Time for a guest post from my mom, Linda! It’s been a long time, y’all… but here’s an update on what my mom has been doing, as her natural dyeing interests have blossomed and bloomed into her very own company, ColorStorms! ~Rebecca It was the summer of 2010 while wandering about outside 6 times a day … More The Journey to ColorStorms
Hi; Mom again! One more post for me on these 12 days of Christmas. Two precious people in my life are my husband, Cliff, and my mother, Flo. First of all, Cliff is very gifted mechanically. We have a policy in our home that we don’t throw anything away until Cliff has had a look … More Eleven Clever Cables
In case it has been confusing, I have 3 daughters: Rebecca, 27 (she’s not old enough to care about her age yet I hope), Leah, 21, and Bethany, 12. I also have a wonderful son Hunter, 24. I’m Mom, definitely too old to mention age! This time my gift was for Bethany. First she loved … More Six Colors Howling
The Christmas joy keeps flowing. Are these not fun, happy socks? The yarn is Koigu, bought at “All About Yarn” in Pittsburgh.” They are also leftovers (as Rebecca mentioned in her Day 3.) They came from what I called my “Naoimi Yarn” that I bought at the store along with some 100% silk. With 3 … More Four Fun Footsies
The pattern is actually called “Tinaku Mittens”; it is from Miski Book 26 by Jane Ellison. (It’s Mom again, Hi. Rebecca is carding dog hair and wool fleece downstairs on the useful but ugly drum carder; she will post tomorrow; I promise.) I bought this book from the “new” Clover Hill yarn shop when … More Two Warming Wristies
Hello Folks! It’s hard to believe this is the fifth Christmas since I started this blog. It has become our tradition to celebrate with a series of posts about all the projects we’ve been secretly working away on as presents, themed after the 12 days of Christmas. More on the subject later, when I’ve dug myself out … More One Sweater Softly
Over the summer of 2012, in the gorgeous sunny city of San Diego, I daydreamed about making more colors with our yarn. Could I push the envelope…..instead of making one “ideal” pokeberry red, could I make 5? Would a variety of blues look lovely together? Could the various ways to dye apple bark be controlled? … More Our New Gradient Yarn
Mom wrote this post nearly a month ago, but it’s taken me this long just to get a chance to sit down and publish it! I figured we should post something on Naomi’s 2-month birthday, and what better than the story of her birth from view in Maryland? My life is still in the blender … More On Knitting as a Grandmother
From Mom: I have one brother, Rebecca’s uncle: the one who, when she was between the ages of 3 and 10, would walk away with her at a party and not tell anyone. “Where IS she?” I would ask. Then I would find out that Richard was missing too, and I would know she was on … More Ten Brother Colors
This blanket (by Mom) was inspired by: a strong grandmotherly instinct to knit a soft and cottony baby blanket a thought that I had found a use for some lovely purple cotton yarn I had in my stash a love for squares a thought that it could become a bath blanket lots of LOVE!! Using size … More 8 Hearts of Love
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