a particular colorway will look like when it is knit or crochet. There isn’t a simple answer. Even if I did a swatch for every base and every colorway I have made, when you use that yarn, it will look different than the sample....