I am over-abundantly blessed with a husband who gets it. An extremely competent knitter with a stash of his own, Jared will find yarn stores for us to visit on vacation, and never complains if I make him sit in the car for a few minutes when we reach our destination so I can finish … More Like a Record, Baby
The first fiber I ever spun was Wensleydale. The story starts a few days before Christmas, 2008. Jared & I, being the token young couple at St. Timothy’s Church, were asked to be Mary and Joseph in a living nativity sort of event. A few people connected with the church who owned farm-y sort of … More History
Hey any/everyone who makes use of the awesome website Ravelry (if you’re a knitter, and you’re not on ravelry, you should be. I’m just stating that as a basic fact of life, like merino is soft, and sheep are friends), the group that was being used for the Lenten KAL has been switched over to … More Social media
Every spring, as soon as the year gives up and stops sending us cold days, the entire east coast temporarily becomes a rainforest. The sky is continually grey, there are about three downpours daily, which sounds pretty miserable – but when you go outside, the birds are back, all singing their little heads off. And … More Squee is for Sparkles!
In twenty-four hours, give or take, Jared and myself and our 100 or so classmates will have run the gauntlet that is spring finals week. It will be over. I have most of a term paper left to write, but it’s going well, and I expect it to be a calm and quiet finish. I … More Almost There… Loosen Up!
When you make a wildly multi-colored project, like the Lenten KAL, often you end up with lots of leftovers. I always think about how fun it would be to come up with a leftovers project, but rarely do I come up with anything good. But this time, I had some inspiration. Every Sunday morning, when … More Stained Glass
The Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival, In all its insanity and majesty and incredible sensory overload, was this past weekend. I have survived those days – the frantic impulse shopping, getting over the heartburn of self-doubt and fear of buyer’s remorse, having eaten nothing but fried potato products all day until about 7 p.m., sunburn … More All’s Fair in Sheep and Wool
I guess I must not be challenging myself very much if I finished April/May’s socks on May 3rd. But I’m sticking with my previous line – I really don’t need any extra commitment at this moment, so I’m not going to push it. The reason I blasted through these socks is that I’ve bee practicing … More Flaming Yarn
“You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you strange.” – Phil Harrold, att. Leander Harding, att. Flannery O’Connor. Knitting again has been… strange. The “normal” people who surround me interpret my relationship with knitting as somewhere in between an obsession and a lifestyle choice, and I’m not even sure where I’d categorize … More Strangeness
If you haven’t figured it out yet (from my repeating it incessantly), the MD Sheep & Wool festival is a huge opportunity for mum & me at OFS. Thus, it seemed only right and proper to celebrate with a couple of new patterns, which are debuting this week in honor of Sheep & Wool. If … More Little Hat & Long Sweater
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